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[–]yUNIK'95 Skyline R33 GT-R 53 points54 points ago

[–][deleted] 29 points30 points ago

Yep, beat the Ferrari FXX (a 1.6 million dollar vehicle) with all of Ferrari's F1 experience and aero knowledge by almost a second around the top gear circuit. Keep in mind Schumacher was driving the FXX as well.

Beaten by a $49,000 car that is built in a shed and is road legal ...has to hurt.

[–]drfrisker 5 points6 points ago

friend is getting a Superlite SLC. His total investment right now with trans, without an engine is 55 or 60,000.

[–]ThankGodForInnernets 0 points1 point ago

If that's the case, than I stand corrected-

[–]insurancemakesmehard 2 points3 points ago

The kit itself is around 25 thousand Canadian for a rolling chassis. You basically need to assemble, finish body work, and complete the rest of the drivetrain.

There is a local gentleman who built one using a BMW V12 from an 850CSI, and he said he had around 50K invested to go from start to finish.

Edit: Just to clarify, the only work he sourced out was the actual painting. The car comes with a gel coat finish, he told me he basically assembled the entire car, trimmed openings for lights and removed casting flash, then disassembled it, had it painted, and reassembled it. If you ended up farming out the process of surface finishing and setting up all your panel gaps I'm sure it would cost you quite a few extra dollars.

[–]dodadoo 2 points3 points ago

Saw one the other day, they look good in white.

[–]Qwigley[S] 4 points5 points ago

That's it! Thank you.

[–]RomanTPA 18 points19 points ago

Here is my fav pic of this beast.

[–]theHashmaster 1 point2 points ago

Anytime I see that picture, it looks like the left rear wheel is more towards the front of the car that the right rear wheel, or at least the left one has a more inward toe angle. Is it just me or is this done on purpose for weight distribution or something?

[–]insurancemakesmehard 4 points5 points ago

It's just the picture, it's not taken perfectly square to the car, and the rear camber throws it off.

[–]runboyrun14 -3 points-2 points ago

upvote because subaru.

[–]jsworks 0 points1 point ago

Up vote for that! Sick pic.

[–]AlmostRelevant2 5 points6 points ago

Awesome car! Here's a few pictures I took of one at a local car gathering a while back: http://imgur.com/a/C5Qgm

(That's my car to the left of it in the first pic...)

[–]betreyal 1 point2 points ago

I can't be the only one that notices the two people (who I assumed own those two minis) are kissing? I find that humorous.

Also, what kind of car is yours AlmostRelevant2? I can't tell from the tag.

[–]AlmostRelevant2 3 points4 points ago

It would appear you are correct. I didn't notice that. The Minis and 350Z are demo cars for the owners' vinyl wrap business. They do really clean work, but damn, that stuff isn't cheap... About the same as a decent paint job.

My car is a Pontiac GTO.

[–]AutoBach2005 Pontiac GTO 2 points3 points ago

Obligatory upvote for GTO content.

[–]americanbiker91 4 points5 points ago

Best part is, you can make them street legal. A friend of mine worked for a guy who had one. Said "Like the McLearen F1 you need to wear the right head gear to talk to the passenger beside you." Loud grabby and everything you want in a high performance machine at a fraction of the cost. Very cool and underrated car. I will own one some day.

[–]xIMARLBOROIx 4 points5 points ago

I have one of those...... In Forza 4 :(

[–]cardozaa 2 points3 points ago

My first thought was that it's a Mosler MT900, but that rear end is different. I'm also curious now.

[–]Benb121 1 point2 points ago

I saw one of these last winter at about 8am on the icy roads, that guy didn't give a fuck.

[–]sdsu_me 0 points1 point ago

At first I thought it was a F5R GTM but it is an Ultima. Both awesome kit cars imo.

[–]Enpoli 0 points1 point ago

I love that car! Soooooo much prettier than the Ultima. One day..

[–]wayofaway 1 point2 points ago

Ultima GTR

[–]pt92 1 point2 points ago

Ultima GTR! late but i dont care.

[–]Misoula 0 points1 point ago

EP/Tonka/Wayzata area?

[–]nbritton91 -2 points-1 points ago

Looks like a Miata to me OP.