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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Not a 1999 BRIGHT RED HAWK T/A... which is sweet as hell.. but something a little smaller..... but sporting a ls motor...


Got it a few weeks ago... Do you know what it is??? Actual pic of my ride...thanks Kicklow!
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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Damn, didnt take long....me at limerock on the 3rd
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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with a supercharged civic 1.8 motor, pushing something gay like 240 hp if i can recall; it was 0-60 around 3.5 at most. it is one of the fastest things on four wheels with next to nothing for a motor.

makes me wonder how quick yours is...... what are the details?
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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Badass,good luck with her
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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Must be a rocket... Didn't you post pics of one last fall?
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO
with a supercharged civic 1.8 motor, pushing something gay like 240 hp if i can recall; it was 0-60 around 3.5 at most. it is one of the fastest things on four wheels with next to nothing for a motor.

makes me wonder how quick yours is...... what are the details?
For being not much more then a paper weight i'm sure it's alot of motor lol!

I am in love, alot of love.

Lucky and congrats!
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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Thats awesome, congrats! Closest thing I've ridden in next to the atom, is a Radical. But thats a hell of a lot more motor and torque!

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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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Even with a stock, high mileage LS1 with a spark plug wire pulled that thing would still be uber intense...can't imagine what it'd be like with a strong LSX motor in it.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 12:30 AM
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Thanks all..I ordered it July 24 last year...amd recently received it...its a bit nuts to say the least...They are now quoting 0-60 in 2.8 sec.. Not sure whos getting the traction to do it! Its raw..very raw...it does what you tell it...no help..no abs, no tcs, no heat or radio...its just a balst
i will say this, i didnt buy to "not be noticed" but I now imagine what it must be like to be a hot chick on the streets of tijuana. I can never get peace...wherever I go,,if i stay by the car...its a crowd of people and questions..if i walk away (usually do asap)..people get all cose..some even reach under or into it..jiggle things...its nutty. Some peole go overboard and occassionaly I have no choice to leave..or fight!

That aside, the TT TA should be back on the road inside a month! i miss my F-Body...have been driven since before I ordered the Atom.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 04:42 AM
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How much are they? That thing kicks all form of a$$ lol.

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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 05:06 AM
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Jammer,
Are you gonna bring this thing to the lot and more importantly will you be racing? I think you and shawn would be a good race lots of power and lots of weight versus less power and MUCH less weight.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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IIRC, I think theyre like 40k. Not too bad for one of the sickest handling street legal "cars" on the road today.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 06:39 AM
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That thing must be fricken rediculious w/ that motor.


AWESOME!

http://paultan.org/archives/2005/08/...ar-ariel-atom/


Dumb question, can you drive it on the street?
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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yeah i saw one on top gear and the guys face was being deformed by the wind. it was cool as hell.
what is your job? thats a lot of coin to put down on a toy. very jealous!
what was your lap time at lime rock? did it get squirrely on the uphill? all my cars do there if you are gunnin it.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 07:23 AM
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i see them like a motorcycle with the open cabin, you dont want to drive it when it's rain or cold. nothing wrong with that but it'd be a trip to drive it to work everyday
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 2MCHPWR
yeah i saw one on top gear and the guys face was being deformed by the wind. it was cool as hell.
what is your job? thats a lot of coin to put down on a toy. very jealous!
what was your lap time at lime rock? did it get squirrely on the uphill? all my cars do there if you are gunnin it.
I play with real estate.

I dindt time it as I was breaking the motor in (less than 250 miles) so i pretty much left it in 4th gear the entire day for the varying rpms, rather than just keep it from 4500-6500k as I would have done if shifting. I'm guessing I was running 105-109s ..really just rolling.

Well... I did film a warm up lap.....just crusining at 50% to warm the tires when i had a little brake bias adjusment gone afoul... see vid....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFpzwFlHZlI

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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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I almost did that too going down the hill too once. Sweet ride!!!!!

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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Jammer
I play with real estate.

I dindt time it as I was breaking the motor in (less than 250 miles) so i pretty much left it in 4th gear the entire day for the varying rpms, rather than just keep it from 4500-6500k as I would have done if shifting. I'm guessing I was running 105-109s ..really just rolling.

Well... I did film a warm up lap.....just crusining at 50% to warm the tires when i had a little brake bias adjusment gone afoul... see vid....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFpzwFlHZlI
What caused the spin??? You were going nice.
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Old Apr 15, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr. B
What caused the spin??? You were going nice.
Looks like he might of hit the brakes a little to hard on that gradual turn. I'm sure the brakes are very powerful when trying to stop something that only weighs like 1000lbs w/ driver.
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