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  • ss

    Oct. 10, 2011 10:06 a.m. ss New Reader

    http://youtu.be/zUl-4BPLgfQ

    Found this on the PTE site shopping turbo options for the mirage.

    from the site, "The only thing better than an Ariel Atom is a faster Ariel Atom" reads a quote on rspatom.com, a website featuring Scott Hodges' Ariel Atom 3 which is powered by a 9.7:1-compression Honda K20 motor.

    Built by Real Street Performance and designed specifically to house their RSP Turbo System, this Atom features a Precision 6262 CEA ball bearing turbocharger, custom RSP manifold, downpipe and intercooler/piping, custom JE billet FSR pistons, Carrillo Pro H-Beam connecting rods with Carr bolts, a complete Ferrea valvetrain and Injector Dynamics ID1000 fuel injectors. Engine management is handled by a MoTeC M800 ECU system and SDL3 digital dashboard. Additionally, a modified gearing and tire package helps effectively transfer power to pavement.

    Weighing in at a scant 1,375lbs (1,550lbs including driver and fuel), Hodge’s RSP Atom currently makes approximately 600 horsepower at 20psi on 93-octane pump gas which makes it the fastest Ariel Atom in the world!

    Primarily used for fun, traction control components have been ordered and the team is currently discussing reworking the fuel system in hopes to turn up the boost on race fuel or ethanol in the near future as it’s currently close to maxing out capacity – they hope to make 750-800 horsepower and we’re confident that they will hit their goal!

  • Oct. 10, 2011 10:34 a.m. petegossett SuperDork

    Mark Donahue would be proud.

  • turboswede

    Oct. 10, 2011 11:34 a.m. turboswede SuperDork

    So did they fix the wheel bearings/uprights and poor geometry for the bellcranks on the shocks?

    Or did they just add more power and hope for the best?

  • Osterkraut

    Oct. 10, 2011 11:37 a.m. Osterkraut SuperDork

    turboswede wrote:

    So did they fix the wheel bearings/uprights and poor geometry for the bellcranks on the shocks?

    Or did they just add more power and hope for the best?

    The guys at Ariel must send Jeremy Clarkson a giftbag full of blowjobs every Christmas. POOOOWWWWEERRRRR!

  • Teggsan

    Oct. 10, 2011 12:05 p.m. Teggsan New Reader

    Sounds like they're having trouble getting all that power to the ground. Seems like more hassle than it's worth.

  • Conquest351

    Oct. 10, 2011 1:53 p.m. Conquest351 HalfDork

    Doesn't matter, it's still awesome-sauce! LOL Sometimes too much is just right.

  • carguy123

    Oct. 10, 2011 2:24 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork

    Very undramatic footage. I expected more

  • unevolved

    Oct. 10, 2011 3:13 p.m. unevolved Dork

    It's one thing to put too much power in a car that can't handle it for E36 M3s and giggles, it's another thing to put too much power in a car that can't handle it and sell it as an engineered solution.

  • Twin_Cam

    Oct. 10, 2011 3:15 p.m. Twin_Cam SuperDork

    The V8 Atom wasn't looney enough for them? In the V8 one, the crack it smokes snorts heroin.

  • CarKid1989

    Oct. 10, 2011 8:31 p.m. CarKid1989 Dork

    laughed in the video watching boost peak and the nose pick way up then the guys head forced back over and over and over again haha

    looks fun

  • Fit_Is_Slo

    Oct. 10, 2011 10:28 p.m. Fit_Is_Slo Reader

    He didn't use his turn signal...

  • DoctorBlade

    Oct. 10, 2011 10:38 p.m. DoctorBlade Dork

    He blew a stop sign or two, as well.

  • dculberson

    Oct. 11, 2011 2:37 p.m. dculberson HalfDork

    turboswede wrote:

    So did they fix the wheel bearings/uprights and poor geometry for the bellcranks on the shocks?

    Or did they just add more power and hope for the best?

    I hadn't heard of these problems! Not that I'm in the market for an atom, being a cheap bastard, but what are the details? That way I don't feel so bad about not having one.

  • turboswede

    Oct. 11, 2011 5:05 p.m. turboswede SuperDork

    read up on dpcars.net under their Atom V8 and the issues they discovered with it after they starting pushing it.

    I suspect that Ariel have made changes since then, but something to be aware of if you're going to be pushing it on the track.

  • Keith

    Oct. 11, 2011 5:33 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    The dp Atom that "they" (ie, Dennis) developed now lives in Grand Junction. Not something I'd expect in our little ranching town. Then again, neither is Flyin' Miata...

  • ditchdigger

    Oct. 11, 2011 8:41 p.m. ditchdigger Dork

    ss wrote: Weighing in at a scant 1,375lbs

    How can it weigh that much? You can see through it for pete's sake.

    That is exactly what my Fiat weighed on a trucking scale when I got it on the road and it seats 4 and has glass and doors and heat and a roof and is almost like a real car compared to the atom.

  • Keith

    Oct. 11, 2011 10:11 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    Atoms are surprisingly big.

    Still, old cars can surprise you. There's only about 150 lbs between my Locost and my Mini, and one is a real car!

 
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