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March
3
2008
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Tony Borroz

Oh God, They Could Top The V8 Caterham

Ariel Atom V8

As I mentioned a little bit ago, there’s these nice (and by “nice” I mean certifiable) fellows at RS Performance that made a 500 HP V8 out of two joined Hayabusa blocks and installed it into a Caterham 7 chassis.

‘Brilliant, nothing’s gonna top this!’

Well, I was wrong (as usual).

Seems that the boys at RS decided to put the same mill into a modified Ariel Atom.

They had to alter things slightly … note the wings, I’m pretty sure those are an option on “lesser” Atoms, but they’re pretty damn necessary for something that has a power to weight ratio greater then a Veyron, but somewhat less than a Saturn V (I guess). They also mounted the intercoolers for the blower in those ducts you see just forward of the rear wheels.

At any rate, maybe I spoke too soon about the Caterham being a 2008, street legal version of a 1970 GP car … this is much, much closer, what with the wings and the mid-mounted engine and all.

Still, two words: The Nürburgring.

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