Well i was killing time and watching stuff about Ariel Atom on youtube from Top Gear, and that is sucha badass ******* car. So i go looking into it...

http://www.arielatom.com/index.php?o...cars&Itemid=53

look that the GM one somebody built.... look familiar? GM Ecotec 2.0L....

heres the youtube for ariel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDbFG6MlpjQ
at 1:55 his face goes flat lol i love it hahahhahaha

a must see for sure...

 

^^ thats insane..!!! Looks like his face is made of rubber, that car kicks ass..!!


Nice find Dude.. +rep

 

Good stuff

 

Repost but good stuff. The Atom in England uses a supercharged civic engine and the north american one uses the LSJ. Jeremy Clarkson test drove it on Top Gear (the BBC video link on YouTube you posted)

 

I actually had an encounter with one on the street. He was traveling down Georgetown Rd next to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I about fell over in shock.

 

We have an Atom owner or two on this site actually. Pretty awesome cars.

 

Really? who ?

 

We do??

I want their addresses so I can go steal them! hehe

 

its old news...jay leno actually is the one who convinced them to make ariel atoms in the US and he's also the one who pushed GM into selling the LSJ as the power source.

 

Here is a thread I wrote a while back. It has additional info.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/lounge-42/ariel-atom-ecotec-powered-42241/

 

LMAO!! Did ya'll see his face when accelerating?

 

Hi Guys.Yes,my Atom is Chevrolet powered!Basically the same drivetrain as your Cobalt SS 2.0 S/C'd cars with a stage three setup added.The best thing is I am only pulling around 1400lbs.Blessed Mother of acceleration! I have 275/40/17" DOT slicks out back and still could use a bit more traction. The car handles like nothing you have ever ridden in unless you have driven a shifter Kart.The brakes will put you through the windshield...oh wait...there IS no windshield I love the car to death,but like most,want MORE.I am working on getting the pcm able to communicate with HPtuners and once acomplished,I will be going with a Rebel worxs twin screw! 350rwhp sounds nice.

 

^Wholly mother of God. lol...That's awesome

 

I saw one at the track with some old guy driving it, his first ever pass 11 flat it was crazy!
Its a little rocket ship!

 

^You and your rockets.

You're right though, them lil bastards are and can be super fast

 

It was so funny cause the guys wife video taped it, and when he finished he watched the tape and was like hey that looks pretty quick.
We all said preety quick how about insanely quick, I cant remember the exact time but his sixty foot was very close to one second!

 

Yeah, that vid up top says that he expects "naught" of 2 second 0-60. lol

 

I wanna drive one so bad!
I would even love to be the passenger, it would probably scare the **** out of you!

 

lol hey can somebody loan me 70 grand to buy the ecotec one? lol

 

So I guess I need to start working on a way to swap a LSJ into a CRX eh? It probably weighs about the same.

 

Hey, I recognize that punctuation style (you have too many personas now madmax)

Here is my Ecotec powered Atom:

 

^ Nice! When my wife finishes her doctorate, I will have one too! One more year to go!!! To bad the price just jumped on them at the beginning of summer.