Our First Ariel Atom Build Up

xtremecivichb · Post by **xtremecivichb** » January 15th, 2006, 4:19 am

Not sure this is the right place, but just wanted to show you guys what we been working on for the past week.....

One of our customer is in mad love with import cars... Honda...

He hired us to be his own personal mechanic/tuner for his cars. with that title comes alot of privledges though, one of them being driving these cars.

Our shop recieved this car as a rolling chassis from UK on Nov 23, 2005, we have to prep the engine (JDM RSX TYPE R) then install it, then after that take it to the track to set the car up when it opens in March.

This car will be registrered, tagged, and street driven!

and all the padding on the bars is just a precaution against accidental nicks and will be removed before driving

The Car = Ariel Atom
The Heart = JDM RSX TYPE R K20A
Company = Xtreme Autosports
Locaton = Tulsa, Oklahoma
Atom Owner = James Sharp
Mechanic/Tuner = Luke Pierce

Enjoy!

Last pic...

Atom's New Garage.

Test Run Vid

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...4.MPG

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...2.MPG

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...8.MPG

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...1.MPG

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...2.MPG

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...3.MPG

Just got back from our first Main Street and Highway runs

Why drive at night? All the tracks are close for season and we have no tag..

we can't just drive up and down on street. after all.. this is Ariel Atom..

enjoy...

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...2.AVI

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...3.AVI

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...4.AVI

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...5.AVI

http://www.xtreme-autosports.c...6.AVI

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » January 15th, 2006, 12:56 pm

I'm serioulsy drooling.
If there was one car that I would trade MY ITR for it would be that.

So what did you have to do to the motor in regards as prep?

StatGSR · Post by **StatGSR** » January 15th, 2006, 1:00 pm

what no supercharger??? haha, still kick ass tho, i want on of those soooo bad its not even funny...

knowledge · Post by **knowledge** » January 16th, 2006, 12:34 pm

Yeah I was thinking the same thing...The unsupercharged model! HAHA

Oh and I thought it came with a CTR engine not an ITR engine.

They really arent that expensive to buy, just shipping it over to the states is the killer.

xtremecivichb · Post by **xtremecivichb** » January 17th, 2006, 12:18 am

StatGSR wrote:what no supercharger??? haha, still kick ass tho, i want on of those soooo bad its not even funny...

UK offers civic, civic type r and supercharger motor..

we thought JDM Type R motor give us more power for now and more options for mods in future..

xtremecivichb · Post by **xtremecivichb** » January 17th, 2006, 12:19 am

knowledge wrote: They really arent that expensive to buy, just shipping it over to the states is the killer.

No motor = parts car..

Mugen Mike · Post by **Mugen Mike** » February 15th, 2006, 2:46 pm

Badass!

apexii · Post by **apexii** » February 15th, 2006, 2:52 pm

wow. Holy power-to-weight ratio batman!

mRek9R · Post by **mRek9R** » March 3rd, 2006, 1:11 pm

:drool i've got to build me one of those!