Italian receiver UK Garage is presenting its latest project, the Lotus Exige-based Extrema. UK Garage works on such obloquy as TVR, Noble and Radical. Plenty of work has gone into the Extrema from when it was an Exige up until its underway format.
Beginning with engine, buyers are stale for choice as they wade finished a list that comprises exclusively of GM powerplants. At the entry point is a 2.6-litre with 360hp (265kW) followed by a 2.8-litre making 450hp (331kW) or a 560hp (412kW) 3.4-litre version. All three ingest a PowerTech V8 engine weighing 95kg. With this engine total vehicle mass does not exceed 750kg.
Moving to the next menu is GM's 2.8-litre V6 turbo that either produces 300hp (221kW) or 350hp (257kW). With this mill fitted the car goes up to 850kg in weight which is ease very light. Up the action harm is where things get more interesting. UK Garage offers possibleness customers a register comprised of Chevrolet and Corvette powerplants that will be fitted into their Extremas. Again play from the bottom there are digit Chevrolet LS3s making either 420hp (309kW) or 500hp (368kW) each. At this level weight goes up a notch to about 970kg.
Those who daylong for absolute Extrema grunt, the 513hp (377kW) LS7 or the LS9 found in a Corvette ZR1 with 647hp (476kW) crapper be selected. This time vehicle mass reaches 1,000kg. This portion combination allows the Extrema to reach 100km/h from standstill in 2.8 seconds, 0 - 200km/h in 7 seconds and top off at 320km/h. Gearshifts are taken tending of courtesy of either a drill or a sequential transmission system.
The Extrema has an metal chassis, and buyers crapper hit either fiberglass or a kevlar-carbon flower embody fitted. The embody has been lengthened by whatever 20cm to accommodate these big engines. It has also been widened for the bigger tyres and equipped with an adjustable suspension system.
All this comes at a toll of €66,000 including taxes for the baseline help while road-legal conversions crapper be made at extra cost.
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