Amazing Car! Bullet

[Lovechunks]

I drove a Bullet today. It was amazing, coolest car I've ever had the pleasure to drive.

It's a tuned up Lexus LS400 engine built around a space frame with a Mazda MX5 body on it, only the body is mostly Carbon/Kevlar with carbon-fibre goodies and looks shed loads better than an MX5. The suspension is awsome to it feels like a giant Indy car/go kart thing.

Oh, and it sounds like giant God farts or a XR8 on crack! It sounded so good I don't know how to describe it, but it made my nipples very hard

It was made on the Gold Coast. I don't know if they still make them though.

Anyone seen one?

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Edited September 10, 2006 by Lovechunks

[thorpe84]

f**k that thing looks nuts, i have never seen one before

puts the mx5 turbo to shame thats for sure

the front of it looks like a suzuki cupacino or a honda beat i cant remember which one

[Lovechunks]

Yeah it looked so well finished to I couldn't believe how cool it looked under the bonnet! I'll post some pic's of the engine bay next time I see it!

[Modena]

Whats the traction like? I got a Motor article on it, saying it pumps out like just under 300 KW and weighs shit all (1200 KG) but 0-100 is like 5 seconds which is too slow for that type of power.

[eMsta]

its one of those cars that is custom made - they had a few models. Cheapest was around 100 grand....

but apparently it was soo fast that it was up there with the likes of porsche and the current m3...

http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_2800/article.html

Edited September 10, 2006 by emsta2003

[TRUBLSM]

sounds promising.

[eMsta]

they were around a few years ago - but it wasnt selling well. Only ever saw 2 on carpoint.com.au - both in qld....

[AzzurrA]

mates dad owns a supercharged one, it goes alright, is deafening when he gives it a bootful next to your open window too, haha

[blk180]

Yer i saw at summer nats last year. i think the Ariel Atom will kill tho for that type of money.

http://www.arielmotor.co.uk/04/frames.htm

Think there was a company in OZ trying to complie them

[Howie]

Saw an old MG with a similar lexus v8 conversion... they sound horny as.

[geno8r]

Geeez the interior looks like inside a Hyundai excel! That car isn't doing anything for my likings.

[thorpe84]

they should try fitting an rb26 to it,it would be smaller and lighter then the lexus v8 =)~~~

[Lovechunks]

The interior looks gay in the pic's but it's all leather and Recaro seats so it's pretty nice.

My Brother and I drove it from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and the traction was awsome? I heard it's 0-100 in about 4 seconds and it felt like it! It makes you floor it just so you can hear it!

I think an Arial Atom would whip it hands down but it's certinly more practical than the Arial. I thik a Gtr would beat it to as a Gtr sort of makes you into a better driver and helps you out as this would just oversteer you round in circles if you were ham fisted. It was really easy to live with in town or the highway, it's cool when people flip out when they hear it

We ended up swapping my 98 Gtt and an old Stagea for it! It's only got 20,000k's.

[Bunta]

The interior looks gay in the pic's but it's all leather and Recaro seats so it's pretty nice.

My Brother and I drove it from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and the traction was awsome? I heard it's 0-100 in about 4 seconds and it felt like it! It makes you floor it just so you can hear it!

I think an Arial Atom would whip it hands down but it's certinly more practical than the Arial. I thik a Gtr would beat it to as a Gtr sort of makes you into a better driver and helps you out as this would just oversteer you round in circles if you were ham fisted. It was really easy to live with in town or the highway, it's cool when people flip out when they hear it

We ended up swapping my 98 Gtt and an old Stagea for it! It's only got 20,000k's.

I am jealous! They are so good!

[GTRgeoff]

Nice stuff, but damn they overcharge. I have plans to import a Miata under Race Rally scheme and slap a Soarer V8 in it for track. <$5K for the car, $1K for the engine so I'm thinking it will happen for under $10K doing the conversion myself.