Hi all,
If the moderator feels this thread is in the wrong place, please move it, I thought it may be of general interest to see under the skin of an Ultima.
It may not be in good taste being a GT40 site but whilst waiting for my SGT40 to be IVA tested and thereafter painted all in all about 8 weeks, I have decided to carry out a modification that was to be my next project anyway.
I have an Ultima can Am ( that's the convertable one ).
This I want to be made into the fixed head known as the GTR.
I believe from Ultima they know of no one who has ever done this before.. So it's a bit of a challenge. Luckily when I built this Can Am I ordered the GTR chassis which had extra chassis parts so converting it will now be to my advantage.
Basically the centre section needs to be removed, screen is the same on the Can Am as the GTR so that is re used. The centre section incorporates the roof section , pods that support locks and hinges and fuel fillers. It was better to remove this by cutting it out with a slit disc grinder, messy but effective.
8 x 6mm bolts and about 20 rivets to remove.
Disconnect all the dash switches and gauges and out it comes.
The worst part was behind the seats as this has an ally fire guard riveted in the engine bay which would mean removing the engine...No way am I doing this.
Here's some pictures so far this has taken 1 Day.
More info to follow
If the moderator feels this thread is in the wrong place, please move it, I thought it may be of general interest to see under the skin of an Ultima.
It may not be in good taste being a GT40 site but whilst waiting for my SGT40 to be IVA tested and thereafter painted all in all about 8 weeks, I have decided to carry out a modification that was to be my next project anyway.
I have an Ultima can Am ( that's the convertable one ).
This I want to be made into the fixed head known as the GTR.
I believe from Ultima they know of no one who has ever done this before.. So it's a bit of a challenge. Luckily when I built this Can Am I ordered the GTR chassis which had extra chassis parts so converting it will now be to my advantage.
Basically the centre section needs to be removed, screen is the same on the Can Am as the GTR so that is re used. The centre section incorporates the roof section , pods that support locks and hinges and fuel fillers. It was better to remove this by cutting it out with a slit disc grinder, messy but effective.
8 x 6mm bolts and about 20 rivets to remove.
Disconnect all the dash switches and gauges and out it comes.
The worst part was behind the seats as this has an ally fire guard riveted in the engine bay which would mean removing the engine...No way am I doing this.
Here's some pictures so far this has taken 1 Day.
More info to follow