UGR TT Stage 3 Review
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UGR TT Stage 3 Review
I would like to share my driving impressions from my first few weeks of owning a Stage 3 TT from UGR. Before I get to the details, some background. Stay with me, it will be worth it:
When I was a young man I had the honor to serve as a Naval Officer. I was a member of the Surface Warfare community serving about a cruiser and a destroyer. As you may know, the Navy is comprised of several different branches. One of those is aviation. We ship drivers had a healthy rivalry with the fighter pilots. We spent a lot of time at the Officer's Club discussing their multi-species sexual preferences and recounting the familiarity their wives, mothers and daughters had with multiple platoons of Marine Corp infantrymen. While the rivalry was robust, underneath it all we had a lot of respect for the guys who strap their butts to 35,000 pounds of thrust, fight for their lives at Mach 2 and then put that beast they fly onto a rolling deck in the dead of night with no lights. We called these hero's NAFOD's. No Apparent Fear of Death.
Some of the members on this forum remind me of those boys. Strapping into a 1800 HP sled with your butt a few inches off the ground, with only a few square inches of rubber in contact with the ground and hurtling down a runway at 200 plus miles per hour. N-A-F-O-D.
If you are so inclined, this review will be of little interest to you. If you are an owner of a stock LP-560 and are thinking of a TT upgrade, and you are a normal, non adrenaline junkie, what I have to say may be of value to you.
First, the answer to the question Why 1000 horsepower? My Lambo has the exquisite looks that no other sports car today under $1,000,000 has. Enhancing it with extreme horsepower to match the extreme looks seems natural to me. My wife, not so much. The fact is, we have a duty to keep the club exclusive and not let the MOPAR boys get the upper hand.
Aside from the show car respect, the UGR version of the TT has all the variability you need to satisfy your horsepower lust but still act and drive responsibly when you need to. The boost can be turned off completely. The boost is controllable both in ultimate horsepower and by gear to give it to you where you want it. In my case that was 4th, 5th and 6th gear for short but thrilling pulls on open stretches of interstate. These features give you the best of all worlds. Daily driver like civility and open throated havoc if you so desire.
The car I got back is definitely different than the one I sent. You must buy into the fact that the noise level is going to rise, the engine without boost, engaging through a bullet proof clutch will be a little rougher. It matters not. Given the beastly levels of rage the car can exude, these minor adjustments are inconsequential. The extra weight on the tail alters the handling in the twisties. It's not bad, just different. Be aware.
The thrust. What can you say about the thrust? The only thing I can compare it to is the take-off roll of a jet trainer ride I took as a midshipmen. Incessant, savage but still controllable. The most fun you can have in three seconds with your pants on. You guys, not me.
I am breaking the car in carefully. They have been no temperature issues (summer in south Florida), no leaks, no creaks. The quality of hoses, clamps, wires etc lives up to the Lamborghini standards. No issues with aesthetic appeal or function.
This car came back to me cleaner and shinier than when I sent it. I am a fanatic detailer. No small feat for UGR. If they sweat this detail, I'm confident the rest of the engineering was done thoroughly.
Bottom line. This is my exit car. Will never need another. If a pony car comes out with 1000 HP, I still have room to grow. To all you NAFOD's, enjoy the half miles. I'm happy with my short pulls and my plans to live to a ripe old age.
Build Pictures: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...0-project.html
Cincy
When I was a young man I had the honor to serve as a Naval Officer. I was a member of the Surface Warfare community serving about a cruiser and a destroyer. As you may know, the Navy is comprised of several different branches. One of those is aviation. We ship drivers had a healthy rivalry with the fighter pilots. We spent a lot of time at the Officer's Club discussing their multi-species sexual preferences and recounting the familiarity their wives, mothers and daughters had with multiple platoons of Marine Corp infantrymen. While the rivalry was robust, underneath it all we had a lot of respect for the guys who strap their butts to 35,000 pounds of thrust, fight for their lives at Mach 2 and then put that beast they fly onto a rolling deck in the dead of night with no lights. We called these hero's NAFOD's. No Apparent Fear of Death.
Some of the members on this forum remind me of those boys. Strapping into a 1800 HP sled with your butt a few inches off the ground, with only a few square inches of rubber in contact with the ground and hurtling down a runway at 200 plus miles per hour. N-A-F-O-D.
If you are so inclined, this review will be of little interest to you. If you are an owner of a stock LP-560 and are thinking of a TT upgrade, and you are a normal, non adrenaline junkie, what I have to say may be of value to you.
First, the answer to the question Why 1000 horsepower? My Lambo has the exquisite looks that no other sports car today under $1,000,000 has. Enhancing it with extreme horsepower to match the extreme looks seems natural to me. My wife, not so much. The fact is, we have a duty to keep the club exclusive and not let the MOPAR boys get the upper hand.
Aside from the show car respect, the UGR version of the TT has all the variability you need to satisfy your horsepower lust but still act and drive responsibly when you need to. The boost can be turned off completely. The boost is controllable both in ultimate horsepower and by gear to give it to you where you want it. In my case that was 4th, 5th and 6th gear for short but thrilling pulls on open stretches of interstate. These features give you the best of all worlds. Daily driver like civility and open throated havoc if you so desire.
The car I got back is definitely different than the one I sent. You must buy into the fact that the noise level is going to rise, the engine without boost, engaging through a bullet proof clutch will be a little rougher. It matters not. Given the beastly levels of rage the car can exude, these minor adjustments are inconsequential. The extra weight on the tail alters the handling in the twisties. It's not bad, just different. Be aware.
The thrust. What can you say about the thrust? The only thing I can compare it to is the take-off roll of a jet trainer ride I took as a midshipmen. Incessant, savage but still controllable. The most fun you can have in three seconds with your pants on. You guys, not me.
I am breaking the car in carefully. They have been no temperature issues (summer in south Florida), no leaks, no creaks. The quality of hoses, clamps, wires etc lives up to the Lamborghini standards. No issues with aesthetic appeal or function.
This car came back to me cleaner and shinier than when I sent it. I am a fanatic detailer. No small feat for UGR. If they sweat this detail, I'm confident the rest of the engineering was done thoroughly.
Bottom line. This is my exit car. Will never need another. If a pony car comes out with 1000 HP, I still have room to grow. To all you NAFOD's, enjoy the half miles. I'm happy with my short pulls and my plans to live to a ripe old age.
Build Pictures: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...0-project.html
Cincy
Congrats and stay safe. If you don't mind me asking, what kind of cars did you have prior to the stg 3. I love hearing the differences to once insane level car's after one drives a UGR TT.
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