FOR SALE - Eddie FourFather Hill’s personal 2012 Ariel Atom 3

[FourFather]

FOR SALE - Eddie FourFather Hill’s personal 2012 Ariel Atom 3 Roadster SOLD! THANK YOU, THOMAS! CHEERS, EDDIE

 

Priced at 78,980.00

 

Set up for serious track day or race use. In fact, this may very well be the most developed/track sorted Ariel Atom available, and I have data printouts and video to show what it actually does.

 

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See these YouTube videos -

 

This is me running my two-seat 2012 Ariel Atom 3 300HP demonstrator/company car, against single-seat race cars. At Hallett Motor Raceway, near Tulsa, Oklahoma.

 

 

And here I start on the front row of the Open Wheel final at Hallett, after qualifying #2 out of all the open wheel cars at the track.

 

 

Eleven second video -Youngster's reaction to first ride, with me, in Ariel Atom

 

 

Interview with Eddie and Ercie Hill, done at Hallett Motor Raceway

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This is the very high-rpm Honda powered version, the supercharged K20a, from Civic Type R, the “Holy Grail” of all the Hondas, which I prefer over all of the other Ariels I have ever driven or sold. Which is why I kept this one until I had sold all my newer and older ones.

 

I ordered this one to be my own personal ideal Ariel Atom company car/track day car, and as a demonstrator for my Ariel Atom dealership. I have been racing the various Atom models for 10 years, and since becoming an Ariel dealer have sold twenty-eight of them.

 

So why sell the “Ideal Atom”? Last year my sweet bride Ercie bought a Mercedes SL550 twin turbo V-eight roadster for me for the street, and a Pro Formula Mazda for the track. With these exotic toys to play with, I plan to spend more time playing and less time working/selling. And so I will no longer be racing or selling the Ariels, and have now sold all my new and used Atoms except this one.

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In my ten years of driving, racing, demonstrating, and selling all the different models of the Ariel Atoms, the supercharged K20a, the “Holy Grail” of all the Honda engines, has been the most fun, sounds the best, turns the most RPM (by over 1,000), requires fewer shifts per lap, ( I LOVE shifting at 8,500, 8,600, or 8,700 RPM) and it is noticeably faster on the two race tracks I run on, by 2 seconds per lap on the shorter track, Hallett in Oklahoma, and 5 seconds per lap on a longer track, Eagles Canyon at Decatur, Texas.　 This is not advertising hype, I have actual data printouts.

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This car is Serial #AA30012, and now has 5137 miles on it. Other than the test miles put on it at the factory, I am the only person who has ever driven it. All the demonstrations I have done with the car were demo “rides”, not “drives”. It is in excellent shape and is completely ready for the track. As you can see in the videos of me driving it at Hallett Motor Raceway and pulling away from several different classes of single-seat race cars, this Atom is actually faster than most of the pure race cars there.

 

　

This car has the following factory equipment:

Stage 2 300HP Performance Tune Honda K20a engine from Civic Type R, with Jackson Racing supercharger, rev limiter at about 8,700 RPM.

Slick-shifting Honda close ratio six-speed , the best shifting manual transmission I have ever driven.

Carbon fiber wings, front and rear. These are beautiful - actually nicer looking than the ones on my top fuel dragster.

Very adjustable Bilstein aluminum dampers/shocks

Sale includes a full set of red “tender” or “soft” suspension springs for the very adjustable Bilstein aluminum dampers.　 I removed these tender springs to limit ground clearance changes with this latest ground effects aero package I have on the car now.　 If this car is ever to be used on the street, the tender red springs can be reinstalled for a softer street ride.　 The red soft springs are short travel and are used in addition to the long heavy springs, not instead of them.　 The short soft springs give a soft, comfortable, supple ride with enough travel to handle most any condition you’re apt to run into on the street, but they coil bind soon enough to really limit dive on braking, squat on acceleration, or leaning in corners.　 This is the best of both worlds for the street, but they are not needed on a smooth race track.

　

Aluminum radiator

 

Wilwood Dynalite Sport Brake Package - tremendous stopping power (see Gee printout of braking) with zero fade, easy to modulate, long life, and easy and economical to replace pads. In ten years I have never had to replace , or even re-machine, a brake rotor!

The car has a brake bias adjuster knob on the dash, so you can easily change braking force from front to rear while racing just by turning the knob a click or two.　 If the fronts lock up too easily (easy to see with an Atom), just turn the knob a couple of clicks to the left, shown by arrows on the knob.

The car has a main battery disconnect switch with removable red handle so you can kill all　 electrical power to the car, remove the red handle, and put it in your pocket if you leave the car unattended.　 Excellent theft deterrent.　 This feature is required by some racing organizations so a safety worker can easily spot the red handle and kill all electrical circuits (fuel pump, ignition, etc.).

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The car has a removable steering wheel.　 This is a really cool item because when you stop at a Dairy Queen and walk in with your steering wheel in one hand and your helmet in the other, everyone looks at you like you are a rock star. Excellent theft deterrent, too. When I was new to the car, I thought removing the wheel made it easier to get in and out of the car.

 

Passenger footrest. With the fantastic Gees this car generates, your passenger will LOVE this item, especially under braking on track!

 

One piece fiberglass bucket seat - This is lighter and it positions driver and passenger noticeably lower in the car than the older separate seats - a good thing. The older individually adjustable seats had to sit enough higher in the car to allow room for the sliders and adjusters that had to fit between the seat bottoms and the floor.

 

Fenders, fiberglass. These are easy enough to remove or replace, and they will fit with the street wheel and tire package that comes with the car sale.

 

12 volt power source - back in the day we called these cigarette/cigar lighters - a receptacle that can be used to plug in a data recorder or whatever that runs on 12 volts.

 

3 inch 6-point harness that holds you very securely, even at two Gee.

 

Anti-submarine belt, no sliding forward in the car under heavy braking with this option.

 

Seat belt pads - With the Gee this car generates, you need these for serious track use, otherwise your shoulders will probably be sore, if you use all of this car’s cornering ability.

 

Aero screens - these are the tiny Lexan wind deflectors on the cowl in front of the driver and passenger. I know these are tiny, but they are huge compared to what is on my Pro Formula Mazda, and they actually work a lot better than what you’d think. The bugs wind up on these, instead of on your face shield.

　

 

This is the way the Atom sits today-

 

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Thanks for looking,

Cheers,

Eddie

Google “Eddie FourFather Hill” for my credentials, if you are interested-

　

　

　

 

　

Edited April 8, 2018 by FourFather

[FourFather]

UPGRADES THAT I HAVE ADDED

 

 

· Wheels/tires on car now are Keizer ultra lightweight three-piece rebuildable. Fronts are 10” wide x 15” with Hoosier 23.0 x 9.5 R15 radials with the softest compound, the R25B. These are scuffed in and have about 90% tread left.

 

· Rear wheels are 14” wide x 15” with Hoosier 23.5 x 13.0 R15 with the softest R25B compound. There is about 85% tread remaining. Nothing that I have tried over the last ten years on these cars works any better than this set of wheels and tires!

 

· Jet Hot ceramic bright coated exhaust system with custom built muffler eliminator. The muffler eliminator is a wide open unmuffled pipe that increases horsepower and makes the car “sound like a supercar should”, to quote my wife. It easier to hear when to shift gears, in addition to looking much better than the stock muffler. It also makes it easier to see the pretty parts of the rear of the engine, that the original muffler blocks from view. Jet Hot coating looks much better and DOES NOT RUST or discolor like the originals do.

 

· Custom rear wing mounts to move the rear wing up into clean air and rearward for more effective down force (somewhat like my other car that runs 0 to 323.74 mph in 4.520 seconds).

 

· The throttle pedal is repositioned for easier and better heel-and-toeing. This modification is easily reversible by removing one screw and replacing it in the original position.

 

· I built and installed a nice dead pedal to keep my left foot on, when not shifting or braking.

 

· I prefer Wilwood brakes, and I added Hawk blue brake pads. They have proven the best for me for the street and especially on track. In ten years of racing with the Wilwoods, I have never had to replace a brake rotor or even have one re-machined.

 

· I built and installed a shifter lockout device that can be engaged or disengaged while strapped in the car with gloves on. It prevents accidentally shifting into first or second gear while hurrying to downshift for a corner on the track or street. If you’ve ever accidentally downshifted to second when you were looking for fourth, you will really appreciate this item.

 

· Beautiful indoor car cover, best looking car cover I have ever had or seen.

 

· One of a kind custom built belly pan, full width and length, made of aluminum/composite/aluminum sandwich, which is very stiff and very light. I have flexible brush side air seals (ala F1 technology) and built a one of a kind aluminum diffuser patterned after the new Ford GT, which I used as my inspiration. The diffuser and belly pan are easily removable. To facilitate oil changes, I have a -6 AN stainless steel jacketed flexible hose plumbed into the engine oil pan drain so the oil can be drained by simply laying the end of the hose in a drain pan and removing the plug. Don’t have to remove the diffuser or belly pan.

 

 

SPARES OR EXTRA PARTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE SALE PRICE

 

Team Dynamics street/track wheels and tires, factory equipped new car take-offs, Team Dynamics aluminum 12-spoke wheels in satin black. Rears carry Toyo Proxes R888 245/40ZR17, which is the largest tire, most traction ever offered by the factory. The fronts carry Toyo Proxes R888 205/50ZR15. The mold mark in the center of the front tires is still there, all the way around both tires. The rear tires are partially scuffed in, but no measurable wear.

A set of two rear tires for these Team Dynamics 17” rear wheels. These are very lightly scuffed in Hoosier Autocross tires, P245/40ZR17, with the center mold mark on the tires still visible all the way around both tires, about 99% of tread left.

 

Keizer Black Racing Wheels with highlights, Atom 3 wheel bolt pattern. Full set of four Keizer three piece racing wheels in all black with CNC‘d highlights, with tires mounted and balanced. Rear wheels are 10” wide x 15” and have new Hoosier FA (Formula Atlantic) tires size 23.0x9.5R15 , and front wheels are 8” wide x 15” with Hoosier autocross tires Size P225/45ZR15 that I have used some, but these have lots of laps left in them. This combo is as fast as anything I’ve tried.

 

New Hawk blue racing brake pads in original boxes - enough to do the whole car.

 

New Hawk black street brake pads in original box.

 

Compartmentalized spares box with large and small heim (spherical ball) joints and lots of other items, see photos

 

GoPro camera

 

2’ x 4’ Ariel Atom banner for garage wall

 

 

EXTRA PARTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE PRICE, BUT CAN BE ADDED AT BARGAIN PRICES IF BOUGHT WITH CAR - SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE

 

WHEELS AND TIRES

 

Set of four polished Keizer three-piece racing wheels. Front wheels are 8” wide x 15” with Hoosier A7autocross tires size P225/45ZR15 that are scuffed in but very little wear. Rear wheels are 10” wide x 15” and have very good used Hoosier FA tires size 23.0x9.5R15 in the R25b compound. I have not tried anything that works better than this combo. And I have tried a boat load of combinations.

 

Twobrand new Hoosier 23.0 x 9.5 R15 FA race tires in R25B compound, or FA compound, still in shipping boxes. I earned my career best lap times with this setup.

 

And, lastly, why buy from me?

 

Well, for one thing, I’ve owned/operated my business www.eddiehillsfuncycles.com at the same location in Wichita Falls, Texas, for over half a century, currently 51 years and counting, with A+ , their highest rating, at the Better Business Bureau. I’ve sold twenty eight Ariel Atoms so far.

I have been blessed with being the only person so far to have been the quickest and fastest drag racer on land and water, and to have won the yearly championships in the fastest class, top fuel, on both land and water. With engines and vehicles that I set up and tuned. And I set up and sorted and raced this Atom for my own fun, and it has been great. (My new to me Pro Formula Mazda is a little faster, but it sure takes a lot more time and effort and preparation to race it!)

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie

 

Google “Eddie FourFather Hill” for my credentials, if you are interested-

Edited February 14, 2018 by FourFather

[FourFather]

Here are the Team Dynamics street wheels and tires that are included in the sale. These are the largest/most traction wheels and tires ever offered from the factory.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

I am including in the sale these parts that I have accumulated as an Ariel dealer, and parts to use while experimenting with different wheels and tires, suspension changes, and brake pad compounds.

 

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Thanks for looking,

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

This is a very fast and extremely reliable track car. It requires very little maintenance, and has extremely low operating costs. Resale value is among the best in the business.

 

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Cheers,

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

Huge fun!

 

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This could be yours. It is completely ready to go right now.

 

Cheers,

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

Incredible gee with my for sale Atom at Eagles Canyon Raceway. It felt like a combination Ferris Wheel and Tilt-A-Whirl!

 

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Most fun I've ever had at a road race track! :drool:

 

Eddie

[FourFather]

What a blessing and thrill it is to have a 300HP car with a redline over 8,500 rpm with a close ratio six-speed, very low center of gravity, wide sticky tires and wings front and rear, and that weighs only ~1350 pounds. And with late model Honda reliability of the engine and transaxle, extremely low operating costs, and excellent resale value.

 

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Life is good!

 

Eddie :flag:

[FourFather]

Sold! Thank you, Thomas!

Cheers,Eddie