Video: Bespoke Supercharged LS Track Toy Climbs Mt. Alma

Hillclimb events are one of the oldest forms of motorsports, and the tradition continues today around the globe. Anywhere there’s a twisty road that can be closed off for a day or two is a potential race track, and the one-at-a-time format helps keep the potential for wrecks to a minimum. As a result, events like the Mt. Alma Mile Hillclimb, which celebrated its 7th running just last weekend, attract a wide variety of participants in everything from hot hatches to exotics and full-on race cars.

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There’s not much to an Ultra, stripped of bodywork and drivetrain.

In this video, we get to ride along with the driver of a Ultra Race Car as he takes on the South Australian road course. The Ultra was designed as a purpose built track day car with safety as the primary design goal. Though you can’t see it in the video, the bodywork is pretty striking, too. Available as a kit or roller, Mad Performance can also set you up with a ready-to-run Ultra powered by either an SR20 turbo four cylinder Nissan engine, or an LS1/LS2.

This particular car, however, has an LS (of unknown specification, unfortunately) with a twin-rotor supercharger strapped to it poking out through the bonnet, making for a very fast ride up the hill. Light weight combined with steamroller tires are the perfect setup to get the most out of all that horsepower. The ride-along, shot from multiple angles, almost seems like it’s sped up because of the speed this roller skate carries through the course.