factory five builders?

[Northeast Rod Run]

they are at a good amount of the bigger shows around my way. they are only about an hour from my house.
they give factory tours if people want them, but if you aren't close they will send you a pretty decent DVD of their stuff

[wicked68]

the lemans edition looks nice.

I think I will buy one for myself for christmas this year. I want the Lemans because of its horsepower - I have a lot of ferraris and lambos near me so I want to take bragging rights from them :D

How long does it take for them to build them?

[Kenova]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the weight of the '33?

Ken

[ProTour69Bird]

its around 240-300hrs to build the GTM

'33 is 2000lbs

[68sixspeed]

its around 240-300hrs to build the GTM

'33 is 2000lbs

that amount of time will barely or not even cover body fitting and smoothing. (even if you want to keep it in matte/primer)

[69TAPoser]

New transaxle option from FFR:

New GTM Transaxle Offer

Place your order before Sept. 14 deadline

Our engineers, in partnership with Quaife engineering, have developed the ultimate transaxle/transmission for the GTM Supercar. This new unit offers a vastly superior upgrade to the Porsche unit at a reasonable price, and is only available thru Factory Five Racing. For full technical details click here.

We have to place our initial purchase order by September 14th and are offering a very special introductory price at our cost of $7,800. After this initial order, the price will likely increase around $1,000.
We will not offer this price again and cannot place our initial order without a minimum order quantity.

Terms:

If sufficient orders are not received, all monies will be refunded without exception, and customer payments are held in a dedicated account.

Allow 3-6 months for delivery.

[wicked68]

http://www.factoryfive.com/gtm/video...ygtmmedium.m4v

that looks hot.

I would love that in silver with black down the middle to match my mustang and some black wheels - love the wing.

So what do you guys think I should put in it? the twin turbo ls2 sounds nice - everyone says that is a great motor - would you agree?

what do you think on the guages? traditional autometer needle style or the new F1 digital style? paddle shifters or stick?

[nitram1203]

If your interested in the GTM, you should definitely check out the RCR SL-C.

http://www.superlitecars.com/coupe_images.html

[bret]

We are building a FF 33 Ford this winter to do the autocross and track days. I haven't decided completely yet, but am leaning towards using a turbo Ecotec engine that makes about 260hp stock. There are bolt-on upgrades that will add at least 100hp to that. In a 2000lb car it should fly.
Although we haven't started on the build yet it appears to be a well designed and well constructed vehicle. We will be doing ongoing build images and video on our website this fall and winter. You'll see it here first!

[killer69]

We are about a week away from finishing a 33 hot rod kit. WAY more to it than first meets the eye. for starters the Grill shell is TOTALLY messed up. we had to cut 3/4" out of one side and remove all the bars, weld the shell back togeter re machine the slots for the bars other wise you look at it and it is way off now 40 hours later it looks good
we decided to put a 4.6 S/c cobra motor and 6 speed in it that is a nigth mare. the blower wont fit under the hood, had to totally modify the air intake. remount the alternator
the hood latch doesnt work. the seats are too big and unless your 5'6 it will be uncomfortable.
they say 250-300 hours to put together plus body work???? well the body work and fitting is at least 300 hours on top of that.
like John said no provission for sway bars.
ours looks really cool we did it semi gloss black roadster chopped windsheild and all brushed aluminum looks nasty.
just finishing up the rad plumbing what a nigth mare with the 4.6 and the water to air intercooler.
we have just about a 1000 hours in it!!!! and the 20k inital cost was the cheep part.

stil on the fence if we will do anothe one, i guess it also depends how picky you are.

[Damn True]

If your interested in the GTM, you should definitely check out the RCR SL-C.

http://www.superlitecars.com/coupe_images.html

Well...if you actually want to get your kit you might want to stick with FF.

[preston]

Wow that is HUGE news about a new transaxle available. I will be eagerly awaiting the real world results from those - 2 years from now LOL.

[jeff s]

I've had my hand in a number of GTM builds and I built my own Ultima GTR. I would estimate well over 1200 hours to build and finish a GTM to a decent quality level. I did some fine tuning on a Schwartz 670 hp LS7 powered GTM last month, it was a near $200,000 car with lots of Carbon Fiber, wider rear body, Brembos etc. We also did a twin turbo system and LS6 for another GTM. We're a couple months away from having production LSx headers for GTMs.