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jlumba81
03-09-2009, 09:57 PM
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has one or has ever ridden/driven one.
slngsht
03-09-2009, 10:20 PM
seriously thought about it, but the seven is much more fun :)
slngsht
03-09-2009, 10:26 PM
to clarify my statement - I almost put money down to be on their waitlist before it came out. The deal breaker for me is that it was not an open cockpit car. It seems like a very nice car given the size of the firm behind it.
jlumba81
03-09-2009, 10:48 PM
My cousin is the one interested in building one. I got him interested in it after showing him a brochure of one. He currently own a 2006 mitsubishi evo and was thinking of getting a corvette or some other sportscar w/ a v8.
WestTexasS2K
03-10-2009, 08:56 AM
GTM is a good looking car. I think it will take about 50-60k to complete the car.

I really like the FF 33 Ford roadster that they are now making. It is a 33 Ford hotrod that has road racing suspension and is suppose to be a real terror on the track. It has a tube space frame much like a 7.
jlumba81
03-12-2009, 03:14 AM
All the Factory Five car come w/ a tube frame chassis. I was helping my cousin price out the cost of building a GTM. The kit is $19,990, they had a winter discount on it knocking off another $2000. It uses manily C5 corvette parts and I saw a salvaged one online for $10K and you need a porsche transmission and you can get one of those for about $2k. So you can get one built for around $35-40k. If you want an LS7 you need a porsche gt3 transmission, both of which will bump up the price to $50-60k.

The 33 Ford Hotrod looks nice saw an article on it in Kitcar mag. It has inboard shock/spring front suspension like the CSR or the freestyle setups for the Seven.
Hank
03-12-2009, 08:17 AM
jlumba81, did you include finishing the body in your prices above? I was told the Factory Five bodies come oversized and in need of many hours of labor even before painting. Local wanted $8000-10000 to finish the body for a Daytona Coupe I was going to buy. I was sold on the Westfield Megabusa due to no body work or paint (trimming is fine).
jlumba81
03-12-2009, 10:49 AM
I left some leeway for paint and body work, but my cousin graduated from Wyotech and did some body and paint classes there. If he ends up getting it, I would be nice if we could say that we did all the work ourselves. I noticed in pics of the GTM that it has no muffler, just header, cats, h-pipe and exit pipes. Is that right? Must be really loud. What's it compare to exhaust noise from a seven?