jlumba81 Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 Hello, I was wondering if anyone has one or has ever ridden/driven one.
slngsht Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 seriously thought about it, but the seven is much more fun
slngsht Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 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 Posted March 10, 2009 Author Posted March 10, 2009 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 Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 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 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 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 Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 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 Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 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?
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