Has anyone seen this build series?
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp56-Lsv9aM
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ltJayNI8-Y
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-RXKP6ppU
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Has anyone seen this build series?
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp56-Lsv9aM
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ltJayNI8-Y
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J-RXKP6ppU
818S Chassis #288 2.5L 323hp
Ordered: 9/19/14 Received Kit: 11/2/14 First Start: 5/31/15 First Drive: 6/7/15 Registered: 3/10/2016 Completed: 2/10/2017
Status: Complete Build Thread Sold 9/22/2017
joshuajach.com
No but that looks interesting to watch! I recognize these car parts. loll
Haven't Snap-On failed on building an R a long time ago and FFR needed to sell it?
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
The guys at Snap-On had originally wanted to build an R model but their legal team decided no race cars for liability reasons so they built the 818C instead. Never got any further than the discussion stage though.
Jim Schenck
Factory Five Racing
Thanks for the precision Jim! I obviously had some of it wrong about the R, I really thought they did start it and left it incomplete. Good to see they made it with the C!
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021
I'd love to see the ecoboost 818C driving! Has it yet? What were the results? I'm surprised at the silence without some sort of explanation, especially after all the discussion surrounding the potential with this powerplant!
Yeah, I watched them all hoping for some FF 818 goodness. Instead, I got a bunch of advertisements for Snap-on tools I either can't afford or don't want, and never got to see a running car. The Grassroots Motorsports was more helpful to me.
Snap-On.....Factory Five.....if you are listening.......RUN THE ECOBOOST! POST A YOUTUBE VIDEO! MAKE IT WORK! WE WANT TO SEE/HEAR IT! And smell and taste it, but you cant get everything you hope for! Can you at least say why you arent playing with it? Maybe they dont want to damage pretty paint job? I think we would all be more impressed with a slightly damaged but awesome running show car?
Uhhhh, ours did not go together like that.
. It would go together like that if you had a team of experienced guys spending a month pre fitting everything first. But what's the fun in that.
Is the ecoboost engine exceptionally short in length (from crank pulley to trans mounting face) or another way of putting it is it shorter than say a Nissan SR20 or Mitsi 4G63 or Honda K series or other japanese inline 4s? And how much did it move the trans back?
The mustang 2.3l ecoboost is available as a crate engine (link below). A controls pack is also available for the engine. The 2.0 ecoboost transverse mounted engine has been available for quite some time, but this is the first I have seen the mustang 2.3l ecoboost inline crate engine available.
https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-23T
$7,795 seems like a fair price to me. Heck I've spent more than that rebuilding a Subaru engine. And the Ecoboost is all new parts and comes with a warranty.
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818R ICSCC SPM
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The $7795 is just the Ford MSRP. The $5512 in the link below is competitive.
https://fordracingpartsbydonwood.com...FQERaQod2cICog
Frank
818 chassis #181 powered by a '93 VW VR6 Turbo GT3582R
Go-karted Aug 5, 2016 - Then May 19+21, 2017
Tracked May 27/July 26, 2017
Build time before being driveable on Sep 27, 2019: over 6000h
Build Completed Winter 2021