Pegasus (ancient Greek Πήγασος / Pegasos, Latin Pegasus) is one of the best known fantastical creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, Small horse in this case......
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Pegasus (ancient Greek Πήγασος / Pegasos, Latin Pegasus) is one of the best known fantastical creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, Small horse in this case......
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“If you didn’t have enough time to do it right the first time. How come you always have time to go back and do it again?” FFR1000186CP
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.
The name should reflect the origins of Factory Five, but also tell us about the car. It has to say light and powerful, but also remind us of where the Smiths (and factory five) come from. It reflects the pride of the customer, who takes the pieces and assembles them into a thing of his own. It tells the future of the company, moving ahead and tapping new markets. The new name should be the Factory Five FORGE.
Other not as cool names I thought of were things like hammer, striker, Vulcan (Roman god not star trek), etc
Last edited by Doc_FFR; 02-14-2011 at 09:48 PM.
I'm stuck on the car being a corner carver so...
how about 'Arc' relating to the cars ability to hold a line through a turn.
Or... maybe something from the Surfing Lexicon...
"Glide" A spiritual place when everything seems to be in synch...the wave, the surfer and the board are one entity. When a surfer achieves this he's said to have the...glide. Of course change board for car, surfer for driver, and wave for road.
"A spiritual place when everything seems to be in synch, the road, the driver, and the car are one entitiry. When a driver acheives this he's said to have the Glide..."
-Scott
Last edited by Someday I Suppose; 02-14-2011 at 09:50 PM.
MKIII #3835 IRS, Anderson Performance 408 Levy T-5 Trans, Team III Wheels
Paint completed November 2010, passed NJ State Safety Inspection June 21st, Tagged and First Drive 7/1/2011
Kids said a Panther, I'm thinking KISS as in the principle, as the weight, cost and ease of the build. Although not a name you brag to your buddies. Hey I'm building a Kiss.
My wife says the Doughnut as in another hole to throw money into.
Ok, back to the cool names. Thanks for letting me play.
Edit, Kids have another one. The luch box. small, light and is about all you can get into it.
Edit #2, Since the Star Wars theme, How about Luke, son of Darth Vader, FFR could be considered by some as the Dark Side. Also my son's name.
Also since this car will bring in a whole new crowd thinking something along the lines of the Dark Knight, or Newbie, Also since we don't know what it will be we can just call it the Knife. Lets see what we carve up.
Last edited by cChrisM; 02-14-2011 at 10:45 PM.
FFR AXE
Could also be nicked named the Frax... as in "what the frax?" (BSG reference)
F5 Refresh
- Computer reference
- what also occurs after a long day at work when you jump into a fun fast car, you are "refreshed"
- and the obvious Factory 5 Racing reference
FFR Roxy - She's an evil beyotch but I cant live without her
My humble suggestion would be to pay homage to the Japanese heritage... FFR zEro
Factory Five Boxer special
- Direct, to the point
Factory Five Axiom
-Purpose built and self-evident. Axiomatic design.
Inertia or Axis
- Low moment of inertia
- implies fast direction and velocity changes
Primus
- first, best, supreme and yet can also denote entry level
FFR Tramp - cheap, easy and always a good time
Ok here you go "VELOCITY" or "T_VOL" short for terminal velocity. But I don't care what X stands for, FFRX is pretty cool too.
Oasis- something you thought you saw...until the gas pedal was pushed.
Velox -- latin for quick, rapid, swift, fast
FX
Sub-X
SBX
Sub-FX
Carl
FFR #3635 306 w/powerdyne 9lb supercharger
WerX
Wixer
W-Rod or F-Rod (think ARod and KRod - since pitchers and catchers reported today)
Carl
FFR #3635 306 w/powerdyne 9lb supercharger
The Factory Five Apex
Or...
The Factory Five Sidewinder
I personally like Apex the best.
Steve
Last edited by Steve91T; 02-15-2011 at 07:49 AM.
Dave,
Don't over think it.
FFR "Nirvana" (copyright wise you are good to go as long as you do not start a heavy metal band) IE: state of being free
Marketing wise, something along the lines of "Tired of the same old same old, want a way to relive some of your youth, get back some of that missing energy, FFR proudly presents "Nirvana", the state you will be in once you are on the road". Again this is first blush, pre caffiene this morning, so some things can easily be improved on.........
Bill S.
Instead of being part of the problem, be part of a successful solution.
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Personally, I don't care for the deep thinking type names. As unsophisticated as I am, I don't get the meanings most of the time. When Suzuki came out with the Vinson ATV, I had no clue and turns out it's named after a mountain in Antartica.
I like simple:
Mongoose
FFR-W
F5W
WR-5
Last edited by Arrowhead; 02-15-2011 at 08:19 AM.
Keeping with snake names (Cobra, Viper ect........)
Diamondback
Mamushi (Japanese poisonous snake or common Viper)
Sidewinder
Serpent
Yarara (type of pit Viper)
Venom
Last edited by Kalstar; 02-15-2011 at 08:49 AM. Reason: Added a few more names
If you like snake names there is a SE Asian file snake who's skin is used in hand bags and such under the name 'Karung' which has a kind of cool ring to it.
MKIII #3835 IRS, Anderson Performance 408 Levy T-5 Trans, Team III Wheels
Paint completed November 2010, passed NJ State Safety Inspection June 21st, Tagged and First Drive 7/1/2011
OK, the in house name pre-build, before the final design is settled upon:
The Seargent Schultz; as in "I know nothing...." seems appropriate from all those who are "in the know."
I will work on some other names for after I see the design. I LOVE the rough drawing and the price point; both are very sexy!!
My $.02
Regards,
Steve
how about:
FFR Qwick
If it is going to be ricer based I vote for FFR Ninja.
Todd Baumann
FFR Build School Instructor 16+ Years Mott Community College
FFR 2086 MKI, 22+ years on the road
FFR 300 MKI Coupe
I can't say I've ever seen someone tip a flatbill. Lets not start that trend either.
The Zero was a Mitsubishi. Subaru's parent company, FHI, used to be the Nakajima Aircraft Company.. so FFR kAte would be more appropriate.
Ignoring the potential PR backlash of naming your car after a past enemy's killing machines.. Check out the old aircraft names for the Nakajimas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajim...gined_aircraft
I really like Gekko (Moonlight), Donryu (Storm Dragon), Hayate (Gale) and Karyu (Fire Dragon). FFR could call it the Ryu and then sell DonRyu and KaRyu badges depending on the engine being implanted.
My suggestion, though.. is FFR Orion. It's a half-step away from the Pleiades in the sky and it's a well known constellation in North America. Yeah.. Ford sullied it in Europe.. but nobody remembers that heap. If that's a problem FFR Orien / OrYan / oRYn / Oreyean would work.
Last edited by Calamity J; 02-15-2011 at 12:11 PM.
I like simple, so how about a name based on the donor WRX, as in "Factory Five Works".