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Mark this is awesome
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saw that over on facebookgram. Nice!
F5R9196 Hand built 347 475hp EFI | T5Z | LSD 3.73 3-link | Power Steering | Power Brakes | Vintage Air | 315/35ZR17 & 275/40ZR17 NT555
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1200HP -- that'll get your attention. Now I hope FFR is going to make an NHRA legal cage for that truck or at least use chassis components that you could weld a cage to that would pass NHRA chassis cert. The 1.5" square tube used in the 33HR is not an NHRA compliant chassis member to weld a roll bar or cage to (2018 Sec-21 4:10) and these cars are just crying to be made into street / strip machines. With that much power we want to see that thing doing regular duty on the drag strip.
How about it FFR, you're an American company -- cross over from your European inspired road course comfort zone and dip a toe into the straight line acceleration game that was born in America back when hot rodding was young and wild. You've got the SCCA boys and girls covered with track-worthy models -- give us a kit we can assemble and go drag racing in without modifying your chassis to meet NHRA requirements. If Dodge can build drag racers in street clothing y'all can build a drag race-worthy hot rod kit be it truck or three-window coupe.
Currently, there are three major race trucks on the board for 2018. Customer Erik Treves is building a high-horsepower pro-street truck. Hot Rod Magazine's Mark Gearhart is going to give Erik a run for his money, and the crew here at Factory Five is building a NASCAR 900 HP drift truck for Joey Logano later this year. In the meantime, the crew here is building a production street truck with full fenders and Coyote power.
The truck projects mentioned above will not have a cage that would pass NHRA chassis cert. This will have to wait until truck production is in full gear and will likely be a fully custom project.
Dave Lindsey
FFR's Mad Dog
Wow! I love those trucks! To see the level of these builds is almost unbelievable....thanks for sharing
Mark-
I look forward to following along. That is going to be one heck of a truck!
Will you be posting updates here, or just on HotRod.com? Good luck with the progress.
Regards,
Steve
Way too much for me.
Ralph
Looks so cool!
MK4 #8900 - complete kit - Coyote, TKO600, IRS - Delivered 6/28/16 First Start 10/6/16 Go cart - 10/16/16 Build completed - 4/26/17 - 302 days to build my 302 CI Coyote Cobra - Registered and street legal 5/17/17
Build Thread http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...e-build-thread
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I hope this is associated with Hoonigan in Long Beach. I live just a few blocks away and every time I turn off the freeway exit off-ramp I peek into their lot. Always neat things in there.
Mark;
looks like a fun project, I will be following along and looking forward to seeing it at SEMA.
I love that you chose the same wheels I have been set on since I started my 33HR build. Being from KC I buy local when
I can and watching the 3 Weld boys race sprint cars in my youth I prefer to buy a product with their name on it.
The Black body and silver edges on those wheels follows the theme on my 3G Hemi dress-up parts so it all ties in.
Dale
7L 6pack Hemi 33
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Hey Mark,
Aren't you in HB? Wanted to come by and check out progress from time to time.
Can someone move this to the projects sub forum? I accidentally posted it here.
My truck showed up Friday. Overall, looks considerably easier (sheet metal wise) than the Roadster/Challenge car. Missing a few boxes that I will wait for before I start. Already have the Wilwood 6/4 piston brakes with an extra set of rear calipers for the hydraulic E-brake, along with a Moser rear end. Wheels are supposed to ship this week.
Gen3 Coupe - SOLD Arrival: 6/21/18 SOLD: 4/12/2019
Current Vehicle: 2014 SRT Viper (modded to the moon), 2022 TRX, 2022 RS6, E46 LS3 M3
Current Projects: Superlite/RCR GTR ***FOR SALE***
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Check out Mark's write up about receiving his '35 Hot Rod Truck kit and getting ready to start the build on Hot Rod's website here.
Dave Lindsey
FFR's Mad Dog
Here's the blue I am going to use, painted by "Da Bat"
https://ringbrothers.com/1965_mustang_ballistic
Sorry I haven't been in here much, been busy with the day job and the Truck has been sitting for about a month since I got it.
Finally kicked off the Truck build Friday. The guys from Hot Rod came by my home garage and we wrenched on the Truck for about 8 hours. Our goal was to get it into a roller but didn't have caliper brackets and received two left, rear control arms - it was my fault for not checking that before hand. The entire front suspension, minus the calipers, is done. In about an hour's worth of work the rear end will be in and she will be a roller. After that, it will be sheet metal/fuel system time.
Here's the second story on "preparing for your Factory Five" - will have a front suspension story soon! - https://www.hotrod.com/articles/prep...five-delivery/
I wanted wider but there's not a lot of performance handling tires above a 325 in a 20-inch diameter. Pilot Sport Cups are available at $556/tire in a 345, but I am also sponsored by Toyo.
Erik and Da Bat came over to help us on day 2 of the Truck build. It's now a full roller! We also got the pedal box and firewall sheet metal handled. Jeff will take the truck in 2-3 weeks to get the body panels sorted for paint them bring me back the roller. From there, I will install the motor/trans and get it to my fab guy to get the turbo manifolds built.
Here's all the details on the front brakes - https://www.hotrod.com/articles/fron...ild-drift-rod/
Sorry for the delay on updates here. I gave Da Bat the truck for about 1.5 months so he could get the panels square and get working on the body. I got the chassis back before thanksgiving and been busy with work and Christmas prep. My goal is to get the motor/trans in the truck in early Jan. After that, my fabricator will handle all the turbo plumbing and it will be game on after then.
Here's the front suspension story and I am almost done with the rear suspension story. - https://www.hotrod.com/articles/fron...ild-drift-rod/
Posted in error, sorry.
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I didn't remove it, not sure what happened. The rear suspension story will be out soon where I explain more about it.
Rear suspension story is live! https://www.hotrod.com/articles/rear...ild-drift-rod/
Like the direction your headed. Can't wait to see more.
Wow!!! This truck is going to be incredible.