"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
08/05/2019 at 23:00 • Filed to: None
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gettingoldercarguy
> gettingoldercarguy
08/04/2019 at 01:15 |
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https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2013-factory-five-818-3/
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> gettingoldercarguy
08/05/2019 at 23:27 |
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A friend of mine built an 818 several years ago. His prior build was a supercharged Monster Miata that was an absolute beast. When I had my Miata, I’d scavenge parts off him as he upgraded them on his.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> gettingoldercarguy
08/05/2019 at 23:56 |
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It still pisses me off that Factory Five held a design competition to pen the body of that kit... then promptly threw away all the results, and designed a body that makes a powerwheels kiddie car look well proportioned and executed.
And also designed the chassis so absolutely short and non-modular that the EZ30R or EZ36D flat 6 engines won’t fit between the transaxle location and the firewall behind the seats.
So much under-developed opportunities there. I was a Subaru fanatic, and I love affordable mid-engine cars... this should be my Holy Grail, but I can barely stand to look at it...
And it doesn’t hold a candle to just buying a 986 Boxster S for 10-15 grand, rather than building this for nearly 20 grand.
If you want a racer... 20 grand will go a long way in terms of stripping down and modifying a $5-7K cosmetically rough 986 for track rat duty.
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> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
08/06/2019 at 08:49 |
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And it shows in the bidding. Surprised this didn’t hit 20k, but with what you said, it makes sense. Why go the route of a kit car, when you can have a real OEM car that would be more sorted? The cobra kit cars make sense to me, because to get the same in real life, you’d have to have a huge pocketbook, but for this, you are absolutely correct, buy a rough Porsche and make it track ready.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> gettingoldercarguy
08/07/2019 at 10:29 |
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Sorry, but that is not attractive. It reminds me of an episode of Futurama:
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gettingoldercarguy
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/07/2019 at 13:04 |
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I made up for it with last night's car. 818 kilos in a turbo four sounds like fun though