Factory Five F9R Concept - full CF body, 2400 lb target weight

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 12/12/2019 at 11:04 • Filed to: None

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Production start estimate late 2020/Q1 2021. Cost TBD.

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This past November at SEMA 2019, we showed the prototype chassis with a 750 HP V12LS engine that makes 700 lb.-ft. torque and displaces 9.5L!

The chassis will accept small block Ford crate engines and modular Ford Engines as well as the LS-series of engines… and now this exciting V12 American power plant.

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The car is almost 80 wide and only 46 high.

Give mine a Voodoo.

Here the V12:

Arrivederci > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 11:17

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Hnnnng.  Resembles the Italdesign Zerouno a bit on the nose and I think a Voodoo in a 2400lb car would be pretty ideal.

Maxima Speed > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 11:17

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Interesting similarities

Nick Has an Exocet > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 11:49

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I wonder if it will live up to the renderings. The 818 that I saw recently was really rough. Not sure if the builder wasn’t great or if the kit is missing the polish .

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Nick Has an Exocet 12/12/2019 at 11:52

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I assume the cost and quality of this will be much higher than the 818.

Saracen > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 13:12

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9.5L V12.

Holy crap.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Saracen 12/12/2019 at 13:17

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Yup! Wonder who’s building it?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Saracen 12/12/2019 at 13:19

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Here it is.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Saracen 12/12/2019 at 13:25

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Holy crap... They put it in A VAN. Ha!

Saracen > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 13:47

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Haha, yeah I found it too.

If it were me I’d go with the aluminum alloy engine block option.  Displacement drops to 9.2L...but man, an iron block LSV12 sounds soooo heavy.

slipperysallylikespenguins > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 13:49

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I was really excited when the frame pictures came out for SEMA, but I’m not sold on the body.

If it lose s the wing and you paint some of the cladding body color it would clean it up a bit.

It is very interesting that they are going to be delivering the bodies 100% ready in carbon fiber though. Makes me wonder if they will eventually offer carbon Cobras/Coupes/hot rods.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/12/2019 at 13:51

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I bet they’d sell you one without the body. =)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Arrivederci 12/12/2019 at 13:52

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Apparently the Voodoo’s not actually available in a crate from Ford...

slipperysallylikespenguins > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 13:59

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The frame is just a derivative of their Type 65 Coupe, so I would rather just have that. I was wondering years ago if you could set up a contract with them for frames and sell “coachbuilt” bodies to put on them. Let them do all the hard work engineering the frames and running gear.  

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/12/2019 at 14:05

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Yeah, the 65 Coupe is a beauty.

I’m sure they’d be willing to provide frames, etc., if someone wanted to do bespoke bodies.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/12/2019 at 14:28

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 14:29

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Or leave it as an insane Exocet type of car..... 

arl > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 14:35

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The body is, uh, a little weird. All that bla ck plastic is tacky.

But that motor...mmmmm.....

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 12/12/2019 at 14:38

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Would be street legal here in Oklahoma with lights and blinkers. =)

slipperysallylikespenguins > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 12/12/2019 at 15:57

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that definitely looks better

slipperysallylikespenguins > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/12/2019 at 16:00

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https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-6007-A52XS

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/12/2019 at 16:17

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Yep. That disclaimer’s pretty good. =)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/12/2019 at 19:45

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I would ditch the wing unless it was going to the track.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/13/2019 at 11:28

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In a quasi-unrelated aside, I was browsing over on the FFR user forum the other night.  I can’t fathom starting yet another car from scratch at the moment, but there’s quite a large number of almost finished FFRs of various styles over there that the owners got in over their skis on.  I’d love an 818C or 818R and there’s several ways to get an almost finished one for quite a discount on the sweat-and-toil involved.  I’m intrigued.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:38

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Yeah, definitely. But the whole taking-on-someone-else’s-project thing...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:39

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Hey - did you get OPPO authorship yet?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/13/2019 at 11:48

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Not yet.  I haven’t seen the Recruitment member post for awhile though. I think he had some life setbacks and hasn’t had much time, so I’m not sure who to drop a message to.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:50

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Here ya go!

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/clubopenings-propaganda-1836633896

Arch Duke or HHFP can also assist.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/13/2019 at 11:54

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thanks.