Factory Five Design Competition

[Tweek]

Pretty cool concept for sure.  When i went over to the site i had to look at the 33 ford hot rod.  That thing is awesome, wonder if there is a chance of getting lsx mounts in it?  2100lb curb weight with lsx power just imagine the fun

[mattster03]

Pretty cool concept for sure.  When i went over to the site i had to look at the 33 ford hot rod.  That thing is awesome, wonder if there is a chance of getting lsx mounts in it?  2100lb curb weight with lsx power just imagine the fun

You are asking a website of LSX swappers if one will fit in a '33 hotrod  ?  of course!  it's been done with an LS3 already 

[digitalsolo]

One of these days I'm going to build a turbo LS1/T56 powered '33 Hot Rod.   

[Tweek]

Yeah guess i shoulda thought of that lol  Do you have a link to the ls3 one by any chance??  The chassis is so narrow i vote tvs 2300!!!

[12secondscooby]

I like the red one, it reminds me of an Alpha. But one you could actually build to be reliable.

Agree 100%, I'd definitely go with that one

[mattster03]

A couple other renderings of the '3rd place' design... which apparently is one of two chosen for the 1/4 scale clay model:







And the first-off chassis design:

[MPbdy]

None of the renderings excite me as much as that last picture.  Its smaller than I had imagined...and that is a very good thing.

The square tubing is an interesting choice.  Is that cost/ease of construction decision?

[mattster03]

None of the renderings excite me as much as that last picture.  Its smaller than I had imagined...and that is a very good thing.

The square tubing is an interesting choice.  Is that cost/ease of construction decision?

There's talks of the car coming in 3 different trims: -GT as pictured first, -R as pictured in white and -H for high fuel economy... to be powered by a TDI motor.  I believe the Factory Five GTM frame is built with square tubing as well... easier for fabrication, surface for riveting aluminum panels, etc.

[mattster03]

[RX7what]

I believe a lot of the exotics like the murcielago and galardo are all framed with a mixture of round and square tubing as well.

[BrownBoy]

I can't stop looking at the headlights.  Pretty sure whoever rendered that took the headlights from an 06-07 Impreza.

[digitalsolo]

Yeah, those look like "hawkeye" STi lights, fo' sho.

[mattster03]

yup... they are certainly the impreza / later STI lights.  I'm pretty sure those will not make the final design... the imprezas have a much more flat front end.  to try to integrate these lights to a vehicle with a much more extreme sloped nose (due to the mid-engine design) just isn't going to happen.

[cholmes]

I'm no turbo Suby expert, but from what I hear, 400 hp is easy and reliable isn't it? Man, if so, this thing will be seriously fun, and dare I say it, will probably out-handle our beloved RX7's. You know, lower polar moment of inertia, lower CG, shorter wheel base, blah blah blah. Basically like a higher powered Formula Ford or Sports Racing car for the street. I likee!

[MPbdy]

If it doesn't out handle an almost 20 year old street car I'd say they kind of suck at building cars 

I've heard about oil control issues in the heads due to it being horizontally opposed.  I wonder how that will work out on the track.