Factory Five GTM Supercar!
04-26-2007, 09:01 PM
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
A friend of mine has a CVG (South African) Ford Gt, with a Ford 302 in it.He got it from HRE on Long Island which is a factory authorized dealer for the new series of Cobras made by Shelby in Las Vegas.The car weighs about 2000 lbs.( I think), and is molded from a 65 Ford Gt body. The car is awesome, but spartan, although it does have heat and air.A guy he knows has a Superformance Daytona Coupe which is like the blue FFR coupe on their website. $66,000 for a rolling chassis, and whatever it would cost for the engine and trans. A ford 402, will get you 0-60 in the mid 3's, and a top end around 200.IT IS SWEET!! Check out Superformance on their website. I've been to the Kit car event in Carlisle, and it is very cool.
04-27-2007, 01:53 AM
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04-27-2007, 04:02 PM
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05-01-2007, 08:13 PM
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While the car isn’t 100% complete, we only have a few details to work out and are almost there! We put a number of final touches on the GTM till 1:30am Thursday evening and headed out to the Knott’s Berry Farm show on Friday morning.
Here are some shots of my car in front of the FFR trailer.
David
Here are some shots of my car in front of the FFR trailer.
David
05-01-2007, 08:17 PM
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(copied from another post I made on ffcobra.com)
Dave Smith(FFR President/Owner) let me to drive the Red LS7 GTM to and from Huntington Beach on Saturday.
I was pleasantly suprised how driveable the car was. Very very smooth to start from a stop. Besides the obvious exhaust sound the car makes, it drove like a stock 6 speed production car.
The steering felt very much like our late model 5 Series BMW did. Perfect weighting and feel. Took almost no real effort to steer, even at parking lot speeds. I was very happy with it. The car had Toyo RA1's, DOT R comp tires installed, and it tracked remarkably well. I was pretty suprised concidering the tires. With the right tires, it will track even better. Dave Smith tells me the car was awesome with the PS2's. (same tire I have). I'll report once I get some time on the car.
Ok... now the fun stuff! When the traffic cleared, I had the opportunity to open it up in 2nd gear a few times. Even with huge amount of torque the motor produces, the car just squated and shot forward. Almost no wheel spin. Ive driven some pretty fast cars... and the acceleration was stratospheric, almost scary! The car pulls so hard in 2nd that it un-nerved me a bit
The power band of that motor was awesome. Very smooth and pulled like a freight train from 2500-6500ish...
The car has an adjustable drivers seat track that I was able to move around to suite my needs. I'm 6'1 and fairly long legged... and I was more comfortable with the seat forward about 3 or so inches. I had about 1 inch of headroom.
Both windows went up and down perfectly with the doors closed and sealed against all surfaces. No wind noise that I could detect up to about 60 mph.
The car had absolutely no rattles squeaks or clunks... very very solid feeling. Even over railroad tracks and expansion joints.
It was quite a site with the GTM, about 50 cobras and 2 Daytona coupes running down beach blvd. On the way back, we cruised down main street in huntington beach.
David
Dave Smith(FFR President/Owner) let me to drive the Red LS7 GTM to and from Huntington Beach on Saturday.
I was pleasantly suprised how driveable the car was. Very very smooth to start from a stop. Besides the obvious exhaust sound the car makes, it drove like a stock 6 speed production car.
The steering felt very much like our late model 5 Series BMW did. Perfect weighting and feel. Took almost no real effort to steer, even at parking lot speeds. I was very happy with it. The car had Toyo RA1's, DOT R comp tires installed, and it tracked remarkably well. I was pretty suprised concidering the tires. With the right tires, it will track even better. Dave Smith tells me the car was awesome with the PS2's. (same tire I have). I'll report once I get some time on the car.
Ok... now the fun stuff! When the traffic cleared, I had the opportunity to open it up in 2nd gear a few times. Even with huge amount of torque the motor produces, the car just squated and shot forward. Almost no wheel spin. Ive driven some pretty fast cars... and the acceleration was stratospheric, almost scary! The car pulls so hard in 2nd that it un-nerved me a bit
The power band of that motor was awesome. Very smooth and pulled like a freight train from 2500-6500ish...The car has an adjustable drivers seat track that I was able to move around to suite my needs. I'm 6'1 and fairly long legged... and I was more comfortable with the seat forward about 3 or so inches. I had about 1 inch of headroom.
Both windows went up and down perfectly with the doors closed and sealed against all surfaces. No wind noise that I could detect up to about 60 mph.
The car had absolutely no rattles squeaks or clunks... very very solid feeling. Even over railroad tracks and expansion joints.
It was quite a site with the GTM, about 50 cobras and 2 Daytona coupes running down beach blvd. On the way back, we cruised down main street in huntington beach.
David
05-01-2007, 10:23 PM
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I've been lurking out at the GTM forum for several months now, watching y'all work through all the bugs typical of a newly produced kit. It's great to see some cars getting onto the road now; yours won't be too far in coming!
I've got a daughter in college and a son in HS, so it's going to be a few years before I can think about dropping $40-50K for a GTM, but it's the only kitcar (I almost hate to use that term) that I've seriously considered.
Keep us up to date on how she goes!
Have a good one,
Mike
05-01-2007, 11:59 PM
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Melting Slicks
The GTM is what got me looking at Corvettes in the first place about 18 months ago. I was looking for a wrecked or used car and started looking at non wrecked and ended up buying one. I still want to build one, but the wife and I just built a house and I haven't built my garage yet. So, I'm having fun with the vette until the bug hits me again. 
05-02-2007, 02:02 AM
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Drifting
Man that car looks nice! GM should hire these guys to develop the C7 body style. That red car was simply beautiful and looked beyond exotic!!
05-19-2007, 04:28 AM
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(copied from another post I made on ffcobra.com)
Dave Smith(FFR President/Owner) let me to drive the Red LS7 GTM to and from Huntington Beach on Saturday.
I was pleasantly suprised how driveable the car was. Very very smooth to start from a stop. Besides the obvious exhaust sound the car makes, it drove like a stock 6 speed production car.
The steering felt very much like our late model 5 Series BMW did. Perfect weighting and feel. Took almost no real effort to steer, even at parking lot speeds. I was very happy with it. The car had Toyo RA1's, DOT R comp tires installed, and it tracked remarkably well. I was pretty suprised concidering the tires. With the right tires, it will track even better. Dave Smith tells me the car was awesome with the PS2's. (same tire I have). I'll report once I get some time on the car.
Ok... now the fun stuff! When the traffic cleared, I had the opportunity to open it up in 2nd gear a few times. Even with huge amount of torque the motor produces, the car just squated and shot forward. Almost no wheel spin. Ive driven some pretty fast cars... and the acceleration was stratospheric, almost scary! The car pulls so hard in 2nd that it un-nerved me a bit The power band of that motor was awesome. Very smooth and pulled like a freight train from 2500-6500ish...
The car has an adjustable drivers seat track that I was able to move around to suite my needs. I'm 6'1 and fairly long legged... and I was more comfortable with the seat forward about 3 or so inches. I had about 1 inch of headroom.
Both windows went up and down perfectly with the doors closed and sealed against all surfaces. No wind noise that I could detect up to about 60 mph.
The car had absolutely no rattles squeaks or clunks... very very solid feeling. Even over railroad tracks and expansion joints.
It was quite a site with the GTM, about 50 cobras and 2 Daytona coupes running down beach blvd. On the way back, we cruised down main street in huntington beach.
David
Dave Smith(FFR President/Owner) let me to drive the Red LS7 GTM to and from Huntington Beach on Saturday.
I was pleasantly suprised how driveable the car was. Very very smooth to start from a stop. Besides the obvious exhaust sound the car makes, it drove like a stock 6 speed production car.
The steering felt very much like our late model 5 Series BMW did. Perfect weighting and feel. Took almost no real effort to steer, even at parking lot speeds. I was very happy with it. The car had Toyo RA1's, DOT R comp tires installed, and it tracked remarkably well. I was pretty suprised concidering the tires. With the right tires, it will track even better. Dave Smith tells me the car was awesome with the PS2's. (same tire I have). I'll report once I get some time on the car.
Ok... now the fun stuff! When the traffic cleared, I had the opportunity to open it up in 2nd gear a few times. Even with huge amount of torque the motor produces, the car just squated and shot forward. Almost no wheel spin. Ive driven some pretty fast cars... and the acceleration was stratospheric, almost scary! The car pulls so hard in 2nd that it un-nerved me a bit
The power band of that motor was awesome. Very smooth and pulled like a freight train from 2500-6500ish...The car has an adjustable drivers seat track that I was able to move around to suite my needs. I'm 6'1 and fairly long legged... and I was more comfortable with the seat forward about 3 or so inches. I had about 1 inch of headroom.
Both windows went up and down perfectly with the doors closed and sealed against all surfaces. No wind noise that I could detect up to about 60 mph.
The car had absolutely no rattles squeaks or clunks... very very solid feeling. Even over railroad tracks and expansion joints.
It was quite a site with the GTM, about 50 cobras and 2 Daytona coupes running down beach blvd. On the way back, we cruised down main street in huntington beach.
David
David,
I have been looking at the GTM for a couple years now and seen it at SEMA, I was wondering what the in cockpit noise levels are while normal freeway speeds.
Thanks,
Brian
05-19-2007, 05:13 AM
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Waiting to build my 28x32 garage. After that I'll have to tear myself apart trying to decide whether I want:
1) GTM
2) 69 Camaro with tube chassis and independent suspension
3) 1967 GTO Street/strip
Ho-Hum..
The GTMs look great, but the wide gaping hole in the front definitely calls for some sort of mush grill to break it up a bit. I also like it better with the spoiler on it.
1) GTM
2) 69 Camaro with tube chassis and independent suspension
3) 1967 GTO Street/strip
Ho-Hum..
The GTMs look great, but the wide gaping hole in the front definitely calls for some sort of mush grill to break it up a bit. I also like it better with the spoiler on it.
05-20-2007, 01:14 AM
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This is an ignorant statement. The C5 and C6 have nearly perfect 50/50 weight distribution w/ the front mounted mid-engine and rear mounted transmission. Yes... you read that right, the C5 is technically a mid engine car, no part of the motor is in front of the front wheel centerline.
05-20-2007, 02:03 AM
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This is an ignorant statement. The C5 and C6 have nearly perfect 50/50 weight distribution w/ the front mounted mid-engine and rear mounted transmission. Yes... you read that right, the C5 is technically a mid engine car, no part of the motor is in front of the front wheel centerline.
See the problem is... it doesn't really "drive" or handle like a true mid-engine car though... does it?
Does really well of course with it's front engine, trans axle setup, but it would be better if it was a real mid-engine car.
That car is what the Corvette should have been 20 years ago.
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05-20-2007, 07:08 AM
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Burning Brakes
Looking at the side views on the FF web site gives me the impression that they used a lot of 65-66 Mustang Fastback for the roof-rear window-side window area. That would certainly help in keeping costs down, no?
What's clever to me is how UNlike a GT40 the car looks, yet it definitely has the 'feel' of a mid sixties LeMans race car. From what little I know FF is a well-run company and actually has a business plan, etc.
I'm not crazy about clone car kits, but FF seems to have removed or reduced some of the more annoying aspects of buying/building a kit. What really puts me off the most is that most kit companies [C*terham comes to mind] do very little development to improve their products' reliability, ease of build, etc. FF seems to be different than most in this regard.
GP
What's clever to me is how UNlike a GT40 the car looks, yet it definitely has the 'feel' of a mid sixties LeMans race car. From what little I know FF is a well-run company and actually has a business plan, etc.
I'm not crazy about clone car kits, but FF seems to have removed or reduced some of the more annoying aspects of buying/building a kit. What really puts me off the most is that most kit companies [C*terham comes to mind] do very little development to improve their products' reliability, ease of build, etc. FF seems to be different than most in this regard.
GP
05-20-2007, 11:40 AM
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Drifting
Captain obvious busts out a owners manual!
See the problem is... it doesn't really "drive" or handle like a true mid-engine car though... does it?
Does really well of course with it's front engine, trans axle setup, but it would be better if it was a real mid-engine car.
That car is what the Corvette should have been 20 years ago.
See the problem is... it doesn't really "drive" or handle like a true mid-engine car though... does it?
Does really well of course with it's front engine, trans axle setup, but it would be better if it was a real mid-engine car.
That car is what the Corvette should have been 20 years ago.
That said, the GTM appears to be an incredible car. It's definitely one that I'd like to build some day.
