Classing a Factory Five 818
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Classing a Factory Five 818
I thought there was a classing thread but can't find it.
Where might this car go in 2014? First year sold. Kit car. subi engine tube frame 2 seat.
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Where might this car go in 2014? First year sold. Kit car. subi engine tube frame 2 seat.
Thanks, move this if it's in the wrong place.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
A mod would be my best guess.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
I know requests have been made nationally to allow it as a kit car in D mod and E mod.
Is write a note to Doug Gill or whoever at the national office and see if there's been any progress with that.
Meanwhile, if you license it, you could run CST or CSM locally.
Or AM.
Is write a note to Doug Gill or whoever at the national office and see if there's been any progress with that.
Meanwhile, if you license it, you could run CST or CSM locally.
Or AM.
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There was a Factory Five Cobra at the St George Match Tour running in XP, but don't know what motor was in it. Sounded V8 - ish.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
the Cobras are specifically classed there. Not the 818.Bill Schenker wrote:Not XP?
Doesn't fit D/E mod - what is it based on/look like? Doesn't fit B/C/F mod. It meets the wheelbase/track requirements for A mod. So, a "Special" it is.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Looks like this...uses Subaru WRX engine and running gear, engine mounted in rear.KJ Christopher wrote:Bill Schenker wrote:Not XP?
Doesn't fit D/E mod - what is it based on/look like?
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Ed - EM/DM are production car based classes. Clones are allowed, but must be recognizable as the original car. That's what I meant - what production based car is it recognized as? (none)
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Got it!KJ Christopher wrote:Ed - EM/DM are production car based classes. Clones are allowed, but must be recognizable as the original car. That's what I meant - what production based car is it recognized as? (none)
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Kit cars that aren't clones can be classed in D/E mod under the "otherwise recognized by the SEB" allowance. Someone just has to submit it for review. Looks like this could potentially be considered in Emod.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Correct. The question has been asked either on the DE/mod forum or SCCA forums. Someone (Cashmore?) responded that they already had requests for it to be classed in D&E Mod, and that they were just waiting to see the first batch of them delivered into customer hands before starting the process of allowing them in as kit cars.Marshall Grice wrote:Kit cars that aren't clones can be classed in D/E mod under the "otherwise recognized by the SEB" allowance. Someone just has to submit it for review. Looks like this could potentially be considered in Emod.
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true story.Robert Puertas wrote: Correct. The question has been asked either on the DE/mod forum or SCCA forums. Someone (Cashmore?) responded that they already had requests for it to be classed in D&E Mod, and that they were just waiting to see the first batch of them delivered into customer hands before starting the process of allowing them in as kit cars.
though I don't think there has been any additional data submitted to the MAC for review since 11/2012.
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Looks like Speed Racers Mach 5 to me. Does that qualify as "recognizable"?KJ Christopher wrote:Clones are allowed, but must be recognizable as the original car.
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Actually, I think B Mod had a clause for non-production sports cars. Typically replica home-builts that weren't close enough to the originals to satisfy SEB.
Any dune buggy, production, or non-production street car meeting all
GCR SRCS rule requirements may alternately run in BM with full BM
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That Cobra ran at nats in XP. Not sure what kind of replica it is though.Craig Naylor wrote:There was a Factory Five Cobra at the St George Match Tour running in XP, but don't know what motor was in it. Sounded V8 - ish.
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So, today I get my issue of Grass Roots Motorsports magazine. Guess whats on the cover? The Factory Five 818.Richard Jung wrote:That Cobra ran at nats in XP. Not sure what kind of replica it is though.Craig Naylor wrote:There was a Factory Five Cobra at the St George Match Tour running in XP, but don't know what motor was in it. Sounded V8 - ish.
Craig: That "Cobra" at St. George is Vernon Jolley's. It has a 427 "V-8" and it IS a Factory Five "Roadster" (not Cobra)for legal reasons. BTW, Factory Five is the only company sued by Carroll Shelby TWICE. Shelby lost both times.
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Bad Vern!Ed Holley wrote:So, today I get my issue of Grass Roots Motorsports magazine. Guess whats on the cover? The Factory Five 818.Richard Jung wrote:That Cobra ran at nats in XP. Not sure what kind of replica it is though.Craig Naylor wrote:There was a Factory Five Cobra at the St George Match Tour running in XP, but don't know what motor was in it. Sounded V8 - ish.
Craig: That "Cobra" at St. George is Vernon Jolley's. It has a 427 "V-8" and it IS a Factory Five "Roadster" (not Cobra)for legal reasons. BTW, Factory Five is the only company sued by Carroll Shelby TWICE. Shelby lost both times.
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Craig Naylor wrote:Looks like Speed Racers Mach 5 to me. Does that qualify as "recognizable"?KJ Christopher wrote:Clones are allowed, but must be recognizable as the original car.
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Re: Classing a Factory Five 818
Vern's car is a 5.0L punched out to a 347CI F5, for what it is worth. The PAC classified the FF Roadster because it has a long track record, verifiable dimensions, and very specific criteria to keep it from becoming a class killer i.e. no 1.4L ecotec swaps!
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Thanks Fred. I stand corrected.Fred Zust wrote:Vern's car is a 5.0L punched out to a 347CI F5, for what it is worth. The PAC classified the FF Roadster because it has a long track record, verifiable dimensions, and very specific criteria to keep it from becoming a class killer i.e. no 1.4L ecotec swaps!
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