04/29/09 Work is moving full speed ahead on the dp4. I’ve decided to go with a tube frame and molded composite underbody for the first release. This decision is driven by several factors – time to market, cost and SCCA homologation requirements to allow the car to race in DSR class (in RWD form only [...]
04/29/09 Work is moving full speed ahead on the dp4. I’ve decided to go with a tube frame and molded composite underbody for the first release.
Today, most builders of these classic Hot Rods get their parts from a variety of sources; frames come from one source, the body from another and so on. Factor Five saw an opportunity to provide builders with a “complete kit” with all-new parts except for running gear. Because Factory Five Racing is a performance company [...]
The Type 65 Coupe was the second chassis kit that Factory Five designed. As soon as production had begun on the roadster, we started looking for the next kit to design and engineer. Like the original race teams of the 60’s we needed a hardtop that would give us a cleaner aerodynamic edge at the [...]
World Class Motorsports and the WCM Ultralite The WCM Ultralite S2K and XR7 are the best performing standard equipped production “SuperSeven” on the market. Using the Honda S2000 drive train with over 240 horsepower and the close ratio 6 speed, makes for not only the fastest but also the most dependable.
04/18/09 Today being a Saturday and a nice day (calling for an Atom run of course) we only did a bit of work. Trimmed the test bodyshell and plopped it on top of the wheels to see what it would look like as a complete car (I still have a picture on my wall from [...]
04/18/09 Today being a Saturday and a nice day (calling for an Atom run of course) we only did a bit of work.
04/13/09 Work continues full speed at Contactscale and as these pictures show, the mold is now complete and ready for the first body to be made.
Zero Gravity Builders Studio LLC has completed its move to a newly renovated 14,000 square foot facility with taxiway access on airport property in Richland, Washington. The new facility is more than four times larger than the previous space, allowing Zero Gravity additional elbowroom to serve its builder-assistance projects.