I had the opportunity to visit Factory Five Racing to see my Gen3 type65 Coupe R frame number 5 being born! I am scheduled to pick up the kit December 30, 2016.

Here are pictures of the frame being removed from the frame jig, and put on the rotisserie for final welding. The R (race) frame starts off as a street frame, then the addition of extra roll bars to make the R frame even stiffer, and most importantly legal for NASA/SCCA/etc racing.

Jon Dean welding part of the independent rear suspension, still in the frame jig

We rolled out the frame jig/frame from FFR R&D, its time now to separate the frame from the jig.

little persuasion is used to pop the frame out of the jig

slowly hoisting it off the jig

the frame jig

finally bolting  new frame to the rotisserie so Jon can spin the frame upside down to finish weld all the tubes.

Jim worked with FFR body shaper John C. to make a type65 coupe splitter for the R coupes. It looks awesome and cant wait to see it fully assembled to the bottom splitter (same bottom splitter as the 818R uses)

Jim also designed and laser cut brackets to mount the giant Wilwood 6-piston calipers to the 2015 IRS spindle. Minor alteration of the stock spindle are required to make this setup work. Stay tuned for detailed instructions on how to make this work.

The wide body Wilwood 6 piston caliper (the pads are .8 inches thick!) while using the Mustang 2011-2014 Mustang 336mm or 13.22″ Bendix PRT6035 rotor.

More pics here: http://www.johngeorgeracing.com/gallery/index.php?/category/386

Jim @ FFR sent me these pics of the R frame mods. Notice the door bars (it jets inboard to let the door hinge work,) rear diagonal bar, front hoop ‘gusset’ bars, middle of rear top hoop to shock tower, and front bars in front of the passenger. The frame is getting finish welded, and off to get powder coated