Rain, Race, and Time Trials.
GEN 3 TYPE 65 COUPE-R AERO TESTING REPORT
GEN 3 TYPE 65 COUPE-R AERO TESTING REPORT
Posted on May 9th, 2017 on Factoryfive.com
Over the last month we have been testing the new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe model using two test cars, namely the latest factory-built car and the beta version owned by customer John George. John’s car was built to compete in the NASA ST2 class. The goal of our wind tunnel testing was to establish baseline aerodynamic data on the new Coupe body and determine optimized balanced downforce and then verify this on the track. With the cold weather and the tracks in the Northeast still closed for the winter, we headed south to North Carolina for a full day of wind tunnel testing in Mooresville, NC and then off to the North Carolina Center for Automotive Research to run the car on the test track.
We loaded up the Coupe on Saturday for the Monday test day at A2 Wind Tunnel
Daytona Coupe Build Recap Video
Watch FFR#48 Daytona Coupe be born in this 2min and 47sec video clip!
Coupe build weekend #5 Recap and VIR Test
6 days to finish building the racecar, load it into the trailer, tow to VIR, and run a 2:00.414 @ VIR on the 2nd session out! WAHOO
VIR Livestream
WE MADE IT TO VIR!!!
Live stream from Garage #9. Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ffr48/live
Body paint progress from Middletown Maaco
Pictures from Middletown Maaco! its in primer.
Daytona Coupe getting painted before next build weekend
Mark and Brendan decided to do body work and get car off to paint before our next build weekend March 18-22, 2017.
Continue reading Daytona Coupe getting painted before next build weekend
FFR Challenge Car #48 sold to Mike Forte
FFR Challenge Car #48 rolling chassis got delivered to its new owner Mike Forte on 2/14/17!! Enjoy it as much as I did Mike!
COUPE BUILD WEEKEND #4 RECAP
Coupe build weekend #4 – Feb 9 – Feb 13
How fun! I left the NorthEast yesterday afternoon headed to Marks house to beat the snowmageddon 2017! The northeast is scheduled to get 18″ of snow today, the day I was supposed to head down… So, build weekend#4 starts 1 day earlier
Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ffr48/live
Weekend 4 goals:
nose finished
doors finished
exhaust done
aluminum installed