Factory Five Racing Type 65 Coupe, Assembly Manual

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How to use This Book
This Assembly manual is intended to help you build your Factory Five Kit. This book will not explain
such things as engine or transmission building. A secondary purpose of this book is to use it as
reference for owners that want to do maintenance work on their cars or for those that purchase finished
cars, to understand their cars better.
This manual was written with the average weekend mechanic in mind. It is best to follow the manual
step by step but if there is a part missing from the kit move to the next section and come back to it late
when the part is available. If the instructions are followed then the resulting car should be a great
handling sports car.
We have included an Icon key as the beginning of each section that contains
useful information for each assembly that details the tools needed for that
assembly, what assembly in the kit parts are packaged in that are needed for that
step and any useful information or warnings.
There are differences between the base kit which uses Mustang suspension pieces and the complete kit
which uses FFR spindles and other new parts. Please keep this in mind when assembling the kit.
What You Get
The Factory Five Coupe kit gives you everything you need to build your car, in one big package. We
include everything from the frame, body, complete interior, and all trim down to the smallest details like
correct fasteners, brackets, and badges. We make it easy for you to use the engine of your choice with a
list of available exhaust and motor/trans mount choices (no charge). For a complete packing list, see the
Appendix.
Frame: Complete jig-welded original style 4” round tube frame. 95” wheelbase chassis. Includes all
mounts ready to accept small block Ford 302 and 351 engines and Ford running gear from 1987-1993
Mustangs.
Body: Hand laid 3/16” laminate composite body and panels made with vinyl ester resin.
Chassis Aluminum Panels: 20 Laser cut, pre-formed 6061-T6 aluminum panels for cockpit, and engine
bay. 1200 pre-packaged rivets.
Front Suspension: Tubular upper control arms, Upper Ball joints, Koni™ brand high performance
mono-tube, rod-end shock absorbers, Custom Spindle Adapter brackets.
Rear Suspension: Traction Lok brackets, and fasteners to mount your Mustang 8.8” solid axle.
Brake/Fuel lines: Pre-flared brake and fuel lines, ( 3 /
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”, ¼” and 5 /
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”) fasteners to use OEM Ford
Mustang fuel tank and system. Includes polished vintage Aston Lemans style flip top gas cap, integral
modern fuel pressure cap and adaptor kit.
Steering parts: Steering adapter kit to utilize Mustang steering rack includes upper shaft, pillow block
bearing, flange bearing, fasteners, nickel plated lower steering shaft, 14” wood steering wheel w/
polished aluminum mounting boss and ceramic Factory Five Badge.
Cooling System parts: Electric cooling fan and mounting hardware, stainless Steel radiator hose kit
incl. adapter kits, Radiator, inline filler neck, overflow tank and 185°F thermostat fan control switch.
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