Sport Car of the Wooden Boxes Pt. 2
We Have a Winner...or Two
 

Congratulations and thanks to Stefan Gustafsson from Sweden who was the first to translate the article here (which is actually written in Finnish).  The title is indeed "Sports Car From Wooden Boxes" with the subtitle Highlighting a Helsinki based workshop..."The car manufacturers have a hard time, but east of Helsinki a sports car workshop continues unabated."

Also, credit goes to Leonard Rosenbeck whose translation arrived only an hour after Stefan's, and Mr. Forde Ripich (age 15) who nailed the translation but was third in line.

Lastly, Bob Kinney from Minnesota used Google Translate to forward us the entire text that we are attaching here.  Obviously the Google translation is not completely accurate but it is completely funny.

Thanks to everyone and we're sending a Factory Five hat and t-shirt to all four guys who helped.

Factory Five Racing

 

Tekniikan Maailma (World of Technology Magazine)

Car manufacturers are dismal times, but the East Helsinki sports car at the workshop rate of progress of the former model. This work is each more than time to do.


Ideas have a tendency to catch fire quickly, but proceed slowly. Three years ago during the late summer of Le Mans Classic event in France (TM 15/06) was celebrated Ford GT 40-car victory in the 1966 triple 40-year anniversary.


There were a huge amount of different time periods, a Ford kilpureita - authentic and replicas. They ran full-size Le Mans race track, historic cars for outputs, but also participated in a massive exhibition driving. Affordable for millions of vintage Fordit kits and assembled facsimile went round the track side by side.
During a break in front of the cafe to park an old four-door pirssiauto. Behind it was one of the axle, and the shabby trailer on top of it aitoakin looking more authentic "Sam" C-word Type 65 Coupe!

 

This raaseri of 1965 is one of those rarities in the collection of millions of prices, which should be transported and stored as arvotimanttia, but, but, whether the trailer car, then nököttävä not genuine.
It was not! This uncluttered kilpuri was very skillfully made-up look of the old, faded-blue Type 65 Coupe replica, which rims and tires along the original seemed confusing. The rest of refreshments was the wind protection of the throat instead of the wrong aright, but at the same time that the classic GT car hitsaantunut silhouette was a strong mind.


Years after the fall of 2007, some three months after the waiting, the Port of Helsinki jökötti a steel transport container, which was inside a large wooden box.
The front of the box had the words "Fragile" (fragile) and Jin and Jang-formulated in a spirit of number five. It was sent to Wareham, hours away from Boston.
Brothers Dave and Mark Smith founded the Factory Five Racing (FFR later) 14 years ago, and the products were avokattoiset "Sam" C-word replica. At the beginning of the cars was assembled and sold to customers in the ajovalmiina, but soon focused on just making kits.

 

Garage operations gradually moved to larger premises, and now the counties of 6000 square meters and the degree of permanent crowd of about 50 Different replikaversioita has half a dozen, and the kit price is about $ 20, 000 depending on the model. A total of FFR has been manufacturing them for over 6,000 .
 

At present, FFR economically unstable supply components for about 50 cars a month, and the package is roughly the frame, body parts and ovineen hinges, panels, and a bag of different trade bolts and nuts.


In contrast, for example, the engine, gearbox, drive shaft, rear axle, suspension parts, lights, appliances, wipers, wiring, steering gear, brakes, seats and accepted in the fuel tank must be obtained elsewhere. These components need not necessarily be new, the stock-car can be used Ford Mustang model year 1987 at the latest versions up.
It is good to know that we in Finland have to be certain parts of the E-bearing seal of approval. For example, wheels, tires, lights, windows, seats and seat belts are like that. Although they would be building kit, so no E-approval can not be used, at least not on the road.

 

Wooden box was opened and there in the packaging, wrappings and plastic bags of a substance compared with that came the delivery orders, which were at least twenty.
 

Most of the matched, but something had been left poiskin delivery. The main shortcomings were the front shocks and springs, exhaust kits, some water hoses and expansion tank. Of the FFR were reported to, and the blocks were received, although the first year after the last packet, and only in February this year.
 

At the outset, it became clear that the kit came with an inch thick, multi-page workbook that told some of the steps proposed by numerous pictures and texts, but others did not have any lines. For example, the back sides of the front air outlet openings cover the installation of the network had multiple pictures and a lot of text, even if the installation does not need more than glue and duct tape.
 

 

In contrast, wipers, or the position of the engine mounting location was not the text or picture, and too many pictures showed only the fact that only the photographer knew what direction they had been and what they presented. However, which would be perfect?

 

For the composition of the steel tubes was carried out in support of the mounting bracket, which on top of about 140 Kg, the car trunk was raised. Installation height was exactly right, and the rack of components was facilitated by the mediation.

Manuscript, however, turned the job you started.
Ford Racing, the new parts of the lightly-edited and tuned 302 cubic inch (4.9 liter) V8 engine was waiting ready on the body of the attachment. The engine is basically the same as the original Cobrissa was used, although power output (340 hp) kesympi bit. Exhaust emission amount, however, hesitated.


Resulted in the engine instead of the 2008 Mustang 4.6-liter 300 hp V8 with sodium chloride, which has three valves per cylinder. It's one of low-emission engines in its class.
Although the new kolmiventtiilinen is considerably larger in external dimension, so light metal engine block allows it weighs only three pounds or less (181/184 kg) as the cast-iron 302 Windsor engine.


A significant difference in diameter, however forced to alter the body's already been in the engine and gearbox mounting points, and the whole package had to be carried forward. Other immediate consequences for the engine change, was also covered in the machine "scoopin" the increase and extension, so were state intake manifold, and oil base madallus.


Manifolds had to turn from side to side so that the exhaust vents hanging on. This created room for catalytic converters and achieve the "maybe" to the original page of the series as an extension of the exhaust pipes. "Maybe" because their äänenvaimennustehosta not yet have full certainty, but we are listening.


The project has progressed more slowly than expected. The new engine took the time required modifications, for example, the engine control system and update CPU and Ford Racing, the production of ottama, kisavehkeisiin for "streamlined" the wiring harness came only recently.

 

The fiberglass body structure is quite a lumbering, before they dare take painter.
Get the person has been brought forward, depending on the study or work together in the evenings so that the week has been able to accumulate in the 10-20 man hours of work.
FFR of the Composition of the car requires about 400 man hours of work, but does not say that first timers wear easily have three times as much. Good if that is enough.
Now the car is, in principle, wheels, engine and transmission are in place and plans for a trip to Tampere, VTT seatbelt anchorage strength test.


Thereafter, the glass fiber artist Mikael Porkka arbitrate access to body parts, electric artist Kari Hätälä new cable series exhaust pipe, and a real artist Bruno sportkatalysaattoreita new.


Hopefully Metropolia engineering students formed the junior team can cope even toil as Coupella supposed to do yet before the onset of winter.
This does not promise miracles but we been here before.


THE PROJECT INVOLVED:
The experts: Kari Nieminen A-Inspection, Vesa Peräoja Oy Ab, Ford and Kari Hätälä Alppilan Auto Service Ltd
Metropolia engineering students:
Jori Hellin, Antti Järvelä, Aapo and Kankaanpää Tuomo Kuuluvainen
Kemppi, Woikoski Ltd, US-Parts Finn-Am Ltd

 

Engineer ideas: Start the car's construction of an amateur here!
Should have already been calls the project team A-Inspection of technical advice and education focused on engineering all have seen Kari Nieminen.
He got behind häämöttäneet Survey and other government matters raised through the right scale, and truth appeared, at least not at this time no simple.
Kari Nieminen requested a ten-point room table with amateur wrestling in the car, and it seems a few in their commentary, plus this:
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1. Prior to the act broadly enough or get around, "Expert Network", where you can ask or request translation assistance intricacies between text lines.
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2. Try to anticipate as accurately as possible the project completion! Reason: Statutes often change, and the technical aspects, it can mean new test pattern, or the requirements of components.
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 3. What components can do yourself? a) the superstructure may be possible to do yourself. b) The remaining parts will be prefabricated as a rule, either existing models of the vehicle or accessory parts, such as lighting equipment, reflectors, tires ...
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 4. Omavalmisteinen car requires individual approvals from the authorities. The current, which came into effect in 2007 for approving is valid until 31.12.2009, and the new Framework Directive will enter into force early next year. If you would like to approval under the current practice, the process should start this year.
It is then also valid for next year.

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 5. Approval testing: safety belts and seat anchorage strength of the legs are tested in Tampere VTT. Pass-by noise and exhaust emission test the Test World. The tests are: belts anchorages around 1 000, the emissions of 1 200 euros, 950 euros pass-by noise, the prices are exclusive of VAT. Some tests may be destructive. Today, all the tests required by the individual approvals can be made in Finland.
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 6. For example, controls the labeling and the interior of the safety inspection to check the man. It is absolutely unwise to access to these regulations in advance. Surveys for the seats is in Finland for more than 200
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 7. Definition of the masses in advance with such brakes.
If the car's total mass / axle mass increase in size relative to the brakes too high, reducing the car's brakes or increased.
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 8.
Certain failures may apply for an exemption AKE through.

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9. Car taxation. The assessed value may be a CO2-based (g / km) or the total mass-based (curb weight car / engine). If the quotient is less than 7, so the car tax will rise one and a half fold. For example, curb weight of 1 200 kg/200 kW = 6
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10. Is omavalmisteautoon compensation insurance? Not: Motor insurance is a statutory, and voluntary täyskaskoturvan price is determined by engine capacity and the character of the car. We project Coupea comparing Ford Mustang.
Eromäärät can ask companies.

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This was only the beginning! Rear impact protection, tachographs, defrosting, immobilizer, rear fog light, giving a voice to many things not many sources of information: www.finlex.fi / New Law vehicle, www.ake.fi, www.FHRA.fi / Group proposals are some of preferred addresses.
When you want to save time, money and frustration, check out our first issue, in theory, learn, ask questions, and only then decides whether the workshop wise to go at all!