Factory Five Customer Ray L.'s GTM Featured on MainesFinest.org!

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Dave Smith and Factory Five customer Ray L. with his recently completed GTM.

Factory Five customer Ray L. from Maine visited us the other week with his newly completed GTM #409.  Ray ordered his kit in August 2012 and spent the next 12 months building the car of his dreams.

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Ray used a transaxle out of a 964 turbo with a factory LSD.  A GT-3RS clutch, and Kennedy adapter plate mate it to a LS-1 with a mild cam, 60lbs injectors, twin Walboro 255 fuel pumps, and an LS-6 intake manifold. The wheels are one piece Forge Star’s and the tires are Toyo R888, 18×10 245/45/18’s in the front and 18×14 335/30/18’s in the rear.

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Ray is already getting a lot of great attention in his GTM with MainesFinest.org posting an excellent write-up on their site.  Click here to read the article.

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Congratulations Ray on an awesome build!  We look forward to seeing you at this year’s Open House and other New England events.

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Photos courtesy Jason Perry and Maine’s Finest.

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