Factory Five Customer Tyler W. Graduates FFR7881!

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Factory Five customer and forum member Tyler Wayne has posted his graduation thread for FFR7881! The Mk4 Roadster kit was delivered on 8/22/12 and was officially registered on 4/3/13. Tyler says he still has a few kinks to work out but that the car has performed very well so far.

Tyler took his Roadster to the Texas Cobra Meet last weekend in San Marcos and has clocked the first 200 miles on the car!

Here’s the full list of details on the car:

Details:
MK4 Complete Kit
302 EFI, Edelbrock heads, 24lb injectors with matching MAF, Cobra intake.
T5 with hydraulic Clutch
Hydroboost brakes and power steering with cooler
Whitby AC and Heat with hidden controls
Relocated Shifter and E-brake
Lowered 1.5″ roll bars
Trunk mounted stereo with bluetooth and direct connect audio
Full Viper 5704 security system with remote start

Paint is Brittany Blue and done at Mastercraft Body works in Ovilla.

Congratulations on a great build, Tyler! You can view more photos of Tyler’s build on his Factory Five Forum graduation thread.

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