Customer Jason H.’s Mk4 Roadster at Chicago World of Wheels

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Nicole Smith in What's New

Jason H.’s Factory Five Mk4 Roadster stole the show at World of Wheels Chicago securing 2nd place in both Hand Built Sports Cars and Production Road Racer. After sharing this exciting news with us, Jason made sure to add, “I love Factory Five!”. Congratulations on an incredible weekend Jason! Check out his Roadster specs below.

Factory Five Racing Mk4 Specifications:

• Body and Paint – Spotlight Customs (GA) by Mike Bowen

Randy Apple Red (III) – Paint house (TX)

Ford Pearl white stripes

• Engine – Custom SBF 347 Stroker (hand-built)

Aluminum Edelbrock Dual quad carbs and manifold, Aluminum TFS twisted wedge heads 170cc/61cc, Custom Compcam Camshaft, DSS Racing Stroker kit with forged aluminum pistons, Billet Specialties Dress up, and many other goodies

421 HP, 428 Torque

Tuned and Dyno-tested by Mike Post – DynotuneMP

• Transmission

Tremec TKO 600 5-speed with overdrive

Custom geared by Mike Forte

• Black powder-coat chassis

• 302 Stainless steel Headers and side pipes

• MSD distributor and Ignition

• Moser 8.8” 3-Link Solid Axle Rear End Housing, 3.55 Gears with 5-lug Axles

• Vintage Halibrand Replica Wheels, 15” X 8” Front and 15” X 9” Rear with knock-offs

• 15 in Mickey Thompson S/T white letter tires

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