Episode 4 of Snap-On Tools’ Factory Five Gen 3 Coupe-R Build is Live!

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

This past March, we built an all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R with the crew from Snap-On Tools here at Factory Five. The build was for their show “From the Ground-Up” and features our new Coupe along with Ford’s awesome new 5.2L Aluminator 52XS 580 HP crate engine based on the Voodoo engine, but with a conventional cross plane crank. Check out episode 1 below where they kick-off the build. A new installment in the four-part series debuts over the next few weeks on Thursday.

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In episode 2 of the Snap-on Tools Factory Five Gen 3 Coupe-R build, the crew gets everything wired and prepped to fire up the Ford 5.2L Aluminator 52XS motor.

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In episode 3 of Snap-on Tools‘ show “From the Ground Up” as they get the Gen 3 Coupe-R body on the chassis and finish prepping it for the track!

Episode 3 of 4

In episode 4, NASCAR driver Joey Logano drops the hammer on the brand-new, never-driven Coupe!

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Click here to view more photos from the Snap-On Tools Factory Five Gen 3 Coupe build.

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