Factory Five Racing GTM Supercar Assembly Manual

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6www.factoryfive.com 508-291-3443How to use This BookThis Assembly manual is intended to help you build your Factory Five Kit. This book will not explainsuch things as engine or transmission building. A secondary purpose of this book is to use it asreference for owners that want to do maintenance work on their cars or for those that purchase finishedcars, to understand their cars better.This manual was written with the average weekend mechanic in mind. It is best to follow the manualstep by step but if there is a part missing from the kit move to the next section and come back to it latewhen the part is available. If the instructions are followed then the resulting car should be a greathandling sports car.We have included an Icon key as the beginning of each section that containsuseful information for each assembly that details the tools needed for thatassembly, what assembly in the kit parts are packaged in that are needed for thatstep and any useful information or warnings.What You GetThe Factory Five GTM kit is engineered to be built as a chassis kit by a car guy at home with regulartools. The GTM kit gives you everything you need to build your car, except for select running gearparts taken from a 1997-2004 Chevrolet C5 Corvette. We include everything from the frame, body,complete interior, and all trim down to the smallest details like correct fasteners, brackets, and badges.We make it easy for you to use the engine of your choice with a list of available exhaust andmotor/trans mount choices (no charge). For a complete packing list, see the Appendix.Frame: Complete jig-welded Powder coated space frame.Body: Hand laid 3/16” laminate composite body and panels made with vinyl ester resin.Chassis Aluminum Panels: Laser cut, pre-formed 6061-T6 and 5052-H32 aluminum panels forcockpit, nose, and engine bay. 1200 pre-packaged rivets.Front Suspension: Koni™ brand high performance mono-tube, rod-end shock absorbers, CustomSpindles, Hubs.Rear Suspension: Koni™ brand high performance mono-tube, rod-end shock absorbers, Rear CVcomponents, including CV shafts, inner and outer boot kits, wheel spacers and lugnuts.Brake System: Wilwood™ master cylinders, stainless braided brake lines, clutch slave cylinder,fasteners, pre-flared 3/16” brake lines.Steering System: Manual steering rack, polyurethane bushings, nickel plated lower steering shaft,steering wheel w/adapter, steering bearings, tie rod ends.Fuel System/Parts: Fuel tank mounting hardware, fuel filler neck and fasteners, pre-flared fuellines w/unions, barbs, hose clamps and high press flex lines, fuel filler cap with gasket,ground strap.Cooling System/Parts: Stainless steel radiator hose kit including adapter kits, fasteners, overflowtank w/cap, hoses, hose clamps, mounting hardware.I C O N K E YValuable informationTools neededParts Needed