My initial plan was to purchase an LS3 Chev and an automatic. Used availability and price changed my plan. I don't have a shop to build a car in, so a completed car was going to be my plan. I found a car 4 hours away from Lake Country, in Abbotsford BC, Canada. It was build by Shannon Wall at Western Motorsports in Calgary Alberta. He built one of the first FFR cars in Canada.
He built it for racing in hillclimbs and autocross. It's low on features and high on race gear. It has no heat/ac, power steering, brakes, wipers or even an e-brake. It was built to go fast. The car is claimed to weight 1980 lbs. I'll find out eventually when I get it corner weighted. It is an FFR MK1 built in 1997 and has 27k miles on it. It runs a 347 with aluminum heads and intake, SDS EFI, T5 trans, 8.8" Torsen with a 3 link, Penske coilovers and frt and rear sway bars. It has ROH 17x8.5 & 9.5 wheels, but it also came with a set of Enkei Racing (not sure what model. Certainly not current) 18x9.5 and 18x11 (custom widened) race wheels, currently with really old Goodyear race slicks. It also came with 2 set of seats. It has the usual low back leather seats, but also came with a set of Cobra race seats. It is very high strung and has a 2k mile new motor in it.
The car has raced at the Knox Mountain Hillclimb in Kelowna, BC for 3 yrs. In 1999 it became the fastest door slammer to have ever raced there, setting a record of 1 minute 55 seconds. Here's a link to a few details about the car with a few pics.
https://www.wmsracing.com/wms/wms-racing.php If you look carefully at the photos you can see the race seats, oddball roll cage and lack of windshield in a few pics.
My plan is to start autocrossing it locally and have fun with it. I plan in running RE71RS on the 18" Enkei's and will likely install one of the Cobra seats.
I'm really looking forward to the fun.
Thanks.
Matt
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