Factory Five Racing Kit car

sspikey said:
There is literally only one guy I would trust anywhere in North America to build these; Michelle Pigeon from Pigeon Performance.

I have met the guy a few times and had him do some fabrication on my Ducati. Incredible dude all around with a real passion (Ford GT daily driver, Also has a Renault F3000 ha) Best part? He has built over 275 Cobras last I checked.

Budget will vary greatly on your parts bin.
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Est-ce qu'il a ré-ouvert une shop?
 
^^^^ he had a VW in the shop..??? LOOL

but those kits look good!! If they are street legal, i'd love to get a hot rod!!
 
sspikey said:
like all Factory five cars, you have to go through the SAAQ artisanal program which, if you aren't experienced, will drive you NUTS from what I hear.

A type 65 is oh so magical!
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Slight thread revival, and a little aside from the original poster's topic, but I really didn't want to start a new thread.

I've been putting aside some money for a fun car, hopefully in the near future, and I've been toying with the idea of building a kit car. I'm sure this question has been beaten to death on this forum, but I really can't find a straight answer to my questions, and I want to see if I should still consider it or dismiss this project.

So depending on the source, many blanket statements on forums say that "kit cars are illegal in Canada", however there's a whole section on Voitures artisanaux in SAAQ's website...so I guess not illegal? And many have said "sure they're legal as long as you separate the engine from the car, you can 'assemble them back yourself' as a kit and register it no problem". Ok, quite the different statements between "fully illegal" and "yeah sure just make the motor in unbolted and you're fine".

Anyway, I've already flung the question over to the SAAQ but I'm guessing it'll take them a month to get back to me. Now I'm reading that Factory Five is Canada kit car approved. Really? Cool, so what makes them special that their cars are approved while others aren't? Did they have to have them reversed engineered by Canadian engineering officials for them to have been given the OK?

I'm actually looking at a Caterham Seven. A fully assembled car is too much for my budget (and a kit probably won't be cheap enough) but lets say I actually do find myself a UK Caterham kit I can afford. Can I even build it here and successfully register it? Do I have to pass environmental compliance, even for a kit car? What about sound levels?

Anyway, I'm just starting to read up on this stuff. The information I find on the interwebs seems conflicting at times. For what its worth, I'm definitely inexperienced, but I'm very much willing to learn. I'm pretty patient and have a lot of attention to detail, which is why I'm considering a project like this. Why would "go[ing] through the SAAQ artisanal program which, if you aren't experienced, will drive you NUTS"?
 
J'ai acheté le manuel d'assemblage de la 818 de ff5, c'est super bien fait et détaillé. Un peu plus de 1000 pages

A vu de nez, c'est un projet de 35k$ can. T'as un donner car, mais la majorité des pieces ont besoins d'un refresh avant d'être installées. Freins, pads, calipers, cardans, radiateur, ... la liste est longue. Un jours...
 
Quelqu’un connais quelqu’un qui à déjà réussis à plaquer leur «*hot rod pickup*» de ffr au Québec ? ,
ca fait longtemps que je rêve de m’en build un et j’aimerais avoir des infos ?
 
j'ai deja rencontré un gars à Icar il y a environ 3ans pour un track day qui avait un caterham plaqué quebec. Il a dit que le processus était long mais que c'était possible.

J'ai aussi rencontré un autre gars cette été à St-Eustache qui avait fait une replique de lotus 7 from scratch dans son garage et qui trackait ca. Lui l'avait plaqué au nouveau brunswick dans la famille de sa blonde, parce que c'était trop d la marde (qi disait).

Pas grand information super utile, mais bon, c'est mieux que rien...
 
Rob_SeR said:
j'ai deja rencontré un gars à Icar il y a environ 3ans pour un track day qui avait un caterham plaqué quebec. Il a dit que le processus était long mais que c'était possible.

J'ai aussi rencontré un autre gars cette été à St-Eustache qui avait fait une replique de lotus 7 from scratch dans son garage et qui trackait ca. Lui l'avait plaqué au nouveau brunswick dans la famille de sa blonde, parce que c'était trop d la marde (qi disait).

Pas grand information super utile, mais bon, c'est mieux que rien...
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J'imagine que avec beaucoup de patience tout est possible mais j'avoue que connaitre quelqu'un qui à réussis ça m'aiderait haha Avant de mettre un 30-40k dans un build que je risque de pas pouvoir rouler
 
Il y a rien qui t empêche de le trailer jusqu'à la track et jamais la plaquer. Tu veux faire quoi avec une 7 dans nos routes de marde

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El pibe said:
Il y a rien qui t empêche de le trailer jusqu'à la track et jamais la plaquer. Tu veux faire quoi avec une 7 dans nos routes de marde

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j'ai aucune intention de faire de la piste avec ça; juste m'en servir comme Québec Canyon carver. C'est pas toutes les routes qui sont dégueulace, et j'ai un gros cul absorbant.
 
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