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I think by now most of you have seen my previous thread debating my purchase of FR500S #28. Well, if you have.... you'll know I took the plug!
I thought I'd start a thread to capture my work (and fun) with the car!
Since getting the car shipped up to Connecticut I've spent the last month really on the cleanup of the car and walking through what's on the car and what should be on the car (and missing).
I started first by removing the old graphics
And the car needs a ton of cleanup inside
Having removed (over the course of about 3 weekends) the glue left behind from some very cheap and thin vinyl; began this weekend to claybar and orbital with a bit of paint cleaner.
Hood clayed and cleaned
Once I get the car cleaned up I'm going to get it on jack stands and work through the suspension. The FR500S Sachs/ZF coil overs are discontinued but had a nice chat with Sachs North America who said they can do a complete rebuild on them for $375 a corner.
Interesting thing about the Ford Racing bits is most of the parts are rebranded from other vendors. For example, the springs are Eibach and the caster / camber plates are Maximum Motorsports pieces and are still available. Sachs still manufactures the FR500S components under different part numbers.
As I start disassembling parts I'm going to document FRPP part numbers and the third party numbers.
I'll create a spreadsheet and maintain it here for others.
Short term plan is to get the car prepped for HPDE & Time Trial events for next season.
Long term plan is to run it for a few season and do a full restoration on it. The car came with a pretty decent spares package and I've begun to pick items up off eBay, etc...
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I thought I'd start a thread to capture my work (and fun) with the car!
Since getting the car shipped up to Connecticut I've spent the last month really on the cleanup of the car and walking through what's on the car and what should be on the car (and missing).
I started first by removing the old graphics
And the car needs a ton of cleanup inside
Having removed (over the course of about 3 weekends) the glue left behind from some very cheap and thin vinyl; began this weekend to claybar and orbital with a bit of paint cleaner.
Hood clayed and cleaned
Once I get the car cleaned up I'm going to get it on jack stands and work through the suspension. The FR500S Sachs/ZF coil overs are discontinued but had a nice chat with Sachs North America who said they can do a complete rebuild on them for $375 a corner.
Interesting thing about the Ford Racing bits is most of the parts are rebranded from other vendors. For example, the springs are Eibach and the caster / camber plates are Maximum Motorsports pieces and are still available. Sachs still manufactures the FR500S components under different part numbers.
As I start disassembling parts I'm going to document FRPP part numbers and the third party numbers.
I'll create a spreadsheet and maintain it here for others.
Short term plan is to get the car prepped for HPDE & Time Trial events for next season.
Long term plan is to run it for a few season and do a full restoration on it. The car came with a pretty decent spares package and I've begun to pick items up off eBay, etc...
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