Facility Upgrades to Factory Five R&D Race Shop

[Mad Dog]

Over the last few months, we have been making some upgrades to our facility and getting ready for some major new projects in 2014. The R&D race shop has gotten a good amount of attention with new floors, tools, and equipment. Here are some cool shots of the work as it progressed.

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Susie and Stevie from “Just Get Dirty Garage” did an excellent job on sponsor graphics.

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Once the epoxy flooring was finished, we were able to install new Snap-On cabinets and upgrade lighting.

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New Snap-On wheel mounting machine and tire balancing machine make race tire changes and show mounts easier.

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Snap-On media blast cabinet and solvent bath will help rehab donor parts.

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The frame in work bay #3 is a special ’33 Hot Rod project that will be announced shortly.

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The guys in engineering are building a newer version of the 818R with the crew at Snap-On. The cool new black cabinets spent time at Dale Jarrett’s NASCAR shop before making their permanent home here at Factory Five.

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Frankie puts the new tools to good use working on a solid-axle rear end.

[Mad Dog]

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Sponsors are now prominently displayed around the perimeter ceiling.

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Another 2014 project is well underway. The R&D shop transitions over to an assembly bay #4 that is actually in the tech support area.

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The view from tech support into R&D.

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Director of Operations Nate Johnson has an office with a nice window view!

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Here’s a better shot of our new Snap-On work cabinets. You’ll see this work space (bay #1) on broadcast shows coming up in 2014.

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Frankie can finally find all of his tools in the massive Snap-On roller cabinet.

[Mad Dog]

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The shop is used for everything from vehicle development to regular maintenance and race set-up.

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Above: It’s nice to have the area set-up so that multiple projects can be worked on at once.

Below: It’s also nice to have tech support go from phones to projects to tech in the same area.
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Special thanks to our sponsors for helping with this race shop overhaul. 2014 is going to see some exciting new projects come out of this area.

Factory Five Racing

[David Hodgkins]

OK look. I GOTTA KNOW! Whats the deal here?!?

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Is this part of a current development project?

:)

[MPTech]

Ubber cool! I'd love to work in an environment like that!
Makes my office building look like a lock-up facility.

[Vman7]

The frame in work bay #3 is a special ’33 Hot Rod project that will be announced shortly

Well that has me curious :)

[Mechie3]

I never venture out of the 818 forum. Glad I did! Those shots looks amazing.

[myjones]

Well that has me curious :)

Me too;
let the games begin
1. 33 pick-up
2. MK 2 33
3. Frame change to lower fuel tank.
4. ?????

[esff32]

Well that has me curious :)

That makes three of us!!

[Robert Andrew]

IRS or hemi motor???????

[68GT500MAN]

Not a Hemi, that is the intake that was in the photo "Look what FedEx Brought" not long ago.
Doug

[Hondros]

Love the new space. Planning to epoxy my garage floors soon as well. Will make finding dropped bolts much easier and nice and easy to clean spills.

[myjones]

IRS or hemi motor???????

I think RA might have hit it with the IRS comment
Now we have to see how far out they will tease this.

[Movieman]

My guess, that motor is for a slabside or FIA model..
Perfect for either of those:D:D

[WIS89]

Space looks great! I am sure a lot of pretty awesome things will be coming out of there soon.

Very exciting!

Regards,

Steve