greetings

[professor]

Hello everyone Im professor aka Darrell. I've been looking/dreaming about the gtm ever since it first came out. Now that things are starting to look on the up and up to pull the trigger. My only concern is the body work absolutely no experience or knowledge.... Now ive done a motor swap and some hodrodding things. Electrically would be a a breeze since i am an electrician anyway. So far i was thing either a ls3 or ls7. Not sure if you can get the ls9 (600+hp). Would a really nice stereo with a full leather interior, isis system with a/c and lcd dash. Has anyone outsourced the body work... approximate cost for the body work. Need to fire soon while the wife hasn't realize what she said ok too. Ps for the turbo and superchared gtms how hard was the fabrication?

[68GT500MAN]

Welcome to the forum. I can not answer your GTM questions, but I am sure someone will answer soon.
Doug

[Aceflo]

I'm about to buy my first GTM this month ...hopefully before the sale ends.
I've read most of the threads in the GTM forum in attempt to learn everything possible before pulling the trigger. I think most people will say that due to the weight of the car, 600+ horsepower might be overkill. (I'm gonna refrain from disclosing my projected plans for motor and hp for now). I've already had Ian from Mendeola transaxles try to talk me out of my plans. ANYWAYS ...the GEN 2 FFR GTM has an LS7, and it looks pretty quick in the test run made by Dave Smith. He mentioned that it may be too fast with the LS7. LOL You can look for the youtube videos if you are needing something to watch.

Bodywork is the biggest time consumer as you probably already know. You could easily spend as much time prepping for paint as it took to assemble the entire go-cart. Depending on the fitment and attention to detail, you could spend MEGA hours doing bodywork. Shane from Vraptor Speedworks said that it would take him 950 hours of work to do a complete "normal" GTM build. I could only imagine how much of that is bodywork. At $40 per hour...it could probably add up pretty quickly.

[gtaroger]

Welcome! Roger