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The most active subforum on your site needs an update. Something must be happening that you can report on.
thebeerbaron
08-09-2011, 06:16 AM
Dave is out until Wednesday.
Inthenameofweez
08-09-2011, 01:29 PM
Pwnd. :P
Flashburn
08-09-2011, 08:09 PM
I can do anything with enough time and money.
Except wait patiently for updates :D
Except wait patiently for updates :D
Unfortunately I happen to be short on both accounts:)
Flamshackle
08-10-2011, 03:30 AM
Except wait patiently for updates :D
This! :D
818_Fan_15
08-10-2011, 12:08 PM
Dave's not here.
jimgood
08-10-2011, 12:18 PM
No, man! I'm Dave. I got the stuff.
Movieman
08-10-2011, 12:44 PM
No, man! I'm Dave. I got the stuff.
These guys may demand that you go thru a airport scanner and have Federally issued ID before they accept who you are!:D
2KWIK4U
08-10-2011, 03:45 PM
These guys may demand that you go thru a airport scanner and have Federally issued ID before they accept who you are!:D
If you get a good looking airport screener I would even ask for the pat down instead!! :)
bromikl
08-10-2011, 09:52 PM
No, man! I'm Dave. I got the stuff.
Who?? Dave?? Dave's not here! :p
slopoke
08-10-2011, 10:26 PM
Hmmm .... maybe there's been an alien abduction ...:cool:
Dave Smith
08-11-2011, 08:59 AM
I just got back from the mother ship and have some good news to report. Give me an hour or so...
quote; "These guys may demand that you go thru a airport scanner and have Federally issued ID before they accept who you are" HA! My family drove thru Canda and it turns out that my 9 year old son Adam Smith is on a terror watch list of some sort... My wife and I were relieved to know that we werent the only ones who thought he was a terrorist.... Ha.
Seriously, update on 818 shortly
AVIONX
08-11-2011, 01:21 PM
He must have meant in Japan Standard time :) Glad you're back Dave. Sorry your son is a terrorist.
Dave Smith
08-11-2011, 01:31 PM
I think that is a label that fits most 9 year old boys.... We will be doing some Q&A today and tomorrow. The official schedule for unveiling our first models (2) in 1/4 scale will be about two weeks from now (as soon as the RISD team is done with car #1). I was pretty clear hwen we started the project and especially after the open house event and design contest conclusion, that we would be going to 1/4 scale models next (handmade and computer printed). We are also doing some full-scale hand shaping which is going pretty good, but not ready for public eval.
I made another post for a Q&A with the head of the modeling team, Michael Lye on another thread.
riptide motorsport
08-11-2011, 04:21 PM
Ah.....and the natives are happy again!:p
Sultan
08-11-2011, 05:31 PM
Dave,
It has been more than two hours since your last update! When will we know more? Is this project still happening? I can't take waiting any longer!
:-) Rick
Movieman
08-11-2011, 06:03 PM
Dave,
It has been more than two hours since your last update! When will we know more? Is this project still happening? I can't take waiting any longer!
:-) Rick
I heard they were finalizing some mods so the Bugatti Veyron V16 would fit in..:D
scartaan
08-12-2011, 09:24 AM
While waiting for more news on the models, we could work on the name. The name for the new Subaru sports car often used in Japan is Hachi Roku which is Japanese for 86 taken from an earlier Celica. We could use "Hachi Go" which is 85 in Japanese. 818 in Japanese would be Hachi Ichi Hachi which does not roll off the tongue very well! Factory Go Racing has a nice ring to it as well!
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While waiting for more news on the models, we could work on the name. The name for the new Subaru sports car often used in Japan is Hachi Roku which is Japanese for 86 taken from an earlier Celica. We could use "Hachi Go" which is 85 in Japanese. 818 in Japanese would be Hachi Ichi Hachi which does not roll off the tongue very well! Factory Go Racing has a nice ring to it as well!
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A seperate thread with a thousand name suggestions has already been done.
olpro
08-12-2011, 12:35 PM
While waiting for more news on the models, we could work on the name. The name for the new Subaru sports car often used in Japan is Hachi Roku which is Japanese for 86 taken from an earlier Celica. We could use "Hachi Go" which is 85 in Japanese. 818 in Japanese would be Hachi Ichi Hachi which does not roll off the tongue very well! Factory Go Racing has a nice ring to it as well!
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Reminds me of when the phone at Nissan LA was ###-5523 (go-go-ni-san)
mekeys
08-26-2011, 11:24 PM
Dave was back on the 10th.16 days and no pictures...BUMMER.......
I'm sure Dave is just really busy, or he's dickin around making another video of some customer showing up at the factory.
bromikl
08-27-2011, 08:06 AM
Guys, I'm sure some of you follow FFR on Facebook. If you remember, there's a hurricane coming. They are in prep for this as we speak.
mekeys
08-27-2011, 08:36 AM
Guys, I'm sure some of you follow FFR on Facebook. If you remember, there's a hurricane coming. They are in prep for this as we speak.
I know but the contest was over June the 1st..Almost ninty days ago..
tcarlson
08-27-2011, 11:13 AM
Hope the hurricane dissipates and doesn't cause any damage, and your preparation for the storm stops damage or minimizes it.
adesilva
08-28-2011, 12:40 PM
Irene hasnt done too much in MA at least around where Factory Five is. I live about 20 minutes from them and all I have seen is a few branches fallen. We havent even lost power (even tho we know a few people that lost it for about an hour).
slopoke
08-28-2011, 02:34 PM
I think Dave has been abucted again. Have you been able to go-kart this little tarmac terror yet .... I'm sure we'd all love to see some juicy little morsel we can speculate wildly on ... SEMA's still two monthe away and the drool bucket needs to be ... on a more serious vein, can you tell us how much room there is between the front of the motor and the back edge of the frame rails that will make up the firewall?
Silvertop
08-29-2011, 10:24 AM
... on a more serious vein, can you tell us how much room there is between the front of the motor and the back edge of the frame rails that will make up the firewall?
For a bird's-eye view of frame space available, see BeerBaron's Post #47 in the Subaru Power Q&A Thread.
kach22i
08-29-2011, 10:33 AM
Have you been able to go-kart this little tarmac terror yet ....
Good question.
For the record, this would be a Subie Go-Kart.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/391522-random-transportation-pictures-571.html
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads19/1131314482621.jpg
Quiet a bit smaller than the FFR template, not sure how many of us would want to squeeze into it though.
Dave Smith
08-30-2011, 12:16 PM
I was supposed to be at Rhode Island School of design yesterday and it was cancelled. I'll post pix of my hometown Barrington RI which got HAMMERED... still not as bad as it couldve been. The next step is to show the 1/4 scale models and they (actually now 5 of them are being worked on) are nearing completion. Havent spent any time go-karting, but the fuel tank is no loger below the seat (dont know if we let that one out) so there is alot more cockpit room. I have a mountian of unreturned calls and emails so Im working on the site (818) and the model releases.
305mouse
08-30-2011, 02:36 PM
Awesome. Not about your hometown, the other info. Has the gas tank been relcoated to the front?
thanks for the quick update:)
riptide motorsport
08-30-2011, 06:01 PM
heres a update by dave today not mentioned here:
http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?2840-the-quot-world-car-quot-idea
Oppenheimer
08-31-2011, 09:11 AM
I was supposed to be at Rhode Island School of design yesterday and it was cancelled. I'll post pix of my hometown Barrington RI which got HAMMERED... still not as bad as it couldve been.
Did you get power back yet? I'm still waiting (CT), but most of my office mates have it back now (and of course office never lost power, bummer). Lots of backroads still blocked by trees (and wires) around my neighborhood. I feel for you if still no power, with kids, and an anxious group of clients clamoring for project updates and progress.
Gas tank moved, horah! As a member of the wookie headroom club, VERY pleased to hear that.