SpecRacer50
03-09-2020, 09:53 AM
I'm eventually going to pull the trigger on some FFR product, and my research on FFR kits has impressed me. They are able to sell frames and components at incredibly fair prices.
My perspective is distorted by my experience with the Spec Racer Ford that I race. The SRF (current iteration is an SRF3) is a pure spec class using a mild tube frame, and a Ford Fiesta 1.6L engine in the rear. There are about 600 of them racing in the country. It is, by far, the most successful pure race car (not converted street car) class in the country.
It's a super-simple car with no power steering, no power brakes, no ABS or traction control, and a three-section fiberglass body. A full kit is over $45,000, and individual components seem to be way more expensive than comparable parts that I see in FFR catalogs.
I suspect that FFR could put this sort of product together for half of what the SRF3 kit costs. That could get a lot of people into racing!
Video of SRF3 racing: https://youtu.be/5evnkUtsAq8
https://youtu.be/5evnkUtsAq8
My perspective is distorted by my experience with the Spec Racer Ford that I race. The SRF (current iteration is an SRF3) is a pure spec class using a mild tube frame, and a Ford Fiesta 1.6L engine in the rear. There are about 600 of them racing in the country. It is, by far, the most successful pure race car (not converted street car) class in the country.
It's a super-simple car with no power steering, no power brakes, no ABS or traction control, and a three-section fiberglass body. A full kit is over $45,000, and individual components seem to be way more expensive than comparable parts that I see in FFR catalogs.
I suspect that FFR could put this sort of product together for half of what the SRF3 kit costs. That could get a lot of people into racing!
Video of SRF3 racing: https://youtu.be/5evnkUtsAq8
https://youtu.be/5evnkUtsAq8