Factory Five GTM Shines at Essen

[Mad Dog]

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Kissling Motorsport in Germany recently built a Factory Five GTM and took it to the Essen Motorshow where it was on display in the Hammink Performance booth for the nine day event.

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Jan and Freek Hammink are the official European Factory Five distributors and imported the GTM kit into Europe for Kissling to build. The Kissling GTM went on to win “Best Newcomer” and “Best Exotic in Show” at Essen. The team of Kissling Motorsport has over 30 years of experience, which is clearly visible in this car.

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Kissling Motorsport will be testing the car on the suspension dyno at KW-Suspensions before taking it to the Nurburgring for track testing.

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Congratulations to both Kissling Motorsport and Hammink Performance on a successful show!

Factory Five Racing

[riptide motorsport]

Very very nice.

[Martin]

I can't wait for this one to be tuned and set up for the ring - should be interesting results.

Martin

[kabacj]

Kissling Motorsport will be testing the car on the suspension dyno at KW-Suspensions before taking it to the Nurburgring for track testing.


Thanks for the info Mad Dog. Looks like a well built GTM. Do you have any other details about the car?

What motor, brakes, dyno numbers, shocks etc?

Every GTM is unique, but they do follow themes. If we knew what this GTM had we could get a more relative performance measure when it laps the Nurburgring. Is it a street setup? A track day car setup? etc.

Thanks


John

[Mad Dog]

Here's the specs they sent me:

Engine 6.2L GM V8
HP 437
Torque 585 Nm
Transmission 6-speed Porsche H Synchro
F brakes 6 piston, 355mm disc
R brakes 4 piston, 340mm disc

[Martin]

I'm definitely no expert, but I'd imagine it would suffer quite a bit on the long straights of the ring with only 437 HP.

Still looks a million dollars, and I'd bet that once they tune the suspension in they'll still get some times that make people stand up and take notice.

Martin

[The Stig]

In a word.... Beautiful! One of the nicest I've seen. But then I've been partial to Black GTMs ever since David Borden unveiled his car.

Great Job! And for the record, 437 hp in this car is plenty to get it down the long straights of the Nurbergring, or anywhere else. Enjoy!

[eseethal]

I had the chance to meet Jan Hammink from Hammink Performance in person - he is really a great guy with lots of experience! He and his company does an excellent job and offers a great service for us european GTM builders!

Eugen

[WIS89]

Stunning car! It looks like it is moving at 200 MPH just sitting there.

What a great car and excellent build-- just beautiful!

Regards,

Steve

[rev2xs]

I seriously cant wait to see that thing around the ring. I hope they do a flying lap video. Something like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxaQ1hd6DMw&hd=1

[Hammink Performance]

The build quality is superb, you should be able to see the attention to detail in person!
We could not stop looking at it for 9 days straight at the show!

I think I got a little schizophrenic from all the flashing photo camera's too! :cool:

Unfortunately we could not bring it back home with us to the Netherlands, so these are the last pictures I had on my phone.

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[Kempo]

To sum it up..... a masterpiece!!!!

[ibw3]

THAT is exactly how I would want my GTM to look. The best GTM I have seen.