Factory Five Kit Cars vs a Lamborghini Gallardo! - HOT ROD Unlimited Episode 27 

It is. And those kit cars you build you end up actually driving because if you break something (crack a header, blow a starter motor, et cetera) getting spare parts is insanely cheap, you can buy them anywhere there's a parts store (like AutoZone/NAPA), and fix it yourself in a parking lot. Whereas a Lambo has to go to a dealer, that starter motor probably costs $1000 and costs half as much to install.

twice as much

only 1000 and 500 to install at a lambo dealer you say? nice

all the reason....but...without anything on it...no electronics, non safety, nor quality of the chassis, nor the frame, nor the brakes, not the same road holding...yes, u can go fast...but even my yellow elastic thrown after stretchhing it is faster than a f16 in the start (about 300km'hh instantly)

I mean these things are awesome but they're not on par with modern Lamborghini's. I like the company, and I love how much performance you get for so much less money. But people seem to do this thing where they hate expensive things like Lambo's because they go "well my toyota corolla was 10k used and that lamborghini is 100k. How on earth is it ten times better?! That's outrageous!" Lol that's not how things work though, and no one is suggesting that they're ten times as expensive. But they're proportional. Also I think it's a bit disingenuous to do the thing that tesla owners and electric car zealots do which is they say wowwww look how fast this car is in one very specific test, against the slowest version of that lambo which is kinda slimy of them, therefore it's bEtTeR ThAn a LaMbo : p it's definitely better. Different, and absolutely awesome, and much more affordable, run by a great group of people. But not at all the same kind of car is all

Your cars look fantastic compared to the Lamborghini! Please keep making some of the finest rolling art.🙌

Check superperformance they make them

Factory Five makes a GTM, it's not quite a GT40 replica, and it's built with components from a C5 corvette.. looks like a GT40 in the front, Saleen S7 in the rear..

factory produced a gt40 some time ago.

race-car-replicas makes them

Arnaldo Juris Maclang aren't those the guys based in panama that rent the real deal for a day, shoot their video and claim the rental is their finished replica product? Then they get you to send them $4~6k a month for several months, then you find out you got scammed because you didn't do enough homework first?

That is what build for

Because my buddy's Honda Civic is a 12 sec car and is a ten grand build. But honestly 12 seconds is fast but slow for 30k, you can find one of these used for like 25k and up.. I just wouldn't be the one to take the first hit on such a build, and fyi it's more like 40k for 12 seconds..

Jmendez Reformas I bet your buddy's Civic isn't half as good looking as a cobra though

jmendoza328 there's a lot more to life than just fast numbers. If one wanted to be a drag strip hero for cheap, one could walk into the nearest Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Ducati or Suzuki dealer and walk out with a crotch rocket that would be faster and cheaper. But at the end of the day I'd rather have any of the Factory Five cars shown in this video over any Honda Civic.

Ok since people didn't like the word civic, I'll rephrase and tell you that you can do 12sec with a fourth gen. Camaro and 15-20k. Then again this is Ford territory soo...

jmendoza328 yeah I don't want a 4th gen F-Body either :) I'll still take the Factory Five :)

I watched the Factory Five DVD and one guy had over 200,000 miles on his cobra car. Pretty amazing that his has been that reliable. I would build one if/when I have the money. Much rather have a 33 hotrod than a Lamborghini.

2243 pounds 😍😍😍

@@thechasecomplex lol 2243 plus me and a friend. Okay, I am a thin woman but, yea, I admit, I might need to lose a few pounds for those numbers to work. lol, Even without a diet and a full tank of gas, we are still well below 8lbs/HP. That's a lively street car in anybody's book.

@@deanlacombe5006 OVER 200,000 MILES!!!!??? Woah... What engine did he have in it!?

I am more on something that is usable and reliable than super fast but breaking. That's why I would like to own a fully OG skyline or a fully OG FF Cobra, I just wouldn't modify them, I like them original and they wouldn't give me that much problems

That's because you have taste.

Rich Miller the cheetah

David Stansell the cheetah is a very unfriendly user car. Is why its one of the least popular kits.

Rich Miller ya, i thot that myself. Where is the gtm?

Big engine lite car is just that. Doesn't mean anything else.

Amen brother, after you build your entire vehicle once, driving a "turnkey racer" like a GTR or something just sounds impersonal and lame. I mean, if you win, you really have no reason to be proud, other than the fact that you saved your pennies lol!

No you can't build one of these for 30k. Try 50+ with all other running parts and engine, labor, etc.

08turboSS What labor? You pay yourself for labor? The truth is, you can easily pick up a FFR in various stages of being finished for half the cost of the kit. Or you can just buy the kit, head on down to the junk yard and pick up a wrecked Fox body for a song and take it home, strip out the running gear, drop it into your kit car, and by the end of the year you have a damn nice example that might not run circles around everything at the track, but you'll enjoy it more than any of them are enjoying theirs. Besides, cars like these you can actually drive anywhere. I'd take a FFR kit car anywhere in this country because I know if the starter craps out, or the clutch, or the flywheel, or the axle, or any other mechanical part, a new one is as far away as AutoZone or the dealer and it'll cost me 10% (or less) of that same part on a Lambo or Ferrari or the like. But I get your point, to build one of the ones shown would be closer to $50k. That's still a damn sight cheaper than the Lambo shown, and any of these kit cars will be easier to drive (think width), to park, and a fraction of the cost to operate.

08turboSS You can buy the complete MK IV kit for $20K. Now you need engine, trans, wheels, tires and paint. You can do that for a total of $30K.

Racerx917 or I can buy a salvage 70 charger or 68 GTO, rebuild and mod it to my hearts content and still be in the same price range.

Not only that but you don't get that "Oh another Cobra replica" reaction.

@@bailey9r the cobra replica reaction is fine. Honestly modernized cobra replicas are significantly better than actual cobras, apart from the novelty factor

GTaero the baseball field

In the yard, in a barn, etc

At McDonalds

At a car factory where most cars are made

Yeah, I think he was being very light on the shifts.

I was wondering if it was that goofy shifter or if he had to promise to not bang the gears. @@chrisdaigle5410

He wasn't lifting

Best you guys on that side of the pond stick to autos?

Stanley Ng Yan Qi 64 chevy cheetah