Most people that get an 818C kit car will follow Factory Five’s building instructions and put a Subaru Impreza powertrain in it. But not the guys from EV-Controls.com, for obvious reasons.

Why spend $300,000 on a McLaren when you can get an experience that rivals it for under $30,000? Meet the Factory Five 818, a lightweight, high-performance kit car that blends affordability with ...

Take, for example, one plucky company that combined Factory Five's 818C kit car with powertrain ... In fact, this entire build is the result of EV-Controls putting its own hardware to good use.

It was a chilly 26 degrees when we got off the plane in Flint, Michigan, as we prepared for the three-day build school that Factory Five sponsors at Mott Technical School in nearby Howell.

But Factory Five has a Subaru-powered alternative that might catch your eye. Called the 818C, it's a tube frame kit car with a fiberglass body and a Subaru WRX or WRX STI engine mounted right ...

So what could make this ridiculous track vehicle even better? To make the 818C even more enjoyable on and off the track, Factory Five gave the kit car a removable hardtop for unlimited headroom.

the Factory Five Roadster is based around using donor or new parts designed for the hugely popular '86-'04 V-8 Mustang, including the drivetrain. For the rear-axle portion of our build ...