Specter Werkes GTR powered by Lingenfelter featured in LSXTV
Specter Werks GTR with 800HP Lingenfelter power featured in LSX TV.
Gunnar and Joachim from RPM magazine in Sweden spent some time with us to profile Specter Werkes/Sports capabilities and projects.
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RPM Magazine Article
With some assistance from Google translator, here is the piece from Gunnar.
The U.S. auto industry is slowly but surely getting out from the financial crisis. Both car manufacturers and suppliers has gone on the backburner while, but now light in the tunnel. RPM has visited Specter Werkes / Sports in Troy, Michigan. They both are working to develop concept cars, aftermarket products supply and build turnkey cars.
Jeff Nowicki, Specter Werkes is energetic and outgoing chief and president. He presents us with noticeable pride around the premises at Rankin Road in Troy, a few miles outside Detroit. In a large room are a few customer cars that are either being completed or repaired. In another crown a Tarus 3-Axis Mill. Jig costing $ 400,000 and is used to transmit computer-generated images into full-scale clay model. - It facilitates the work, "said Jeff Nowicki. Making the clay model by hand, as we used to, is enormously expensive. Are not the same accuracy as the machine can handle. Jeff has a background as a designer, including at GM. He ended in 1999 to open his own. But there are no "hard feelings". GM is one of the steady customers, as well as Chrysler and Ford. Sometimes the missions consist of taking a complete full-scale model.
They only need to come with drawings to make a finished design, says Jeff. In other cases, the about building a concept car for any major motor show. Among the concepts that Specter Werkes is built roadster Pontiac Solstice, known with us in Europe as the Opel GT. At our visit working machine from Taurus with an aerodynamics package for the new Camaro. The Lingenfelter is known to be start selling parts to owners of Camaro who want cars that stand out a little extra.
We took out the package that was sitting on the Lingenfelter Camaro showed at SEMA Show in Las Vegas last fall, continues Jeff. Now we develop it further before manufacturing and selling parts. Jeff Nowicki also reveals that He has plans to develop a very special aerodynamics package Camaro. -I'm thinking seriously about it. The market is there, it has already sold more than 100,000 Camaro. The car sells better than the Mustang and Challenger. He shows a gray bonnet of own design. It is a new hood for a cool Camaro. They are made of fiberglass, but we make them not themselves, we have added on another company. I think we can sell between 250 and 400 pieces of these. They are the only ones to market w ventilated hood. - Specter also produces hoods, and bodywork to cars in Grand-Am racing series.
In a corner of the assembly workshop is a Cadillac. It is BAD BOY version CTS-V, equipped with kits from Specter. The car is owned by a customer in Kuwait, which suffered a minor injury in the front. The cost Freight to and from the United States is high, but it does not matter in this case. Cadillac is joined by two Corvettes. They are the company's pride, it shows on Jeff Nowicki when He tells of GTR, as model units. In the public eye is Specter Werke's most famous for a great GTR. This latest edition was much attention at SEMA Show in November. The starting point is a brand new Corvette Z06, ZR1 or C6 in the base model. Convertible or coupe play No matter. The cars stripped and fitted with Spec Ter bodywork package, larger wheels, effective brakes and more. It is possible to buy spare parts, but it's just up-and taillights and hood for sale. A complete GTR contains so much more. For example, only roof and acts as the left body.
About 100 man-hours are it aside for the construction of a GTR. Only to put the pieces together takes a week. A large production run, it is not on. For C5 GTR took up 30 cars. At our visit was to just on the completion of car numbers seven of the last generation. The basic price of a Specter Werk GTR is $ 46,995. Plus a Corvette, of course. This includes body- of fiberglass with carbon fiber parts, wheels, brakes from Stop Tech, strut rods, and more. Motortrimmet is quite mild, with air intake box and sports exhaust system that provides a few extra horsepower. Many customers want special fittings or more highly tuned engine. Things that usually fits Specter. The client for car number seven Among other things, had called for wheels, steering wheel and interior. Interior is made of suede. However, he has not cared so much about the engine, contenting itself with sharper peaks.
- Buyers are often businessmen who want to drive a cool sports car, but not think that a Ferrari is enough unusual, "said Jeff Nowicki. Customers are located throughout United States, but I hope of course that also be able to start exporting. When the cars are completed Jeff test drive them yourself. He is right background for it, because he was professional race car drivers in particular another Corvette. He has competed in legendary courses as Sebring and Daytona. - It's experience I have been very useful. And so must I watch that every car can handle it we promise, namely to punish a standard Corvette with at least 1.5 seconds at Waterford Hill course. Specter Werke owners do not that his company competes with Chevrolet. - No, not at all. We improve the cars and helps to sell them. That said Jeff Nowicki. Racing driver, designers, contractors and bilentusiast
