BUILDS F5666: THE ORANGE DEVELOPMENT CAR
2018 F56 Hardtop 2-door · IN DEVELOPMENT

F5666: The Orange Development Car

Boca Raton, FL
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F5666: The Orange Development Car
MODS
  • · Build log continues — full parts list coming. This car carries a long list of unique builds, and more is on the way. We are publishing the real spec as each item is verified.
BUILD STORY

This is the shop's development car: a 2018 F56 Cooper in Volcanic Orange, and it got here the long way. It started life as a spec build in Palo Alto, took a light front-right hit, and went to auction — picked up by a used dealer in Fort Lauderdale, then bought by our general manager late in 2020, mid-COVID, for $75 out of pocket. He daily-drove it until the factory warranty ran out, then started building.

That first phase was about doing it right, not fast. The chassis and suspension got locked down — bracing front to back, adjustable components all around — then a widebody over 255-section Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, plus a long list of carefully chosen upgrades and one-off parts, a few of them 1-of-1 in the world right now.

Then it came to us, and that's where it earns its keep: the bench where we test ideas before they ever reach a customer's car — theory turned into something we've actually run. We have specific plans for it from here. We're keeping those quiet for now, but we think you'll want to watch them happen.

The way this page works, it grows. We hold the full parts list until we can publish it honestly — verified, not estimated — and each piece gets appended as it's confirmed. So check back; this one keeps changing, on purpose. In the meantime, we'll keep tormenting Hellcat nation on the fine roads of South Florida.

When we say we tested it, this is usually the car we tested it on. — ESSE WERKS · BOCA RATON, FL
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