Puma D
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Morning All,
Firstly Happy Bank Holiday to you all ! So this is a Project that has been done by my son and I, First time we have built a track car and it is a ongoing project that will eventually develop into a good track for us both to drive. I have been in the Automotive sector for 30 years in one form or another and my son is an apprentice engineer - Both Car mad LOL anyway enough chit chat, time for the build progress (First post will be pic heavy as I was meaning to post as we went along but just been too busy)
Start of Project
Stock Ford Puma 1.7 125Ps, 1999, 75K from new with FSH - 2 Owner car.
Took the car to a local Weigh Bridge with a full tank of fuel car weighed in at 1040kgs Dead
Then started the strip of the interior, Everything bar the Dashboard was to come out....
Few cosmetic touches as we went along - Painted the rear drums
Removed the Original Air Box and replaced it with a Ram-Air Filter with two cold air feeds (One original from the inner wing, the other through the lower valance)
Removed the original discs and calliper's
After much research and options we decided to go for Focus ST170 Calipers with 300mm Vented Discs and Cosworth Pads
The Caliper needs a little fettling on outer edge grinding down a touch as we wanted to retain a 15" Wheel, Opted for Speedline Mamora Alloys with a Peugeot offset (Wanted the wheels to fill the arches as stock wheels sit too much inwards) Wrapped the wheels in Michelin Pilot Sport 3's
This was Stage 1 of our mod's (Original front seat were just kept in whilst we decided on what seats we wanted)
Firstly Happy Bank Holiday to you all ! So this is a Project that has been done by my son and I, First time we have built a track car and it is a ongoing project that will eventually develop into a good track for us both to drive. I have been in the Automotive sector for 30 years in one form or another and my son is an apprentice engineer - Both Car mad LOL anyway enough chit chat, time for the build progress (First post will be pic heavy as I was meaning to post as we went along but just been too busy)
Start of Project
Stock Ford Puma 1.7 125Ps, 1999, 75K from new with FSH - 2 Owner car.
Took the car to a local Weigh Bridge with a full tank of fuel car weighed in at 1040kgs Dead
Then started the strip of the interior, Everything bar the Dashboard was to come out....
Few cosmetic touches as we went along - Painted the rear drums
Removed the Original Air Box and replaced it with a Ram-Air Filter with two cold air feeds (One original from the inner wing, the other through the lower valance)
Removed the original discs and calliper's
After much research and options we decided to go for Focus ST170 Calipers with 300mm Vented Discs and Cosworth Pads
The Caliper needs a little fettling on outer edge grinding down a touch as we wanted to retain a 15" Wheel, Opted for Speedline Mamora Alloys with a Peugeot offset (Wanted the wheels to fill the arches as stock wheels sit too much inwards) Wrapped the wheels in Michelin Pilot Sport 3's
This was Stage 1 of our mod's (Original front seat were just kept in whilst we decided on what seats we wanted)