FRP 591, FRP replica, plus turbo conversion project

[Scottwootton]

Awesome car, what spoiler is that please

 

[d170sam]

It's a genuine ac-schnitzer BMW 3 series spoiler, they are a bit tricky to track down but it's a something a bit different!

 

[woody21]

loving this car

 

[d170sam]

Thanks bud

 

[d170sam]

got a new focus rs charge cooler pump, i got a stainless mount bracket for it and a 'pig tail' harness to wire it up

also got an enginner friend to fit a -10 fitting to the breather outlet and also -6 fittings to my custom fuel rail, i fitted them to my head today as a test fit

 

[boospuma]

gr8 dude ......im shot on this build up

 

[d170sam]

also to turn up recently was a kent cams performance cam belt (plus crank and cam bolts new from ford)

a pair of escort rs turbo bonnet vents (they will be sprayed panther black)

i needed a power steering pressure line to go from the pas pump to the steering rack, as i will be deleating the a/c the pump moves to the front of the block where the current a/c pump lives, only prob is it costs loads for a new line from ford and finding a second hand one is pretty unlikely, so i thought stuff it, il aeroquip that too! which is good because it is a lot cheaper to aeroquip it than buy the new line! here is the -6 fitting and adapter on the pas pump

 

[d170sam]

new HD cam tansioner from lightning motorsport turned up today, its pretty chunky so should do the job!

 

[STEAVIE]

new HD cam tansioner from lightning motorsport turned up today, its pretty chunky so should do the job!

cars looking good! nice big pile of parts! i was looking at there site trying to find an uprated cam tensioner! so they do do one! will order one tmoz!

 

[d170sam]

got a alloy bracket for my fuel pump, looks pretty good so think i will get another to hold my escort cosworth fuel filter next to it ha!

 

[mikeandthat]

Wow! What a transformation and a great looking Puma! :wink:

It's exciting to think what it will end up like from what I've seen so far.

Just thought I'd say hello as I was talking to my brother-in-law months ago about my car and this forum and he mentioned a friend called Sam. I showed him this thread and he recognised your car. It's Dylan and my sister, Jemma; from Specsavers. They've been here over Christmas and it reminded me that they knew you.

Keep up the good work and look forwards to more updates. In my project thread: http://www.projectpuma.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=14404" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - I shared a link to a very fast Puma with over 300bhp. Would love to see more like that in action...

 

[d170sam]

What a small world! Yeah I've known Dylan and his wife for a few years, thanks for the comments, I am trying to get the project finished as fast as possible but it's got a long way to go yet! Il keep updates as regular as I can

 

[d170sam]

today i made some new wing mirrors as i was bored of my m3 carbon ones, basicaly i got some aftermarket base plates, made a carbon inlay and mounted some new racetech mirrors, there not fitted yet as im gonna spray the base plates matt black first, will try and get them on and get some pics up on wed/thurs, here are my efforts so far

 

[Flying Scotsman]

If carlsberg made cars......

 

[d170sam]

me and my friend sean have been busy this week, firstly my car failed its mot but it was an easy fix, it needed 2 new top mounts on the front, and the rear left caliper was sticking so i took it apart, greased it and now its fine, second job was to spray my new mirror bases satin black and get them on thecar, again no real dramas there, as sean didnt have much work on this week in the garage i decided to do my cam belt, as it was long over due, i had a new ford belt and tensioner but i also had a set of frp cams that sean gave to me, so i thought i would crack on and fit them at the same time, thankfully they didnt need any shimming at all so it was a straight swap, this morning i just need to finish assembly and it will be all done here are some pics of what we have been up too

mirror bases in primer

fitted to the car

i know they look small but i think it makes the car look even wider, im quite chuffed with the result

pile of engine parts for my cams/belt/tensioner replacement

 

[PumaNoob]

Liking the look of them mirrors, every time I see pics of your car, I get jealous!!

 

[d170sam]

Thanks bud! It's getting there slowly!

 

[red]

Very nice and in my opinion those mirrors are a massive improvement on the last ones you had fitted

 

[mburns212]

Hi Sam, car is looking great, i have just built a 1.7 supercharged engine but its in a mk5 zs. Would be good to see how much power u can get. I mine was dyno'd at 217.3bhp, at 7psi with standard internals and comp ratio. Mine is no where near the budget yours is, it is on standard management! since then i've lowered comp to 9.3:1 and increased the boost to 11psi. Not had it Dyno'd yet. One question, how much did you pay for your HD big end and main bearings? Mine has a slight tap/rattle on idle. I've tried to get on their website for a few days but the server is down. Do you have a number for them?

Martin

 

[d170sam]

Hello Martin, supercharged 1.7 that sounds awesome! Do you have a project thread? Or just photos, I would be very interested in seeing how you did it! The hd big end bearings are around £90-100 the main bearings are about the same price but there not hd (apparently it doesn't need hd main bearings) I don't have a number for chris to hand, I just get it off the web site when I've ordered stuff before