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so I recently picked up my second puma, a clean example in metallic blue with a full ford service history up to 35,000 miles, its only done 44,000!
I need some proper advice before I spend loads of money on mods.
I was so shocked at the add I drove to see it right away, and the comparison in the way the engine's felt was astounding , not to mention the owner telling me that she was reluctantly selling it
so I got my dad to buy it for my mum to drive (44 years no crash's, very slow driver) , with the intention that when I can afford to do the mods, I'll take it off his hands.
so with it being in such nice condition, I am reluctant to convert the bodypanels to the FRP style, but do want to uprate the handling and power, perhaps with a full engine rebuild and turbo conversion.
I've been reading through a lot of the threads, but am left with some tough choices as I will be needing a garage to do the conversion work, I don't have the tools, space or confidence to attempt the build :/ my local garage who we have mates rates with said he can do some things, suspension, brake upgrades, but not full engine conversions.
So can anyone seriously recommend a decent garage to do the work? engine rebuild and turbo conversion at the same time.
lightning Motorsport seem to be the only answer google has given me, and I have no real idea of the quality of the work they do... can they really get 300hp+ out of the zetec 1.7?
thanks for reading and I appreciate any comments or suggestions,
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I need some proper advice before I spend loads of money on mods.
I was so shocked at the add I drove to see it right away, and the comparison in the way the engine's felt was astounding , not to mention the owner telling me that she was reluctantly selling it
so I got my dad to buy it for my mum to drive (44 years no crash's, very slow driver) , with the intention that when I can afford to do the mods, I'll take it off his hands.
so with it being in such nice condition, I am reluctant to convert the bodypanels to the FRP style, but do want to uprate the handling and power, perhaps with a full engine rebuild and turbo conversion.
I've been reading through a lot of the threads, but am left with some tough choices as I will be needing a garage to do the conversion work, I don't have the tools, space or confidence to attempt the build :/ my local garage who we have mates rates with said he can do some things, suspension, brake upgrades, but not full engine conversions.
So can anyone seriously recommend a decent garage to do the work? engine rebuild and turbo conversion at the same time.
lightning Motorsport seem to be the only answer google has given me, and I have no real idea of the quality of the work they do... can they really get 300hp+ out of the zetec 1.7?
thanks for reading and I appreciate any comments or suggestions,
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