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finally got the replacement beam fitted and had 4 wheel laser alignment done, its now true to FRP geometry now and feels lovely to drive again!!

finally got my alternator back from a guy who rebuild them, its all new inside and shiny on the outside :)

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and also i got a vibratechnics engine mount too, however when i went to press it in to its mount today i cracked the mount, now i need to get another and try again with a more gentle approach

my dog thinks its a toy

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Wild E. Coyote said:
Must say from this angle it kind of reminds me of Max Rochatansky's Pursuit Special... Which is always a good thing :wink:

Yes! It needs a massive 'blower' hanging out the hood! Lol
 
sorry no updates for a while, I got married and bought a house! ha anyway lots of progress going on at the mo, just dropped my engine and all its bits off at Lightning motorsport for the big build to take place, Chris is going to add liners to the block, keyway the crank and build the engine as well as get the lot balanced too, he will also be fitting some custom made turbo spec cams to get it all running nice, the plan is to take the car up in a month or two to get the engine fitted and tuned :) in the mean time I have ordered my Emerald K6 ECU to run it all, it was ordered with one of their custom wiring looms and new sensors to suit with the addition of a VW MAP sensor, also the ECU has a three way switch to change between maps on the fly!!!

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In order to run it with my race technologies digital dash I had to buy this super expensive comms cable, however this will make it soooooo much easier to run the digital dash, there will still be some wiring to do e.g. dash warning lights, and fuel level but that will thankfully be less of a headache now!!

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Speaking from expirience: Puma engine is very, very balanced ex factory. All conrod-piston combos (with shells and rings) are within 1 gram, crankshaft is also very, very good. The one I am putting together was only by 2 grams out of balance. The only thing less then (almost) perfect is flywheel which was a bit off balance and needed about 5 grams taking out (although at much bigger diameter giving much bigger shaking force).
When you get it sleeved, what piston, conrods and piston rings will you be using on the engine?
 
I thought it would be worth getting it balkanced as it's got a mildly lightened flywheel paired with forged pistons and rods, I don't expect it will need much but it's always worth doing :)
 
Just went through this thread as not seen it before.... that's one pukka Puma. Fair play, it's taken a fair bit of skill, patience and not a few shekels from the look of it. Very impressive. :eek:k:
 
few more parts and a little work on bits today, received my Quaide ATB diff from Pumabuild and also got round to start fitting/wiring my race technologies 'dash 2' in a spare binacle i bought

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did some wiring and tinkering today, started by fitting a For Racing Boost gauge:

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fitted my Emarld 3-way ECU switch next to the push button start

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started on the wiring loom for the Race Technologies Dash and control switches

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As i'm removing the A/C and moving the PAS pump to the front of the engine it needs a new feed pipe from the PAS tank to the pump, basically I've wrapped this with Samco tape to make it fit in with all the other hoses (1st time being a Nurse has come in handy, bandaging skills put to the test!)

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also started working out where all the Aeroquip fittings go, took a while but this is most of it (minus all the braided hoses)

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I really don't think pictures like that should be allowed on this forum! :-D

Loving this project... much jealousy oozing from every orifice :oops:
 
I must admit it's been a long time getting to this point, to say I'm getting excited would be a gross understatement!!!
 

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