Picked up the Puma....

Coco · 6 Apr 2006 at 23:53

The Puma1.7 is a cracking car, highly rated by evo mag 5*****.
Have fun dude! :cool:

GSXRMovistar · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:00

Coco said:
The Puma1.7 is a cracking car, highly rated by evo mag 5*****.
Have fun dude!

Wasn't it also Top Gear car of the year a good few years back? :confused:

EDIT: Yep 1997

Coco · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:06

I was about to say I believe it was, for some reason I recall Tiff giving it the right-foot.

My mate's got one in silver, X-plate with the multi-spoke wheel design. Fairly tidy, but had a lot of work done following a trip to PumaBuild. As good as them guys are, they certainly know how to relieve a fair few quid from its customers.

Conanius · 7 Apr 2006 at 08:18

i dont spose you know what he had done do you? what did you think of the transformation?

merlin · 7 Apr 2006 at 08:29

Post some pics and keep us updated with what you do to it. :cool:

Tuning N/A is my speciality now, it's an expensive game I tell ya.

Pick your mods carefully. Also when looking at things like exhaust systems - find out how much the OE systems weigh and ask how much the aftermarket systems weigh - with N/A you need bhp increases and weight saving all at the same time.

I made weight savings on everything I bought, even down to wheel nuts and alloy strut braces. Next thing is to change the battery....little things start to make quite a difference.

Best of luck, spend wisely.

Scottland · 7 Apr 2006 at 08:46

Glad to see your enjoying it, going to look at one myself on Saturday :cool:

What mods are you thinking about?

PeterNem · 7 Apr 2006 at 10:12

Glad you're enjoying it Gareth

Definately get some pics up!

Sam · 7 Apr 2006 at 10:16

Hi Mate

Congratulations on the Puma, ive never driven a standard 1.7 but i cant see it being much less fun than myn ( AND I LOVE MYN

)

Pumas are very expensive if your trying to get any power out of them. A turbo kit will give you around 149 bhp but the money trying to do it runs into £1000s and £1000s. If you want more power then the best option is getting hold of a Racing Puma engine which is 155 BHP standard. Will be the same price + fitting of the turbo conversion but is far less likley to go bang. ( but tbh once you have spent money doing the engine you might as well have bought a FRP hehe

I would also suggest getting your polybushes done, they allways make a big diffrence

www.pumapeople.com is the way to go

Conanius · 7 Apr 2006 at 22:57

merlin said:
Post some pics and keep us updated with what you do to it.

Tuning N/A is my speciality now, it's an expensive game I tell ya. Pick your mods carefully. Also when looking at things like exhaust systems - find out how much the OE systems weigh and ask how much the aftermarket systems weigh - with N/A you need bhp increases and weight saving all at the same time.

I made weight savings on everything I bought, even down to wheel nuts and alloy strut braces. Next thing is to change the battery....little things start to make quite a difference.

Best of luck, spend wisely.

Interesting points you've made there mate ... never even considering asking about the weight. I guess also with my car being quite light as standard, every kilo I can loose the better !

When it comes to things like transmission changes (clutches and flywheels) is the best option there to get these lightened ones... simon tried to explain all that unsprung mass stuff to me, but I didnt really understand !

Sam said:
Hi Mate

Congratulations on the Puma, ive never driven a standard 1.7 but i cant see it being much less fun than myn ( AND I LOVE MYN )

Pumas are very expensive if your trying to get any power out of them. A turbo kit will give you around 149 bhp but the money trying to do it runs into £1000s and £1000s. If you want more power then the best option is getting hold of a Racing Puma engine which is 155 BHP standard. Will be the same price + fitting of the turbo conversion but is far less likley to go bang. ( but tbh once you have spent money doing the engine you might as well have bought a FRP hehe

I would also suggest getting your polybushes done, they allways make a big diffrence

www.pumapeople.com is the way to go

hmm... from what I thought the engine was about 125 bhp stock, with puma builds stage 3 (replacement panel filter, exhaust, manifold, cams and rechip) giving about 25-30 bhp... which puts me up at near RFP power levels... however a guy at work is currently pricing up a throttlebody setup/supercharger for me.. but that might have to wait till I've paid the car off

Sam · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:12

Conanius said:
Interesting points you've made there mate ... never even considering asking about the weight. I guess also with my car being quite light as standard, every kilo I can loose the better !

When it comes to things like transmission changes (clutches and flywheels) is the best option there to get these lightened ones... simon tried to explain all that unsprung mass stuff to me, but I didnt really understand !

hmm... from what I thought the engine was about 125 bhp stock, with puma builds stage 3 (replacement panel filter, exhaust, manifold, cams and rechip) giving about 25-30 bhp... which puts me up at near RFP power levels... however a guy at work is currently pricing up a throttlebody setup/supercharger for me.. but that might have to wait till I've paid the car off

I wouldent think so mate but im happy to be proved wrong

Throttle bodys are the way to go gareth BUT the expensive is quite alarming

Sam

Conanius · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:16

Sam said:
I wouldent think so mate but im happy to be proved wrong

Throttle bodys are the way to go gareth BUT the expensive is quite alarming

Sam

hehe...

thing is, im not sure what yours sounds like, but mine is gorgeous :eek:

Just driven back from worcester taking the gf to get some more stuff from uni... B roads all the way back from malvern...

oh... baby...

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:16

But still not found time for pics, stop enjoying yourself and think about us for once

Conanius · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:20

Firestar_3x said:
But still not found time for pics, stop enjoying yourself and think about us for once

to be fair, I finished work at 5:15, drove straight to the shell garage, had tea at the gf's and thend rove to worcester.. took us 3 hours to do a 30 minute each way trip !!!

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:25

Always tomorrow, weather permitting, looks like rain

Sent you an e-mail btw Ref : Camping, you should try and come along mate!

Conanius · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:36

Firestar_3x said:
Always tomorrow, weather permitting, looks like rain

Sent you an e-mail btw Ref : Camping, you should try and come along mate!

which addy did you use?

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:37

Conanius said:
which addy did you use?

Canny remember, send us your add to Firestar_3x at Hotmail dot com

thedazman67 · 8 Apr 2006 at 00:56

two pages and still no pics im disapointed

thedazman

Sam · 8 Apr 2006 at 06:30

Conanius said:
hehe...

thing is, im not sure what yours sounds like, but mine is gorgeous

Just driven back from worcester taking the gf to get some more stuff from uni... B roads all the way back from malvern...

oh... baby...

Come camping then ill give you a ride in the FRP , now that does sound good

Sam

Conanius · 8 Apr 2006 at 09:23

thedazman67 said:
two pages and still no pics im disapointed

thedazman

OK OK !!!

ill take some pictures when I get back from town...

out of interest, ive got to take the car back to the garage about the seats and a clunking noise coming from the front left (this came up on the RAC report, guess they didnt fix it, no big deal)

should I mention about th odd rear left tyre? thats the only tyre they didnt swap for a P6000... thought I might mention it .. see if they give me another new one