few pics of my car after a good clean

few pics of my car after a good clean

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Pumajay

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1,055 posts

206 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Took the puma to a show yesterday, first time id machined polished it aswell and it came up really well, the paint was really faded and abit manky before but im well impressed with it now, just need to get a few bits flat and polished and the front bumper needs another respray after the last one was awful and just isnt panther black....

but anyway heres some pics!











carter711

1,849 posts

200 months

Monday 6th July 2009
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Paintwork looks mint! I've heard they are good fun to drive.

Nice one Jaaaaaay!

Pumajay

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1,055 posts

206 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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there great to drive, i love mine!

just need to get a few rust spots taken car of and the car will be mint

KingJeff 4th

6,161 posts

186 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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52 posts and already a Pistonheads number plate... wink

looks very good mate, always loved these from a far

Pumajay

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206 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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haha yeh i suppose it is a piston heads number plate.... also just happens to be my middle and last initails.

cheers for the commentd guys!

dannytherev

2,370 posts

187 months

Tuesday 7th July 2009
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Nice looking car there Jason thumbup what engine you running? A mate of mine had a silver vct with turbo conv a couple of years ago, done by Van Aaken my god that thing used to shift evil brilliant handling cars

gareth.e

2,071 posts

191 months

Wednesday 8th July 2009
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KingJeff 4th said:
52 posts and already a Pistonheads number plate... wink

looks very good mate, always loved these from a far
Also I spy a PH sticker on the boot biggrin


What are its speczzzzz? smile

Rob.

17,911 posts

220 months

Wednesday 8th July 2009
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Tastefully modified too I must say. Looks the part - liking the black wheels.

isrplc

264 posts

180 months

Wednesday 8th July 2009
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i have a red one and thinking of getting new 15's. anyone got any opinions on what goes with the red ones?

i have a 1.7 with ebc green stuff, ap coils, standard alloys, fully stripped and air kit.

and a blown exhaust....

downsized from evo to save money and invest money! great cheap car to be honest.

jay, im starting to get the rust spots to on mine, it's a 'W' reg.

paul_gt4

26 posts

204 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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Lovely looking motor there, use the missus' one regularly and i love it to bits, great handling motor and easy enough to run for what they produce. All the best with it.

Bigfatnath

815 posts

210 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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dannytherev said:
Nice looking car there Jason thumbup what engine you running? A mate of mine had a silver vct with turbo conv a couple of years ago, done by Van Aaken my god that thing used to shift evil brilliant handling cars
Arn`t these basically a fiesta underneath?.....Can`t remember them handling very well...


Oh well...

dannytherev

2,370 posts

187 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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Bigfatnath said:
dannytherev said:
Nice looking car there Jason thumbup what engine you running? A mate of mine had a silver vct with turbo conv a couple of years ago, done by Van Aaken my god that thing used to shift evil brilliant handling cars
Arn`t these basically a fiesta underneath?.....Can`t remember them handling very well...


Oh well...
Ok so my mates puma was uprated in most areas so maybe it handled better than most pumas (it would keep up with impreza wrx's all day at 20psi) even so the standard vct's were a good handling car (I think the puma was basically the same as a fiesta zetec s underneath

Pumajay

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1,055 posts

206 months

Friday 10th July 2009
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lot of questions there to answer.....

spec on the car is pretty much standard engine wise apart from cat back and induction kit, first job was to sort the suspension and the wheels so its on ap coilovers, powerflex bushes, 12.5mm rear axle spacers, full set of strut braces.

engine will be either one of two choices, first is to supercharge the current 1.7 aiming for around 200bhp or the other option is to build a high revving 2.0 duratec engine on throttle bodes from an st170 focus with roughly around the 200 - 220 bhp mark, just cant decided whether i want forced induction or that n/a roar from the trumpets!

cheers for all the comments guys, its nice to get recognition for the hard work i put into it.


oh and yeh there is a piston heads sticker on the back!

Podie

46,634 posts

277 months

Saturday 11th July 2009
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Bigfatnath said:
dannytherev said:
Nice looking car there Jason thumbup what engine you running? A mate of mine had a silver vct with turbo conv a couple of years ago, done by Van Aaken my god that thing used to shift evil brilliant handling cars
Arn`t these basically a fiesta underneath?.....Can`t remember them handling very well...


Oh well...
Should have done your research then... regarded as one of the best handling FWD cars of its time.

isrplc

264 posts

180 months

Saturday 11th July 2009
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Bigfatnath said:
dannytherev said:
Nice looking car there Jason thumbup what engine you running? A mate of mine had a silver vct with turbo conv a couple of years ago, done by Van Aaken my god that thing used to shift evil brilliant handling cars
Arn`t these basically a fiesta underneath?.....Can`t remember them handling very well...


Oh well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gfmnWGqLGM

Pumajay

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1,055 posts

206 months

Wednesday 15th July 2009
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yup very good handling front wheel drive car, suffers from little understeer even when you exercise your right foot with it, i love driving it along b roads, its great fun!

mat13

1,977 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th July 2009
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i was at that car show, had the pound an item stall

Pumajay

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1,055 posts

206 months

Tuesday 21st July 2009
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i think i had a look round that stall.... i spent most of the day drooling over the new RS's and cossie powered mkII escorts!