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Hello, good build! Quick question, is there any particular resson you mounted the rear of you harnesses up on the top rear mounts? I mounted mine in the lower ones where the bottom bench bolted but beginning to think its wrong as I've see another mounted like yours but none how I've mounted mine?

Lol the harnesses off my mate! Not harmed!

Well last night got the car in work and attacked the seat! Drilled the stoppers in the original rails so the bottom half of the sliders came off (the bits that bolt to the original holes in the car) and luckily the frame on my seat was exact width! How easy! Drilled through the original holes in...

Ha ha nice bodge! Very ingenious..... Like Bear Grylls of trackdays lol couple of my mates said they had signed onto donny Sunday..... Unfortunately my puma wasnt ready! Did you see a black 328? White wheels? Likes to get the back end out alot? (Until he gets told off lol ) and a silver subaru I...

Noobrider, yeah something along them lines for me! Are your mounts welded in front to back or sideways? My seat has the captive nuts welded in to the bottom of the frame, that's why I was gunna use angle for ease of accessing the bolts...... Using box with captives as a second option in which...

P.S sorry to rabbit on

Thanks again for the replies and the advice, bottom line is you get what you pay for and obviously with quality comes a premium, i appreciate that and without wishing to open up a can of worms I was just after different people's opinions 8) i fully understand what i do may not be the best way...

The mount holes are on the underneath of the seat,so will use two runs of angle each side of the seat (so it will be like a square 'C' if you follow) lol and yeah will make sure it's all safe! Seems strange that the original mounts are only m6 but hey spose ford put more into safety development...

I see, well I have a 2 metre length of 2.5mm 1.5" mild steel box and 2x500mm lengths of 5mm ally angle at 2" so will have a play and a measure up at work next week and see what will work the best, also have large 50mm repair washers at work so could use them plus there will probably be some...

Barry, good to see someone else with a red 2001, beginning to think i was the only one lol Sorry, I wasn't very clear with my intentions, I would drill out the original captive nuts to m10 and plate from underneath with new nuts and bolts! Because you're right the areas surrounding my mount...

Fitting a fixed bucket seat to my car and was wondering if anyone knows whether 5mm thick ally angle would be strong enough to make a frame (to keep weight down) with steel strengtheners at mounting points or shall I just make it from steel box or angle as I have full access to workshop and...

Me too, and a mate of mine!

I raced my mate today, from standing start and from 30mph 2nd gear and his deffinately had the jump on mine! His is well stripped (dash and everything visible, all the usuals) roughly same fuel.... Surprised me really, knew obviously he'd have a slight advantage but just straight line didnt know...

Kizza wow mate you really did go to town on yours, was a good read! With the roll cage though you are putting the strength back into the car, I don't want to commit to a full roll cage (not yet anyway) so I'm reluctant to take the roof strength and inner door structure out at the mo! Picked up...

Attempting to get my puma as light as possible without sacrificing structural strength (as wont be fitting a cage just yet)..... I will be stripping everything I can see, even dash, and was wondering if there was any hidden weight anywhere? Sounds dumb I know but for example, upon reading...

Cheers for the welcomes guys! Been lurking around here for a week or so and finally committed to signing up to gain full access, there's some really good projects on here and some priceless info! Was always skeptical about forums and whilst unable to comment on others this one certainly seems...

Ay up peeps, new to pumas and new to forums! Long story short, mate has got a puma, stripped with cheap eBay springs as a mega budget track car. Last month I crashed my clio 172 track car at Cadwell Park so I'm now on a mega budget track car mission too! Bought a 51 plate red non air-con...