1st visit to pumabuild

[pumadad2010]

1st visit to pumabuild to get my 300mm brake upgrade fitted i dont think ive ever seen so many FRP's in one place dont forget the ST's and RS's

RS Ford racing puma...not many of these about

T-REX with hyabusa engine

 

[Neil]

I did enquire about the RS FRP last time I was there. Tempting...

 

[pumadad2010]

how much did they tell you it was up for just to compare prices?

he said it was £8000 to me

 

[Neil]

About the same.

 

[pumadad2010]

more or less

do you think its worth that...i think £6000 tops

 

[matt]

I think 8k is a good price if it's in good condition as planting an RS engine in takes some time and effort!
Stats of this car against Warrens car were published in a 'Cat Fight' article which also included various Turbo and Standard Pumas

 

[FlashBastd]

Looks like you had a good experience compared to some;

http://www.zsoc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Neil]

I've had many a full day session in there.

 

[pumadad2010]

yeah it was a good day...missed the grand national but backed a winner earlier on in the day collected my winnings as soon as i left around 4pm after getting to pumabuild at 9am which almost paid for the work i had done at £120 cheap really considering some where spending £800 on tuneups to there focus ST's

oh yeah and just made it back across the city back home to the pub in time to watch Aston villa lose in the carling cup final against Man utd .....get in there

new brakes ,backed a winner and villa lost ....what a great day

 

[pumadad2010]

Looks like you had a good experience compared to some;

http://www.zsoc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=184325" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

i think being from birmingham helped me alot being able to crack a joke with them and pester them about usefull info to do with the puma

it was more like a youth club down there with all the messing around ,chatting and practical jokes no wonder nothing gets done and time keeping isnt their speciality

at the end of the day they know their good at what they do so you can either wait or go some where else

 

[miller]

When i went down with my dad to the Focus ST meet on the rolling road it was fun just to see so many beautiful engineered cars, but the feedback ive seen from pumabuild hasnt been the best, and the rolling road fan wasnt good at all it was showing people with wolf wr300 kicking out 240 bhp when they should be 300 and some standard cars beating it so it wasnt the best impression but you just walk into places like that and wish they was on every street corner. sorry for off topic, my brother wants a 300mm brake conversition on his puma soon how much did it cost in total.

 

[yippeekiay]

Cost me £91 iirc for the full kit but I bought quite a few setups so got the calipers and discs cheap.

You can get the calipers for around £50 a pair or less off Ebay. Pity you didn't ask earlier as I have spare sets of mintex pads and was in Lancashire yesterday...doh!! Anyway they were £14 off Ebay too or were when I bought them. As for the ST170 discs, if you shop around and play a couple of suppliers off against each other I would have thought you'd get a pair for around £40. You need 4 new caliper bolts at about £6 ish (I put the finis number in a thread only the other day - think it was an upgrade thread so should be easy to find)

So a total of around £110 or thereabouts. Easy to fit if you have a little mechanical knowledge.

 

[pumadad2010]

focus ST170 drilled and grooved brake disks cost me £60,mintex brake pads cost me £10 and a pair of mk3 mondeo calliper cost me £25 plus £120 for pumabuild to fit them(but its just a matter of drilling the calliper mount holes to 12.5mm)...get 300mm brake setup you wont be dissappointed

brakes will cost you approx £100

mintex mk3 mondeo brake pads £9
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-MONDEO-FRONT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 4cdaf270ce

or disk from europarts £20
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Ford_" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 9f2a8&BDIS

or mintex st170 300mm £45
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-ST170-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 3c913fd0a2

or st170 mintex box set £65 if you can get some st callipers which are pricey but worth it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-Focus-2-0-ST" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 2a055069df

mk3 mondeo brake callipers £25 each
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000-2005-FORD-MO" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 3a54f51b85

or try ford parts centre(i got a pair for £25 here) phone them if you cant see what you want i sorted through two boxs full of mk3 mondeo callipers when i was there last(they will post to you via ebay)
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/ONE-STOP-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... QQ_armrsZ1