Puma from Italy

[Dany83]

Hi, my name's Daniele from Venice, Italy.
Two years ago I've bought a Ford Puma 1.7 year 2002 with only 67000 km.
Very interesting car: engine with a lot of torque, reactive and fun set-up but lacking brakes.




Thanks for accepting me in the group.

 

[Pumanick]

Hi and welcome to Puma ownership !

 

[yippeekiay]

Welcome - that looks like a really clean example from that one photo.
And yes, brakes can be somewhat lacking although yours should have the bigger ones (258mm discs if I remember correctly)
I still upgraded mine to the 300mm Mondeo/Focus ST170 setup though.

 

[red]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Dany83]

Welcome - that looks like a really clean example from that one photo.
And yes, brakes can be somewhat lacking although yours should have the bigger ones (258mm discs if I remember correctly)
I still upgraded mine to the 300mm Mondeo/Focus ST170 setup though.

Yes, my Puma has 258mm brake discs. I wouldn't want to do a drastic intervention but put more performing discs and pads and braided brake lines. Could it be a valid solution?

 

[yippeekiay]

In short - yes.

To be honest, even new standard discs & pads could make a big difference depending on the age & wear of the current ones.
Then there is the age of the brake lines.
And let's not forget the age of the brake fluid which also makes a difference.

So, new discs/pads/lines & fluid should definately make a difference, but I cheaped out & just went with bigger instead of better!!