The Englishman's Puma

[Johnny English]

Here it is, my humble project, not much of a modded car but here in Portugal some modifications are considered illegal :-( so i have to make it low profile in the outside. (except the wheels :twisted: )

Ford Puma 1.7 VCT
Dated January of 1998
Bought used with aprox 138000 km
Today the clock shows about 275000 km
Oil used, 5w40 Shell Helix with 7500Km servicing intervals

The car was in a very poor state, i had to do alot of things to make it decent to the eye.
Heres the list:

Heater Control Valve and termostat was malfunctioning
Changed the Cambelt plus water pump
New rear drums
Exhaust Back box from Ford
New Ib5 Gearbox due to some problems & everything related. (clutch)
60Ah Battery
One engine mount
Taillights
Fully Painted by Ford

Modifications:

Fully adjustable Bucket seats
OZ Superleggera 17' withs 205/40 R17
Supressed central exhaust box
Radio GT620U SonyXplod
Front speakers Alpine 50Watts RMS plus 2 crossover tweeters
Rear speakers Alpine 60Watts RMS
LPG Sequent24 BRC
239mm vented and grooved discs (soon to be 260mm)
K&N filter
Air box modified to Racing Puma specs
Resonators OFF
Magnecor lead plugs 8.0mm
MSD coil pack
White side indicator lights
New Monroe Reflex dampers with Eibach -30mm
Kick plates with puma logo from pumabuild
4700K Driving light
4700K High beams
White LED all around (license plate, interior light, reverse lights, presence lights, glove box)
Rear drums are painted in the same color as the rims
Aluminum colored Handbrake from Ford
220mm Focus 1.8 Clutch
And some sparco goodies inside to make things pretty
Bluefin

Comming next!!!

4-2-1 Racing Puma exhaust
Full Leather interior
FRP Inlet manifold


And to finish things up, some photos of the car.

 

[red]

Looking good

 

[XIIVVX]

So nice to see.

I bet it turns heads wherever you go.

 

[Johnny English]

=New updates=

Polished Gearknob
New Tail Lights
Fiesta Glove Box light
Ford Alloy Pedals

Soon to come!
280mm brake upgrade

BTW can anyone tell me if the Fiesta ghia X temp clock is Plug&Play in Puma?

 

[spike.]

you need the temperture sensor too

 

[Johnny English]

And the Car/New Clock plug, do i have to do anything?

 

[Darren]

I fitted one to mine last month, you'll need to cut a bit out of the plastic on the back of the clock to make the connector fit, it's easy enough! I used a Dremel but a Stanley knife would do it.

 

[Johnny English]

One big dumb question

Will it work on 1998 models?


Thanks guys. k:

 

[martinthrapston]

yes

 

[Johnny English]

Well guys, here i am! Once again! :lol:

Just got my Puma Fully Painted at Louresfor (Ford official paint service with 2 years warranty)

Engine cleanup
Black plastics treatment
Rubbers treatment
Fully disassembled and painted
Headlights polished
Serviced and with dtc diagnostic (although i don't need it because of bluefin)

Heres some pics

Check out first page for updates in the project.

Coming next... Full Leather interior by Ford (w/ leather bucket seats)

 

[yippeekiay]

:thumbs:

 

[red]

Looking good!

 

[Johnny English]

It has been a long time since my last post.

So heres my comeback.



DETAILed - ZAINO

 

[yippeekiay]

Nice.....should have got more daylight on it so you could see the shine/reflection in the paintwork

 

[Johnny English]

perhaps this one :grin:


And plenty of more to come.

 

[red]

Looks like you're missing the rubber off of the front bumper.

 

[Johnny English]

Indeed :-( I lost it in a.. errmm... accident?

Anyway i was thinking on FINIS 9098796 :grin:

Anyone want to take a guess? :grin:

 

[Dal]

If you mean a 9097896 then it's one of these:

http://pumabuild.com/pumacat/product_info.php?products_id=668" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Johnny English]

RIP 1.7i VCT at 277k Km

Fitted a (almost) brand new 1.7i VCT from 2000

Rebirth

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Sorry, it's just bits&pieces on movie maker. I'll work a better one on Sony Vegas.