the puma race car

[focusturbo]

hi guys.

thought id put a little thread up about my ford puma race car , it will be raced on short circuit ovals , the formula is called ''hot fords'',

which is any fwd ford but they must run the 1.6cvh carb engine, no injection allowed and must remain standard(ish)

anyway here are some pics

the strip down

the cage ( i could have had more bars but we need to keep the weight down, so the cage has been built to minimum requirements

engine bay in primer

 

[focusturbo]

right an update, ive never painted a car before in my life, so was a bit nervous but as its a oval track car i decided to have a bash , and tbh ive very pleased with the outcome, i wanted something bright that would stand out so i went for signal yellow

anyway here are the pics ( there is lots lol)

for those of you that are not clued up on short circuit oval racing , the white roof is not something ive done though choice,

you have to start in graded order and this is done by roof colour,
white being the beginners section, then up to yellow, on to blue, then red , and finally superstar (gold/silver)

 

[AWX85]

That's looks brilliant, I love the colour.

 

[PumaNoob]

Are you allowed to use EFI, or do you need to keep the distrubuter?? Looks like a nice project!

 

[Zara]

nice project on the go there!!! looking forward to the progress

 

[focusturbo]

We arnt allowed to run injection of any sort

 

[PumaNoob]

D'oh, sorry i didnt mean EFI, i meant wasted spark with the carbs!! It was nearly 2am when i wrote that!!

Looks like a good spray job on the car too considering youve not done it before, although you could have masked the pedals up!! :lol:

What gearbox have you used, the puma box on the CVH, or the BC box? If the BC, what have you done about gear linkage and clutch, retro fitted escort/fiesta ones?

 

[mix2000]

Lookin good k:

 

[Longyear]

Nice!

Interesting formula..... what sort of power bhp can you expect from the 1.6 CVH, when tuned to the level you're allowed to?

Cheers.