My frp and big plans

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RyanG

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Hi fellas thought id give you the low down on whats planned for my frp. Ill get to the exciting bits shortly, but for now ill start with when i got it.
The car is frp 481, i took a 4 hour drive to collect it and it was the first i viewed. Unfortunately the car had a suspected gearbox problem along with a bunch of other niggly bits im going to have to get done.

I bought a frp gearbox to replace mine, but after a semi mot check over i found a broken driveshaft cv joint. To say i was excited was an understatement! I replaced the broken joint and for good measurement replaced the wheel bearing, the other side bearing will be getting done shortly as its in for some track/nurburgring abuse!! :)

This was the cure to my problems! I drove the car for the first time last weekend and love it, its such a possitive driving experience and cant wait to get on track. But, before i do theres a couple of bits i need to sort. Firstly the steering wheel, the badly worn alcantara original was driving me mental, so i was straight onto demon theives for a 350mm sparco suede wheel and boss kit. It looks and feels soooo much better! Secondly, being 6 foot 6 tall the seat was a touch close, so with a 70mm extended seat rail im at home.
Lastly for now is the splitter, the car didnt come with one so i purchased one from puma build and is arriving and being fitted tomorrow :)

For now that is all, but ill give you the rest of my plans.
The gearbox i bought as a replacement i am rebuilding with a rs turbo limited slip diff, ready for my engine.
Brakes wise i will be removing the alcons and replacing with my 4 pot 330mm ap racing brakes. I use ds2500 pads as i love the compromise of great bite on the road with no fading being a light car on track.
Gaz coilovers will be fitted when speedline turinis are ready to go.
The engine, now this is for the longterm but im in the right workplace to get me my goals.
I work with my dad Harvey Gibbs who develped not only the racing puma engine but the works s1600 puma engine.
After many discussions we have devised a plan.
I have a donor 1700cc puma engine, The head will be visiting nick waples for a full blown port rework and valve/insert size upgrade.
The cams i already have and are circa 12.5mm lift inlet 290ish deg duration and exh 12mm lift and 270 deg duration.
It will have one off cp pistons and rod configuration with a compression ratio between 12 and 13:1
The bottom end will be balanced and put together by myself and my dad.
I plan on running 44mm spindless throttle bodies and a super 1600 genuine exhaust manifold and system.

We aim for 240bhp at 9000rpm.

The car will be painted and off to shows, trackdays and ring trips :)

I will eventually get a build thread up with a picture progress report.

Sorry to waffel on i hope you enjoy reading my plans :grin:

Thanks, Ryan
 
Ginger Tom said:
Dude, that is going to be one awesome car. Can't wait to see your build thread!

haha have planned it for a while but it all seems to be coming together now should be fun :)
 
Flying Scotsman said:
Well I look forward to seeing what you create here...

thanks, will take a while but will be worth it, you brought that set of turini's the other day didnt you? was wanting a set for mine.
 
i had a feeling it may have turned out to be something fairly simple. i did tell him to at least get it checked out in case it was, but he had had enough by then, i have a feeling he may be abit gutted when i tell him what was actually wrong! to add insult to injus=ry he bought a van as its replacement which he then ran into someone in!
 
crispy1980 said:
i had a feeling it may have turned out to be something fairly simple. i did tell him to at least get it checked out in case it was, but he had had enough by then, i have a feeling he may be abit gutted when i tell him what was actually wrong! to add insult to injus=ry he bought a van as its replacement which he then ran into someone in!

To be fair i think he got rid at a good point just the things wrong with it dont really matter to me. hope he is alright after the accident :)
 
oh hei s defo better without it. he has very little mechanical knowledge which means he relies on the local garage. the work that needs doing would have added up to well over a grand to get it to a semi good state and he wasnt willing to spend that after all hes spent already. he wasnt hurt and neither was his van, but he wrote the other car off. went straight into the side of it.
 
crispy1980 said:
oh hei s defo better without it. he has very little mechanical knowledge which means he relies on the local garage. the work that needs doing would have added up to well over a grand to get it to a semi good state and he wasnt willing to spend that after all hes spent already. he wasnt hurt and neither was his van, but he wrote the other car off. went straight into the side of it.

That's good to hear.
 
hi guys just a little update i have a few pictures of my frp now the new wheels, steering wheel and splitter is on along with the ap brakes which are to be fitted shortly. hope you like it :)

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and thought youd like this one with the balls hanging off the escort haha
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