S1600 Red Project
#1
Posted 02 August 2010 - 07:48 PM
#2
Posted 02 August 2010 - 08:10 PM
Signature block created by Colin Y (BOK) & here as my tribute to him
Print your own Pumapeople fliers by clicking here
PUMA GARAGE LIST LINK
Tremona Garage
#3
Posted 02 August 2010 - 08:11 PM
Steves1600, on 02 August 2010 - 07:48 PM, said:
Looking forward to seeing this, there's some good projects ongoing at present!
#4
Posted 02 August 2010 - 08:38 PM
I look forward to following this one
Be interesting to see how you attack the bulkhead / tunnel, mind you mine was a bit more severe due to the size of the V6 and 4x4 transfer box etc
To be honest though unless you want it swapping ends everywhere and pretty much un driveable in the wet, personally I'd reconsider going 4x4, the wheelbase of a Puma is very short lololol
Cheers Dave
This post has been edited by Dave2302: 02 August 2010 - 08:41 PM
#5
Posted 02 August 2010 - 09:04 PM
All stuff puma - puma technical & all things rebuilt...
See my website for Snow School Information
#6
Posted 03 August 2010 - 06:49 AM
#7
Posted 03 August 2010 - 10:21 AM
I cut the tunnel and bulkhead out of my Scorpio complete, but it just doesn't fit the puma floor nicely so I ended up just using the bit around the belhousing and then buying in 18 gauge sheet steel and fabricating my own 3 piece affair. It gets very tight around the centre, at the back end of the gearlever area, as you've still got to fit a pair of seats in there !!
Most bucket seats are about 510 - 530 mm wide at the base. I completely gutted my original Puma seats to get the subframes and then modded the subframes to fit the existing floor bolts but move them outwards slightly. They now give full fore and aft adjustment, and room to fit bucket seats on top. Fiddly but very do-able.
Pedal box and master cylinder is an issue too, especially getting a nice pedal layout, I modded mine to move all the pedals to the right about 25 mm.
While your doing it put the bulge in it on the O/S to clear a 4x4 transfer box then if you want to go 4x4 later on it will be a doddle.
Have a trawl through my thread it may give you some ideas, and you may well be able to improve on some of it too. There are a few things I'd do differently next time, havng now had the experience lol
Get them pix up
Cheers Dave
#8
Posted 03 August 2010 - 11:16 AM
Thanks for the reply the info u gave will come in most useful im welding in seat bars to mine so even though its gonna be a tight fit im hopin my bucket seats will fit, im also gonna use a floor mounted bias pedal box so hopefully will give me enough space to be able to them where i want them but it is small inside the puma lol. This project is lots of trial n error, ill try to get the pics up soon and will check out ur thread
Chears steve
#9
Posted 03 August 2010 - 05:26 PM
Steves1600, on 03 August 2010 - 11:16 AM, said:
Thanks for the reply the info u gave will come in most useful im welding in seat bars to mine so even though its gonna be a tight fit im hopin my bucket seats will fit, im also gonna use a floor mounted bias pedal box so hopefully will give me enough space to be able to them where i want them but it is small inside the puma lol. This project is lots of trial n error, ill try to get the pics up soon and will check out ur thread
Chears steve
Yeah, know what you mean lol, mines been lots of trial and error, and make it / modify it as I go
Cheers Dave
#10
Posted 03 August 2010 - 06:13 PM
All stuff puma - puma technical & all things rebuilt...
See my website for Snow School Information
#13
Posted 04 August 2010 - 08:12 AM
All stuff puma - puma technical & all things rebuilt...
See my website for Snow School Information
#14
Posted 05 August 2010 - 06:25 PM
#15
Posted 06 August 2010 - 10:31 PM
These are the designs for my new graphics. Would like to know what people think.......
#17
Posted 07 August 2010 - 07:38 AM
Cheers Dave
#18
Posted 07 August 2010 - 01:42 PM
t783vkj, on 06 August 2010 - 11:25 PM, said:
Hi ya no the car came as a rolling shell which was a shame lol.
Dave2302, on 07 August 2010 - 07:38 AM, said:
Cheers Dave
Hi dave yer i did cut loads out but wanted to get the engine back as far as i could so now its the case of making the bulkhead and tunnel lol
Thanks steve.
#19
Posted 08 August 2010 - 09:42 PM
I had the Scrutineer round earlier today, looking at my work so far and measuring up. Just a word of caution.....
Watch your maximum width across the wheels front and rear, my rear came in at 1700mm which is the absolute maximum MSA will allow, other than that being well close lol, everything else was bang on !!
CCLB now started, me happy
Cheers Dave
This post has been edited by Dave2302: 08 August 2010 - 09:44 PM
#20
Posted 09 August 2010 - 05:27 PM
Dave2302, on 08 August 2010 - 09:42 PM, said:
I had the Scrutineer round earlier today, looking at my work so far and measuring up. Just a word of caution.....
Watch your maximum width across the wheels front and rear, my rear came in at 1700mm which is the absolute maximum MSA will allow, other than that being well close lol, everything else was bang on !!
CCLB now started, me happy
Cheers Dave
is that wheel to wheel, or centrline on hub?
And if you want paintwork and sticker work done, we can sort it out for you
All stuff puma - puma technical & all things rebuilt...
See my website for Snow School Information