[Jonny boy]

Update time...

Sound deadening officialy gone Was much easier than i thought until my heat gun packed in (Her hair dryer oops)







Needed to keep myself busy while i wait for the new brakes so i couldnt resist a bit more spraying.
Brand new rear drums picked up of Ebay






Also fitted the scooby seat and love it, a set of 4 points to follow, had fun with the mountings but got there in the end.






So after coming to terms with my cylinder head going pop i was
toying with the idea of doing it myself
but in the end i decided against it and the puma was sent away to a friend who has done a great job.

The head got reskimmed and dipped
new aux belt
new timing belt
new water pump, tensioner etc
full gasket set fitted

and now she is timed up spot on it sounds like she is new out of the box
what a difference, so thats the ballache job out the way and a big tick in the box for piece of mind on the track.
Now back to the fun stuff, time to really hit the diet as i have spotted lots more things to cut out and strip.

I decided to continue with some more weight reduction

Boot lid off



Marked and cut the fat off the boot lid




Quite a bit of weight off their






Lightened boot





Bootlid refitted



Lock mech removed and some new fasteners fitted







And some more goodies bought, Battery kill, toggle switches, bonnet pins and couldnt resist the oversized rally mud flaps





Went to Bradford and picked up a Miltec 4-2-1 manifold, decat race tube, front upper strut brace, momo champion steering wheel and boss for £140

Work on the car seemed to have slowed down in the run up to christmas
Plenty of parts bought but no time to fit them, but this will change as i want the car ready for April 12.



Alloy footplate semi fitted



Front upper strut brace fitted



Milltek manifold now fitted but post lambda to reconnect, was a sod to fit until we removed the driveshaft.






Sparco seat picked up cheap still 2 years on the MSA date



New MOMO wheel fitted






This is how she now sits on AP Coilovers dropped 80mm still on 15s and keeping it that way




















Now running polly carb windows
And thats how she sits at the moment,

cheers jonny

[happy-kat]

Wow!
Some members have found that if there is no heat shield fitted over the manifold the base of the steering shroud will melt, and going on track might make that more of a potential.
Yours looks like it has the bose fitments on it to fit a Puma manifold heat shield. It weighs very little too

[Jonny boy]

Hmmm had not thought of that, im going to lift the rear of the bonnet to aid temps heat wrap tape here i come.


Cheers, you learn something every day

[happy-kat]

Showing damage on a car where this was noticed.

[ScubaSteve]

is that bonnet fibreglass? if so where u get it

[Jonny boy]

happy-kat, on 05 February 2012 - 07:11 PM, said:

Showing damage on a car where this was noticed.

JESUS! certainly going to adress this before its to late.

Na Steve not GRP but your lucky as iv just had a template taken and someone i know is going to give it a bash, if it turns out good do you want one?

[Turby]

Interested in bonnet its if GRP...

also does the boot lid still seal on the rubber seal now ? We find a huge amount of crap / oil / dist on our tailgate after a race...

Bonnet lifters - after you have lifted then rear edge of the bonnet, sellotape some wool tufts on the rear trailing edge of the bonnet and go for a drive at various speeds - see if the tufts of wool go up or down.

Steering column shroud - the one in the pic is still in quite good condition - ours has melted quite a bit and is now held in pace with sticky aluminium tape which also reflects some of the heat.

[Big Boy Al]

That's my steering rack gator on the Frp Toby, put heat tape around it and fitted the field about a year ago but I've got a new one to put on just need to work out how it comes off and how hard it is too do.

So it will probably just stay as it is ;-).

This post has been edited by Big Boy Al: 07 February 2012 - 10:56 AM

[Big Boy Al]

Shield not field.

[Ian G]

Might check mine, I didn't re-fit the shield when I changed my manifold.

[Jonny boy]

Turby, on 07 February 2012 - 12:18 AM, said:

Interested in bonnet its if GRP...

also does the boot lid still seal on the rubber seal now ? We find a huge amount of crap / oil / dist on our tailgate after a race...

Yea the boot lid still seals mate in just going to mesh out the inside of the 3rd brake light to pull a but of airflow through the car sort of a flue effect.

So just put the heat tape round the gator guys ?

[Jonny boy]

Turby, on 07 February 2012 - 12:18 AM, said:

Bonnet lifters - after you have lifted then rear edge of the bonnet, sellotape some wool tufts on the rear trailing edge of the bonnet and go for a drive at various speeds - see if the tufts of wool go up or down.

Very clever cheers mate.

[Turby]

Jonny boy, on 08 February 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

Yea the boot lid still seals mate in just going to mesh out the inside of the 3rd brake light to pull a but of airflow through the car sort of a flue effect.

So just put the heat tape round the gator guys ?

mmm are you sure, on mine you can see where the rubber strip on the body sits up against the part of the tailgate you have chopped away. Have you checked it is still weatherproof with a hosepipe ? There is nothing worse than driving on track with a floor pan of water sloshing around


You'll find the air and all the muck will be pulled into the car, not what you want. IMHO blank it off entirely.

[Jonny boy]

Just a quick update guys

had a week off and got plenty done on the project, gone from matt black to satin, door cards in, battery relocated in custom(home made) holder, 20mm axle spacers fitted, battery kill and 2 stage fan switches fitted, rear bumper drilled, R888S on order and 1st track day of the season booked, http://www.thetrackd...y-10-april.html all welcome....

interior now painted more pics to follow.


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[happy-kat]

Loving that track, look at those Puma suited bends
Though on a car track day do you just use the outer track?

[Jonny boy]

yea mate its the msa sprint circuit, cant bloody wait lol

http://www.teessidea...uk/theTrack.php

[happy-kat]

With the straighter bits not being very long that looks like the Puma will be well suited as your cornering should be awsome, light and nimble.

[Jonny boy]

Thats the plan happy Kat i was their last year as a passenger in this http://www.youtube.c...h?v=IAw1TlK0c2k, destroyed everything as it was well suited to the track.