24V V6 Cosworth Puma Project
#361
Posted 19 August 2010 - 07:22 PM
Looking good though, loads of travel there.
Stefan said the works beam and fuel tank were in the wrong place on the works car and it made for a lot of oversteer. Worth bearing in mind when it comes ot weight distribution...
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#362
Posted 19 August 2010 - 10:22 PM
FRP 245 - sold to carboy and written off by its next onwer
Ex-works recce Duval LHD puma - sold & exported
#363
Posted 20 August 2010 - 06:09 AM
SWRTpaddy, on 19 August 2010 - 10:22 PM, said:
LOL nice one
Cheers Dave
#364
Posted 20 August 2010 - 11:58 AM
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#365
Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:16 PM
Dave
#366
Posted 20 August 2010 - 09:19 PM
#367
Posted 21 August 2010 - 01:18 AM
Hopefully back on it Sunday
Regards Dave
#368
Posted 21 August 2010 - 10:44 AM
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#369
Posted 21 August 2010 - 01:26 PM
volcomstone411, on 21 August 2010 - 10:44 AM, said:
No probs Harry,
There should be conical shims, (bellville washers), 0n the main diff bearings, and 'C' looking shims / clips for the main and layshaft bearings retention on the 5th gear side.
HTH,
Dave
#370
Posted 21 August 2010 - 10:58 PM
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#371
Posted 23 August 2010 - 05:33 PM
Thank god I can choose my friends
Also the naffing ski boat has done a head gasket, (V8), it's getting water in no4 cylinder. As I'm still busy with the waterski school, I need to get it done before this Friday
And it's Mels Birthday tommoz and a mates funeral.....so sod all gonna get done on the car now 'til at least Saturday PM
But.....apart from a coating of stonechip paint underneath where the 1/4 panel fits on I have toally finished on the N/S/R now, have welded in around the petrol filler box.....
and down inside the rear bumper arch piece.....
Also a bit of thought in advance.....
Stage Rally regs require the use of hefty mudflaps to prevent flying gravel, and my experience of mudflaps is they fall off, so I have welded in a 3mm thick flat bar to hang them from.....
Coffee and Hamlet break
Finally, on the N/S I need to protect the fuel filler and tank breather pipes from flying gravel, so I cut up one of the old Scorpio plastic wheelarch liners to make a nice protective panel. This will be easy to remove if needs be, so will fix it with a few rivets. It's even got the ford logo on it .....
and a test fit.....
And finally, suspension past full bump (no bump stop ATM).....
Tons of room here even with the 16" Tarmac wheels on
Like I said, apart from protective paint, the N/S 1/4 panel is now ready for final fixing. I will leave this for now though, until the welding in of inner wheelarch tub etc is done on the O/S, which should be easier than the N/S as theres no fuel filler to worry about. Then I can paint both sides and fix both the rear 1/4 panels on properly together.
More soon,
Cheers Dave
This post has been edited by Dave2302: 23 August 2010 - 05:50 PM
#372
Posted 23 August 2010 - 06:43 PM
I'm going to go down to 16", i don't think 17s warrant the car tbh.
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#373
Posted 23 August 2010 - 07:02 PM
volcomstone411, on 23 August 2010 - 06:43 PM, said:
I'm going to go down to 16", i don't think 17s warrant the car tbh.
Harry yes 16's for Tarmac and probably 15's Gravel, got to look at the gravel tyres yet lol !!
Cheers Dave
#374
Posted 24 August 2010 - 06:48 AM
#375
Posted 24 August 2010 - 05:03 PM
Yeah heck of a lot of bodyshell specific mods, very time consuming !!
So I gotta be careful not to wrap it round a tree first time out lol, but it's sure going to be a quick special stage car
May well start to build a spare bodyshell, "just in case", once the car is all done and entering events
Regards Dave
#376
Posted 24 August 2010 - 06:34 PM
Oh and if you want a spare shell, you can have the one ive got for FREE if you put our stickers on your car, the same ones that will be used for the Track Rod Rally.
#377
Posted 25 August 2010 - 09:00 AM
bouncy, on 24 August 2010 - 06:34 PM, said:
Oh and if you want a spare shell, you can have the one ive got for FREE if you put our stickers on your car, the same ones that will be used for the Track Rod Rally.
Hi Bouncy,
TBH it would be done or very near it by now, if it wasn't for all the unplanned relative visits, boat breakdown, van breakdown, mates dead Land Rover, domestic jobs etc etc lol.
At the moment I'm lucky if I'm getting 10 hrs a week on the Puma.
Re the shell, sounds like a plan, only thing is I won't have room to take it until late this year, gotta get rid of a few other dead cars first, (thats a G/F thing), they don't like the grounds looking like a breakers yard
Cheers Dave
#378
Posted 25 August 2010 - 01:24 PM
This post has been edited by Ade B: 25 August 2010 - 01:25 PM
#379
Posted 25 August 2010 - 06:08 PM
Dave2302, on 17 August 2010 - 06:17 PM, said:
Dave,
Are you sure that those are S1600 panels...... look a bit small to me, and dont want you to get arch rage when you see mine....
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FRP 245 - sold to carboy and written off by its next onwer
Ex-works recce Duval LHD puma - sold & exported