[FastFordDan]

Hi all, Im Dan from Fast Ford mag and i was chatting to someone yesterday who makes turbo kits/exhausts etc and wants to expand his Ford range

i suggested about a turbo kit for my Puma and he was seriously interested, but i had to say that i just dont think there would be a market for one

thinking about it tho, who would be interested in turboing their puma?

the kits would include the manifold, turbo, down pipe to attach to your existing system and an intercooler

on a stock engine you would only ba able to run low boost without melting it, but you would need additional management (megasquirt is cheap and more than good enough) and i guess the power would be around the 180-200bhp mark.

of course if you use low comp pistons and steel rods you will be looking at a lot more power.

so would anyone actually be interested? maybe a group buy if he decides to make a kit?

or would you just settle for a four branch manifold and keep it n/a?

any feed back would be good

currently the company makes turbos, intercoolers, radiators, manifolds and is quite big in the states

This post has been edited by FastFordDan: 19 October 2007 - 12:52 PM

[Barnabus]

defodefo interested an all in one turbo solution that would be reliable and able to run every day I would defo invest. How much would we be looking at price wise?

[PaulG77]

Hard to gauge any interest unless he can give a ball-park price.

You'll get more interest at £1000 than £4000 for example...

[Turby]

mmm 123 BHP to 180 BHP form a low boost conversion... sounds good if it can be done

FWIW Van Aaken Developments achieved around 150 BHP from their low boost kit when they produced them.

Does the kit come with a bleed valve and dump valve ? as the kit purchasers will no doubt want to increase the boost within a few weeks of fitting the kit

Go for it - I'm all for 1.7 puma turbo conversions

[Dom36]

Market research often provides free sample to see if the product could be succesful
I don't have big money to spend on a turbo, however ... being a guinea pig ...

[eldoodarino]

think i'm going to invest elsewhere...

i have my eyes set on a Digital progressive cotroller from the wizards of nos... the new 'max extreme' controller should yeild some fantastic results.... and will be 'revo' ready next season when they launch their amazing smooth delivery system that will make other nitrous systems look rather dated....



Chris

[eldoodarino]

sod it - im sticking to my v6 idea!!!!!!! (itl be cheaper too)

[Steev]

I'd be happier with someone coming up with all the parts to make the CVH turbo fit the puma.

I'm in the proceeds of trying to make it work just now, but if you need a guinea puma I'l glady let someone else do the hard bit!

looking forward to getting my RST lump fitted and the boost up a bit! Mahahaha

[newts]

jacko - what about a zvh then?? At least that way the Puma retains some bit of Zetec power (albeit not zetec-se)!!

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[PumaVoodoo]

Dropping a heavy iron lump into the Puma is just wrong, no matter how its done.

[PumaVoodoo]

Indeed, the only reason the ZVH is at all interesting is as a technical exercise. The standard Zetec head flows far better as standard than a CVH stage 2 or 3 head, plus as Jacko says the cam lubrication in the CVH head is dire. There are a couple of decent engine builders who completely re-engineer this, but there's really no point when better engines exist and are available so cheaply

Dan: I'd be interested in a turbo kit for my Puma so long as the price is right...

[FastFordDan]

Cheers for the feedback guys.

I guess it would a good idea to quote a price, and i reckon about £1000-£1500 seems feasable.

the only major problems that i can forsee is that there is a slight lack of space at the rear of the engine, but im sure its still possible to fit a turbo in there

as for things being adjustable, im not sure that is such a good idea, as with stock pistons and rods they wont be able to take much boost before the thing dets and melts - and most people like to (---) about, then blame someone else for why their engine has just fooked up!

ps, peeps do ZVH's as the turbo manifold obv just bolts straight on - but yes, the 8v head is pooh!

any more comments welcome

[Turby]

I guess it would a good idea to quote a price, and i reckon about £1000-£1500 seems feasable.

You should get a good queue of people if you can get between 180 and 200 BHP for under £1500

Just need to see if anything actually comes of this ... lets hope so

This post has been edited by Turby: 23 October 2007 - 03:53 PM

[JamesMalin]

I'd be very interested as i've never owned a Turbo'd car before.....BUT.....it would need to be reliable and not a flash i nthe pan project that after a few problems the company doesn't want to know and the costs don't keep piling up to get it right/fixed.

£1500 would be reasonable if the handling of the Puma was sustained

[Dan]

Sounds good to me! At this price, if it's effectively a 'bolt-on' solution and proves to be reliable and not cause massively increased wear to other components then I may be interested.