[n85puma]

hi does anyone know who owns the focus rs engined frp??? is he a member??
thanks

[Shanus]

Hi n85puma, that would be myself.

[Dan]

He'll ask you if you want to sell it now

[Shanus]

Well Dan to be honest It's coming to the time where I need to sell up!!

My girlfriend is pregnant and as she drives it more then me ( we only got the one car ), we need to get something with a bigger boot and 5 doors. ( never thought I would say that ).

Just to give everyone a heads up on who might be interested, the car is no longer as per when she was featured, its better! I've recently spent over 2k making what i see as improvements.

1. It's got a new turbo. there was nothing wrong with the old one but i just felt all the boost was coming in too late so I upgraded the turbo to have T28 inners. which means you have boost basically on tap. Made a huge difference. And the turbo can handle anything up to 320BHP.

2. Dreamscience, no real need to explain this one.

3. Alot of time on the rollers to get the best out of the above.

The only thing letting FRP RS down at the moment is the bodywork. I hate stonechips, need I say anymore. I did plan to have her go in to a friends of mine for work so this work can be done, i just wanted to see what reaction this would get? If any.

The one thing I want to add is that the car has never let me down! never broke down, not once since ive owned it ( done around 15,000 miles now ). Which I believe to be quite rare in a car that has had major modifications made to it. It's been so well looked after, always run on V-power etc etc. Anyway I think I've gone on enuf now.

[melinamotor]

Im finding this thread very interesting indeed pics required.....

[m8tte]

.......it goes like shxx off a shovel !


Some one is gonna be very lucky

[amino]

how much ?

[Turby]

Price is dependant on how desperate the sale is, I'd say £12K as its such a unique high performance car - just a case of waiting for the right buyer...

[Shanus]

Hi matty, how you doing? I'll be back up to see you soon. I'm booked in for the 1st March to finish off the works.

Turby you aint far off, I will be open to offers but I will not be selling this car on the cheap, I cant stress how good this car really is. In my opinion the only thing missing would be a decent cooling system. The mileage on the car is around 28k, I never tracked the car, just sat and stared at it. lol.

As for pics I will try and get some up on the weekend, Maybe Big Boy Al can advise me where to take some decent shoots?

If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.

P.S. the turbo is also capable of running 25 PSI but im only choosing to run it at 20.

[Big Boy Al]

shane mate you must have read my mind

i was just saying to my girlfriend im going to pm him and ask him if we can meet up lol as your only 5 mins away.

fancy meeting up sat or sunday for half hour as ive never had a proper nose around and i can take you some nice pics then too

and you can take me out for a quick blat

[n85puma]

no i wasn't gonna ask to buy as i'm building my own, can't keep running nitrous through my block forever... however if you are thinking of selling, what would you be after?

i was actually wondering if i could come and have a look? i was going to go cosworth but just haven't got the time or money and don't want to rip my frp apart that much. what do you think?

[Shanus]

Al is a Sunday good for you? Gives me Saturday to clean the car up a bit. Wont be up to your high standards but ill try me best.

n85puma, what would you be wanting to look at exaclty? How the engine managed to fit in? Magic!!Alan@ PB did the conversion as everyone probably knows and he has never done one since and from what he tells me he will never do one again. Not to put you off. As for a Cosworth conversion the cost would be massive I know Pumaspeed have converted one but only as a track day car. I believe that car is still for sale?

As with regards to price like I say I'm open to reasonable offers.

[Big Boy Al]

yep the 4x4 cossie is for sale here for 15k

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/371114.htm


sunday is good mate ill pm you tomorrow and arrange something

[n85puma]

trust me i know how much work is involved but i love these cars, i wouldn't begrudge spending anything on one, would like to buy one already done but i think building one myself would give me more pleasure

[Turby]

Not to put you off. As for a Cosworth conversion the cost would be massive I know Pumaspeed have converted one but only as a track day car. I believe that car is still for sale?

I believe a company called DJM Motorsport did the 4WD conversion for Pumapeed...

This post has been edited by Turby: 12 February 2008 - 11:04 PM

[puma17rs]

4x4 cossie,

[Turby]

Its a shame the video missed the 10 minutes before hand trying to get the donut started... IIRC he had to drive onto the grass to start it off...

[mark_f1]

Only done 2700miles since engine rebuild - includes donuts

Awesome car tho seen it down at pumaspeed looks the part with the wide arch kit and expect with 400+bhp it goes the part too.

There's an awesome white cossie puma on the projects section on passionford that is my all time favourite puma.

[lisafrp]

Alan let myself and Turby drive the RS Engine FRP at the Bruntingthorpe day years back, it was very quick

n85puma, why do an engine transplant, why not turbocharge the 1.7 you have in there?

You are more than welcome to have a poke around our 1.7 turbo engine to give you ideas (and I'm sure Turby could give you some good advice ). It's a lot easier to work with what you have!

[n85puma]

Alan let myself and Turby drive the RS Engine FRP at the Bruntingthorpe day years back, it was very quick

n85puma, why do an engine transplant, why not turbocharge the 1.7 you have in there?

You are more than welcome to have a poke around our 1.7 turbo engine to give you ideas (and I'm sure Turby could give you some good advice ). It's a lot easier to work with what you have!

i agree but i didn't think you would get much out of turbocharging a 1.7 (thought it would be like blowing through a macdonalds straw) i am tempted to go throttle bodies but i think it's costly for the power you could achieve. i can't see me ever getting the power i want out of a 1.7 although i could be wrong. i'm guessing you have the van aaken turbo kit?