well im not sure whos responsible for the issues so cant really point the finger

here are some shots of it being stripped




and this was the clearance between trumpets and bonnet




as you can see the inlet manifold gave clearance over alternator but it was shaped like a periscope and was full of silicone gasket so it must of flowed very poorly also can see steel trumpets !!! and spacers


so i then i decided i would have to strip it right back and start again

removed the radiator and cut the front panel off

nice pas pump feed pipe going right across engine bay with a joiner in the middle



check out the solid engine mount but gearbox was on polyurethane bushes

puma s1600 engine and box was solid mounted but you just end up welding up cracks in the shell so that has to go

i need to relocate alternator as it was in the way of a different inlet

at this point i tried jenvey direct to head bodies but also hit the bonnet so i started to design my own manifold

i found i could use a air con model pas bracket which relocated pump to the rear of the engine so now i can fit the alternator lower gaining space for manifold and decent air box


engine bay cleared of crap


well i dont have many pictures of inside before it was stripped but it had full dash and wires everywhere , everything was nut and bolted and a pain to remove


these photos are from last year and now its in my own garage and a lot has changed but i will slowly upload more pictures and show progress