Hi
I'm new to forums, not sure if this is in the right place :/

I was wondering if anyone had turbo'd their puma, if so what turbo and other do I need and what should I get it from.

Xx

 

Hi there and welcome to passionford! It might be easyer to drop in a zetec turbo as many people have built a zetec turbo so you might get more info! Get some pic's up of your car!

Kind regards sam!

 

As above. It's cheaper and more efficient with a ZT. The 1.7 SE can be done but there's no telling how long it'll last and wear on the nicasil liners will increase. The SE Zetec are basically a throw away unit so build on a proven reliable base

 

Also you might be able to buy a engine thats all ready been build and just drop in.

Kind regards sam!

 

from what you've written, id suggest you dont attempt it.

 

It seems to be easier to get the part off the shelf to turbo a 1.6 than the 1.7
As in time I will be looking into doing one
Just going to try some things and see how it holds together , it's for a light weight car hence
Using the se engine

There is a thread on here where a bloke turbo,d one in a kit car and got 330hp if I remember right

 

Get on project puma. A few have been done on there

 

off the shelf kits for a 1.6 turbo / zetec-se engine from a mk5 fiesta, costs about £3500. and you wont even see 200bhp...

100% of the time id say get a 2.0 zetec engine and turbo that. Or follow Karlos' guide on here for the turbo conversion using the st170 bottom end st170 valves springs in a blacktop head an a 1.8mm focus rs headgasket.

Much better gains for less, or the same kind of price.

 

The weight of a 2.0 Zetec in a Puma is daft, they're built to do corners.

 

True but they still corner well with a ZT upfront

 

How would you know, you haven't got it running yet