baba

as above are they any good for arsing around with?
i know there not the fastest but there ok looking and pretty rare.who on heres had one and what they like to live with?and are they fast enough to keep you amused?

Munch

mate has one, Handling is shit hot mate, just the lack of grunt lets it down

john

No help to you but uncle has a 1.7 and is like a go kart love it on a good twisty road. So imagine the RP is as good or even better.

MATCOS

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My wife has a standard 1.7 and the handling out of the box is superb, I was very surprised the first time I drove it, so I assume the Racing Puma will just turn the volume up a bit on the standard cars good points

Coldo

A fella i know has one, i had a go against him in my old S2, where my car was faster on the straights, on the bends he was right on my arse, just lacked the straight line speed. By no means a slow car in my opinion though.

Daz-rst

cars are good power abit naff. only downside is the service costs. brake calipers need to be rebuilt every so often as they have no dust sheilds. also the wings being aluminium iirc tend to suffer badly from stonechips. seats arent the most comfy in the world. but id have one

FasterFords

really great cars, can carry sooo much corner speed and the brakes will hurt your neck.

pretty good on fuel too, which is important with the price it is now, and most of the servicing is start Puma bits, so cheap too.

try and get one with an LSD if you can

pollocks

only bad thing about them that i have heard is the brakes have no dust seals on the calipers so therefore need rebuilding quiet often

PSL

If your looking to buy one, check out pumabuild in Birmingham. I was on their site the other day and they had 3 or 4 for sale.

richm

nooo!
They have some of the best seats money can buy in a road car IMO..
Main issue is the front brakes - replacement discs etc. are a stupid price because they are specific to that model.
I gather the Focus ST170 discs can be fairly easily modified to make them fit though.

Nash

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Tbh you would be better off getting a DC2 Integra Type-R a better car in every area imo, its also cheaper.

simon0092

Great car....not the quickest but soooooooooooooo much fun.

But then I am a little biased!



Simon

Dal_

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Great cars if you don't mind paying a bit extra for the unique parts should they go wrong - body panels, driveshafts,hardened gearboxes, alcon brakes etc..

With 30bhp more than a standard they are slightly faster in a straight line, but not that much. (I can keep up with 'em on meets round the lanes )

They are becoming more affordable these days - many being around the 5-6K mark for a half decent one. Just be very choosy and insist on a FSH and recent brake service at least and make sure the cambelt is done every 5 years or 80K miles, whatever comes 1st and have evidence of that in.

And remember if you have a front impact crash, it'll might be an insurance right off as 2 wings and a front bumper will be well over £2300 just supplied, let alone painted and fitted.

But they are damn sexy

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Fudgey

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i like em, not drivven one tho

ive got a std 1.7 puma thats now on H&R coilovers, thing handles fookin ace now

just won a set of 4x4 cossie front callipers and discs and pads as the standard brakes are shite, just need to know if they fit under the standard wheels lol - anyone?

ill soon be getting a set of cams and a full FRP 4-2-1 manifold, sport cat and rear box, so should up the power to similar spec.

and then hopefully ill be going the bike carb route on it and management for at elast 160bhp

should be good enough on track, but obv not the quickest things out there

Dal_

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Anything other than fiesta / puma brakes and you'll have to drill out the hub carriers for the calipers. ST170 calipers need the hub carrier to be drilled out to 12mm as the std calipers are M10. Friends that have had them or mondeo ones need spacers to get them in the right place.
They have also had problem with brake wobble.

I've the later 260mm calipers fitted to my early puma with decent discs and Mintex Xtreme pads and they were fine blasting round the nurburgring all weekend

tomhs123

i quite like them, just not to sure about the interior!

edd

tiff needel said they were a bit pish when he tested one when they launched...

jenwood

Talking of such man here we go, put your PC speakers on and enjoy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-6m6iJcHQk

James

frp#49

i have had a frp for the last 6 months and it still puts a smile on my face
they fast enough to leave the chav's behind but put it on an a road and it will out courner and break most things out there. all ways sounds like it needs anouther gear though and the cost of parts is stupid
i love it to bits though

DanW@FastFord

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They're just mid range Sparco ones though? Comfy, but not that amazing.

Is the only standard car I've ever driven where the tyres catch on the arches! Was a fun car, but personally wouldn't pay the premium over a regular Puma.

jameswrx

I think they are nice cars. When you get up close to one they look really smart. I'd seen a few on the roads and didn't think too much of them, when my mrs' uncle turned up with one (and after seeing it up close) I thought it looked superb.

After being taken out in it I'd also say the handling is brilliant. It's such a shame they didn't make them with a bit more poke though! But what a great handling fun car!

art411y

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okish.had one for a few months but found it cramped ,slow and pretty expensive.not a car for the track .ive since bought a dc2 type r for the kid in me and love it

Fudgey

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not true, if you buy 4x4 cosworth callipers not mondeo v6 ones, they fit the hubs ok.

one thing i did have to do tho was to cut off the abs ring, thus loosing the abs.

but was a small price to pay, the brakes were fappin amazing! would also lock up at 90mph if you really wanted

we recently sold our 1.7 normal puma, and i must say, its possibly the only car i have missed!

with the h&r coilovers it handles amazingly well, the cossi brakes made a massive massive difference, and the 4-2-1 piper exhaust system definatly made the engine rev easier, was a little raspy at certain revs, but deffo made it a tad quicker.

as for the FRP the bad points have been mentioned and are mostly the brakes, so long as you dont crash it lol

id buy one, but not for 5k lol, 2k maybe lol