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Punto (Mk2/2b) My Punto 5 Door SPORTING TO BE!!

Introduction

hey guys and girls, i never really had the time to make a members motors post (well i did but it didnt work properly!)
Ok heres my punto when i got it 2 years ago
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i bought it for £500 off my dads mate who said he needed a cheaper car for his son, Its a 1.2 16V engine 5 Speed gearbox wish 55k on the clock wish FSH and new clutch, coilpack and HT leads soo WIN! lol BUT it looks too old aged month later the headgasket goes!:cry:
3 days later i get another engine out of a bravo in the scrappy with 34k on the clock :)
Me being 18 i will obviously make it better!
1st thing to do (you ALL will disagree!) Lexarse lights!
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now looking like a chav my next move was to remove the wheeltrims and paint them so i did and found a mate of mine that had a set of sporting skirts for sale THE SAME COLOUR!!!!!:slayer: lol
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with the outside looking.......different i then tackled the inside so changed the colour of the dials and heater controls (the dash display is now blue, sorry this is an old pic!
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Then i fit a sony xplod subwoofer 15'' with 2 300W 6x9's
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At this time my mate smashed my gearbox by wheelspinning it and yanking the handbrake!
Luckily his bro just crashed his 8v on the snow last year so he gave me his gearbox lol

then i bought a set of 50mm Eibatch springs and Blisten Shocks! I managed to talk to a mate at the local pub saying his mate has a set of active sport alloys for sale and are powercoated in black for £120 inc good tyres so i bought them and painted the drums black and the calipers yellow lol(y)
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Next i put a Air filter on and moved it out of the way of the radiator :D
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My oil breather was split anyway so i used some blue pipe and cut a hole into the intake pipe :) this made the car sound very throaty! i like it alot!!!

a month later i decided to tint my lexarse lights and put on a powerflow cat back exhaust system! ive got to say they have made a HUGE improvement on how the car looks and drives!
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for some reason ive noticed my car has started to 'Rasp' when i put my foot down after i put this backbox on. but heres a pic of my punto now and my mates Abarth grande lol I have just recently debadged the blue fiat bit and looks very clean

TO DO LIST!
Sporting seats
6 speed box
Sporting centre console
Sporting Spoiler
Looking for a fast road clutch....
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hope you like it lol, in my opinion it dosent looked aged anymore!:slayer:
today i decided in bored of having a dirty messy engine bay so i took the rocker cover off and decided to paint it :)
I stripped it right down and masked off the cambelt pulley and used high temp exhaust manifold paint in red :)
ooo btw my airfilter is just temporary lol
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after
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what do you think?

ive got plans for the exhaust manifold ;)
 
the red looks good, consider a chrome/polished cover for the oil filler cap?

the exhaust manifold it a monstrosity and would benefit from being weighed in at the scrappy and replaced with pretty stainless tubes
 
the red looks good, consider a chrome/polished cover for the oil filler cap?

the exhaust manifold it a monstrosity and would benefit from being weighed in at the scrappy and replaced with pretty stainless tubes

Im trying to keep the black on red theme and for the exhaust i totally
i agree with u but my dad's a MOT tester.... lol
 
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i think when i timed up the engine again after painting the rocker case, it might be a tooth out because ive now noticed 'flat spots' in the rev line, i also have noticed that ther is a very loud clunck happening from under the car for a while. I changed the dogbone bush last year so i had no idea what it could be so i checked the ball joints and wheel bearings (took it to my dads MOT station) turns out the dogbone bush has gone again! :(
What are the causes of these breaking? wear'n'tear? or bad/fast driving? or even a cheap part?
 
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