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So I'm dipping my toe in the Punto pool again or diving right in without looking to be more accurate.
Thanks to the Punto GT owners page on Facebook I bought this...
...I like to think of the car as a bit of a (very) rough diamond.
I'm not a fan of pod filters but the car is fitted with a recently rebuilt (I have the receipt) GT28 turbo from a Mitsubishi GTO, front mounted intercooler, new brakes up front and a lot of "potential".
She drove home okay but the first thing that had to go was the straight through pipe and motorbike can exhaust. Three reasons. First the car sounded like the percussion sections of an orchestra playing inside a tank and second the engine kept cutting out a trying to stall at slow speeds. The car wouldn't idle below 1,750rpm. Finally I had to slow for a horse on the road and it was completely humiliating. No matter what I did the bloody car would not shut up. Perfect for someone who leaves for work at 05:00 some mornings h?
The plan was to fit the cat' from my Bravo but whoever did the down pipe...
...used black silicone to stick it to the rest...
...a pigeon to crap on the bits of pipe instead of welding it...
...and "measure five times cut once" made it clear the drive shaft eventually.
With a classic twin round pipe box selected and the middle box from the Bravo...
Oh, yes I didn't fit the cat' as the flexi-pipe was on the exhaust not the down pipe so when I make a new one of those I'll have to cut the flexi out then and do both jobs at the same time.
...and set of Ink blue painted Coupe 20V 16's the car is already taking shape...
...so much so that some waster of Oxygen tried to take my wheels the other night resulting in a bit of a mishap.
The car was perfect on the way to work but when I left it felt like a wheel weight had been dislodged, then it felt and sounded like the wheel bearing was shot. I slowed down to 20mph just as the wheel came off.
The wing wasn't badly bent out of shape and took a little convincing with a hammer but it doesn't look any worse than it did before.
So that's about it.
Not quite...
...silicone exhaust and cable tie front mount. :bang:
At least I've mounted my Maserati Shamal horn properly.
So what are my plans?
The car is at a point where it could be a good road project or strip it out and hit the track.
The GT28 is a bit Jekyll and Hyde, nothing happens before you get to 4,000rpm and seventeen PSI kicks all the way to red. Ideal for pottering around the village and economy but a bit all or nothing for "B" roads.
Thanks to the Punto GT owners page on Facebook I bought this...
...I like to think of the car as a bit of a (very) rough diamond.
I'm not a fan of pod filters but the car is fitted with a recently rebuilt (I have the receipt) GT28 turbo from a Mitsubishi GTO, front mounted intercooler, new brakes up front and a lot of "potential".
She drove home okay but the first thing that had to go was the straight through pipe and motorbike can exhaust. Three reasons. First the car sounded like the percussion sections of an orchestra playing inside a tank and second the engine kept cutting out a trying to stall at slow speeds. The car wouldn't idle below 1,750rpm. Finally I had to slow for a horse on the road and it was completely humiliating. No matter what I did the bloody car would not shut up. Perfect for someone who leaves for work at 05:00 some mornings h?
The plan was to fit the cat' from my Bravo but whoever did the down pipe...
...used black silicone to stick it to the rest...
...a pigeon to crap on the bits of pipe instead of welding it...
...and "measure five times cut once" made it clear the drive shaft eventually.
With a classic twin round pipe box selected and the middle box from the Bravo...
Oh, yes I didn't fit the cat' as the flexi-pipe was on the exhaust not the down pipe so when I make a new one of those I'll have to cut the flexi out then and do both jobs at the same time.
...and set of Ink blue painted Coupe 20V 16's the car is already taking shape...
...so much so that some waster of Oxygen tried to take my wheels the other night resulting in a bit of a mishap.
The car was perfect on the way to work but when I left it felt like a wheel weight had been dislodged, then it felt and sounded like the wheel bearing was shot. I slowed down to 20mph just as the wheel came off.
The wing wasn't badly bent out of shape and took a little convincing with a hammer but it doesn't look any worse than it did before.
So that's about it.
Not quite...
...silicone exhaust and cable tie front mount. :bang:
At least I've mounted my Maserati Shamal horn properly.
So what are my plans?
The car is at a point where it could be a good road project or strip it out and hit the track.
The GT28 is a bit Jekyll and Hyde, nothing happens before you get to 4,000rpm and seventeen PSI kicks all the way to red. Ideal for pottering around the village and economy but a bit all or nothing for "B" roads.
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