rs turbo

is it possible to take the engine out of a mk3 rs turbo fiesta and fit it into the puma's?? of have the engine mounts etc changed since??

yes its possible and its been done a couple of times now

There was one on the Performance Ford stand at Combe this year.
It's been in the magazine at least once.

anyone have an opinion on wether it is worth doing?

i would say there are much better options to put under the bonnet the rst engine is quite dated now. why not a focus rs, st170, duratec 2.0 or 2.3 ?

fergie wrote:

i would say there are much better options to put under the bonnet the rst engine is quite dated now. why not a focus rs, st170, duratec 2.0 or 2.3 ?

St 170 not very lively engine, needs to be pushed hard, focus RS not your talking.

I have just had a look at my pics from RS day. I don't have a picture of the RS turbo Puma.
There were three RS day girls standing beside it for a photo shoot and all I had was a video camera.
Big Al might have a shot as he was with me I think??

Is it this one ?.

Thats it I think, Paul.
Last time I saw it, It had three ladies draped over it.

People do have there own opinions on this conversion, but personally i think its a nice easy conversion for turbo power!! I did toy with the idea of an Focus RS engine but didnt have the money to do so. Ive always thought it was a pretty good idea, hence why I have nearly finished my Puma RS Turbo. I had a top spec bottom end that I was going to use on my series 1 project which sadly didnt get finished so I decided to stick it in a Puma. The car is currently at Chorley Street Garage where Geoff has worked his magic on the car and is just adding some final touches!!

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It's probably quite a cheap conversion also, compared to turbocharging the 1.7

I'll be interested in seeing your turbo puma once it's done L4

Well thats one of the main reasons we done it Lisa, as it worked out alot cheaper than other conversions,

Ill get some pics up when its finished!