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As first suggested on the Eleven Enthusiasts Group on Facebook, it's about time an XI specific meet was organised. As such, the inaugural (maybe?) XI meet-up will be at the Flight Deck Cafe at the Turweston Aerodrome, NN13 5YD on Saturday 6th September at 09.00am. There will be the usual things: chatting, breakfast, poking around under bonnets, etc, with the possibility of a little run out followed by lunch, for those who feel the urge/have the time. For those that like light aircraft, there's also usually something to watch come in or out. Anyone thinking of coming along, please reply here or on Facebook so that I've got a vague idea of numbers. Thanks all!

Here's a few from me from today. Thanks Julie for organising this, and thanks to all who made it a great morning out Gathering at Qackers. Off we go with great views. Then we got to Winnats. Then we waved goodbye. Hooligan mode on

Wow, that's a bargain! If I had the room I'd snap that up myself!

Excellent idea and well done @Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO for organising such a great and important event.

We arrived early at Quackers Soon the troops arrived with Glynn next A last minute decision (escape) from Jake Paul and Margaret then I was too busy chatting to photograph any more arrivals This is the full quota of cars, 7 sevens so today we were the 49ers We sunbathed on the terrace at Quackers cafe After a catch up we set off on our route, up the hill towards the Longshaw Estate past fifty thousand cyclists puffing away, glorious scenery down surprise view and on to Winnats Pass. It was never going to be a clear run on a sunny Sunday in August so we just enjoyed the alpine scenery as we drove in second gear with the engine at 90 degrees. Up and over Mam Nick to get to the Rambler Inn for midday. The 'small' lunches arrived thick and fast Here we are parked in the scenic car park at The Rambler Inn Who fancies cake? We carefully chose the route to avoid the tourists and had a good run to the Cupola Cafe, which also has a very scenic car park Wait for it Intensley chocolatey torte But oh Glynn stole the show with his Bailey's Bread and Butter Pudding, just look at the size of it!! Andrew came for a comparison and was very disappointed, where is @Andy Westwood when you need him? We've had a fantastic day, what colour are her eyes? Double D, still laughing at that one! and the wonky indicators? hilarious. Also my intermittent indicators? a loose connector, all fixed so I can stand down my right arm signals for now. Thanks for a brilliant day out guys, apparently we are going to Silverstone next weekend so maybe we'll see you in a fortnight, kiss kiss xx

I spotted that on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MzE5MTI5MDQ1MjMyMTM5?story_media_id=3684589709833626046_75531049149&igsh=MTN0bGoyYWdwZmh4 Sadly, it's a 120mile motorway trek for me

The vultures are above, not going to last long… Methinks Nick might be trying to sell up quick and skip the country at that price… /off to check Interpol website to see if he’s on the wanted list

Futura Kit Cars, a new venture, are having their official opening on Sunday, 31st August. They are located in Easingwold, just north of York on the A19. They are an official dealer for GBS Cars offering full services. I'm planning a run up on the Sunday morning, possibly starting at The Motorist at 10am, leaving at half past. Would anyone be interested in coming?

Can't complain about todays meeting, 9 cars, 10 with the MX5. The sun didn't really come out, but we sat outside anyway. After eating, we took the scenic route to the NY500 for another coffee. 5 cars left The Darrington, but unfortunately lost @Nicholas Rycroft within a mile of the pub. I blame a car not letting us all out of the carpark together, then a truck on the A1 blocking Nicks view as the rest of us took the junction. They caught us up later. Steady run back via Pickering and Helmsley. The sun did come out later, but I already had my coat on and wasn't stopping to take it off. Not sure how many miles, but a full tank of fuel used. I wasn't sure how many, if any were coming, so please can you let me know on the forum, not just the WhatsApp group.

Hi Terry, We are currently looking in the background to find out how to obtain it. I looked and I dont have the recent history but do have 2004 to 2011.

Possibly a shot for the 2026 WSCC calendar @Rob Hunter - Club Secretary ?

On it at Donington

How can this be achieved?

After getting the MOT done on the MegaS2000 on Tuesday afternoon, I foolishly decided the best way to get my eye back in was to do a track day 😂. Nabbing a cancellation with Open Track at Wednesday lunchtime for the same evening at Donington, I rang Howden to get my insurance sorted. My annual cover includes 5 free track days, and takes just a few minutes to get sorted (fab service as always!). After lunch I swapped my out my cat for the decat pipe, checked fluids, torque settings, and pressures, chucked some tools in the boot plus spare wheels/tyres in the youngests mighty Corsa before we headed to Donington. In my excitement, I'd not realised until the driver briefing that I'd booked the full GP circuit... Only then did the realisation set in that I was facing a track layout I'd never used in a car I'd not driven at all for 4 months on tyres I've never used before (Nankang AR1's).... On top of that, local members John, Hedley, Tony, Glynn and Ben had all come along to watch, so no pressure 😂 During my last Donington track day in mid 2024, I was black flagged for noise (hitting a beautiful sounding 103.5db under the gantry vs the 98db limit!) and knew it was induction noise from the ITB's.... recently I'd picked up a PX600 airbox to help with this so fitted it in the paddock while we were waiting for the driver briefing. When test fitting, the airbox is a very "snug" fit under the bonnet so despite trying various adaptors, I can't run any of my filters.... as I will only run it on track I'm currently investigating fitting a 100mm turbo mesh, watch this space... I'll also be playing around with the fitment as the bottom of the ITG backplate doesn't quite fit the Pipercross airbox meaning a bit of duct tape is needed (it's securely and works, but isn't pretty 😂). After the sighting laps, I took to the track with my youngest riding shotgun managing a leisurely 2m01s fastest lap. Thankfully nothing fell off and all the temps were good. The weather was amazing and we had loads of stunning cars on track, including Radical, GT3RS, Ferrari, M4, M3, M5 etc. I am by no means an experienced track driver (having only done Donington National 4 times) but I have been steadily improving my lap times on each visit. Last year on the National circuit I'd managed to get down to 1m21.0 (1m23.1 with a passenger), so knew I was well off my normal pace (with the 30 seconds "rule of thumb" added for the Melbourne loop). My 2024 National personal best on 185/60 R888R and 235/45 Kumho V70a tyres: My next passenger run saw me down to sub 2 minutes but knew I hadn't got rid of the rustiness quite yet. Ben shared with me his GP layout laptimes from 2024 in his R1 engined MNR (1m54) and Michael messaged me to say he'd managed a 1m54.5 with a passenger in his Hyabusa powered MK Indy. While the MegaS2000 is a lot heavier than Ben's or Michael's bike engined cars, I've always managed to be competitive with them over a lap of Donny, so knew I could push on a bit more. Now a bit more focused with confidence in the tyres building, I went for a solo run to try and explore the cars limits a bit more. Finally it was starting to click and I could push on, getting to the limit of grip. I pulled back in with a big grin!! Racechrono showed me that despite a bit of traffic I'd hit a 1m52.5 and that if I'd strung together all the fastest sectors I'd have been at 1m51.7. On this solo run, I'd been playing with a Fiesta ST race car. Chatting to the driver (Aaron Lali) in the paddock afterwards, this slick shod 200+bhp car is a class winner in the Modified Ford Championship and he was using the laps as testing. He was really sending it on track, so I'm not sure he was overly impressed that a fat old bloke managed to catch and pass him 😂 On our final passenger run, we managed to catch, pass, and then pull away from the MacG Racing MK Indy (running a 2.0 Zetec on ITB's). Race drivers Josh Tomlinson and Johnny Macgregor were sharing their race team prepped car, so with a passenger onboard I needed all of the extra 70 ish bhp of the Honda as we had no advantage in the corners. Having a look at Racechrono in the paddock, we had managed to get down to 1m53.1 (optimal of 1m52.4) with a passenger. Not bad at all! We had run out of time at this point so wasn't able to get any more laps in. On reflection, I'm sure I'll be able to dip below a 1m50 with a bit more practice. Goddards was a corner I never felt I'd quite mastered (it's a weird off camber job) and I was a huge 6mph below my best at the apex of Craners (you need big cahoonas turning left at 100mph!!). I was also still short shifting a little on Wheatcroft to keep the noise down, and I'd left all the tools, tyreweld, compressor, and spares in the boot. I'd also forgotten to remove the Westfield umbrella 😂 The new AR1's were very impressive with a nice progressive break away at the limit. The extra front grip of the 205's over the R888R 185's was noticeable on the exit from Coppice where the LSD tends to give a bit of push when unleashing the power in 3rd or 4th. It was also evident through Craners, where I had a more positive front end making it easier to pull the car left to straighten up for braking into the Old Hairpin but I do need to push harder there. The 235 rears worked well too, excellent grip but progressive break away at the limit. Once I was used to them, they felt almost as good as the Kumho V70 but didnt overheat after a few laps. A few photos of the day: Catching the MacG Racing Indy (Josh Tomlinson at the wheel)... Off to build a gap! Hunting down the Fiesta. Through the Foggy esses. Found an apex 😂 An absolutely brilliant few hours and the car was faultless despite the hot weather. A load of us will the doing the Open Track evening at Donington (National circuit this time) on the 1st September if anyone wants to join us!

In the car park of the Biggar Albion Classic Vehicle Rally

Meet Your WSCC Committee Team! Guiding the club for the remainder of 2025 into 2026. Your committee is here to keep things running smoothly and make every member’s experience the best it can be. Leading the way is: Hedley Bennett (HB46443) – Club Chairman 🏆 Rob Hunter – Club Secretary ✍️ @Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Matt Vernon - Membership Secretary 👥 @Mathew Vernon - Membership Secretary Tim Johnson – Club Treasurer 💷 @Tim (Sideways) Johnson - Club Treasurer Nick Algar – Competition Secretary 🏎️ @Nick Algar - Competition Secretary John Loudon – Sponsorship Liaison 🤝 @John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Mike Williams – Show & Events Co-ordinator 🎪 @Mike Williams - Show and Events Co-ordinator Julie Hall – AO Representative 🌍 @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative Together, this dedicated team brings passion, experience, and energy to everything the club does - both on and off the track! 🏎️✨ A big thank you to our committee for their time and dedication to the WSCC! Hedley.

Nearly as fortunate as @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) pulling my name out of the hat to win my nice Mofast Carbon cycle wings at Stoneleigh!

And the winner is @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative congratulations, Julie. I’ll send you the video of me doing the draw, it was quite amusing noting that Ian kinder suggested light blue. Congrats! Thank you to all the entered! Hedley.

I'll chose light blue!

🎉 Silverstone Festival Free Ticket Draw! 🎉 Pick a winner! Choose “Pink, Green, Blue, Light Blue, Black, or a Cuddly Toy” First choice back will reveal this years ticket winner. All six entries are randomly placed under these six items. A reminder this was for your chance to win a 3 day/ weekend Silverstone Festival ticket + a club stand pass for their westy! 🏎️✨

To which end, it would help to say which chassis you have; most FW’s tend to use the chassis for the Zetec engine with MT75 or T9 gearboxes. So all share the same carpet set. But SEiGHT’s, Mega S2000’s, Sport 250’s and bike engined cars all have different, as the chassis are designed for bigger gearboxes, on the car engines models, and effectively just the prop and reverse ‘box on the bike engined models. What age is the car? (Although discontinued by the time FW bodywork came along, there used to be something called the Type 9 chassis, this had the narrowest of the car engine transmission tunnels, suited to the old 4 speed and later 5 speed T9 box. Thus has the widest car engined front carpets, and narrowest tunnel carpeting.

i've just put my entry in!

Vinyl covered kick strips in very good condition, passenger one left side das been trimmed as I had a full cage fitted and it was to close to the body to allow the kick strip to fit between so had no option but to trim it a little. £30 posted

Now posted above.