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OK; lets have the morning off and i'll sort a beer in an evening

Appologies John, I'm doubtful.

Used Westfield Zetec Exhaust manifold. Cost new from Westfield £599 ...Bargain at £300, I can arrange P&P extra. Fitted 2012 as part of first build with crate 1.8 Zetec engine and removed at 9760 miles. Removed as part of engine swap as moving to Raceline manifold. Includes welded Lambda Sensor Boss - Sensor NOT included

800 mile road trip with wife & daughter from Staffordshire to Fort William for the BH weekend to watch the Mountain Bike Down Hill World Series....... Camping - What a view!! The G.O.A.T (4 World Champs wins, 3 overall series titles and the most winningest rider of all time......) - 42 years old and still at the sharp end!! sending it into the finish arena Fanboy mode engaged and autographs collected - Think there's 5 World Champions on there somewhere!!

anyone else going please let me know otherwise i'll make plans with Mrs Panda? Anyone fancy a beer? if so please let us know a suitable location and i'll sort many thanks john

Entry list now available https://speedeventservices.wufoo.com/reports/blyton-park-spring-sprints-2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0BDjdfqPwzlZ5saLc652jU6hC35Z5AyB4rQiNgwOxnA7A7L529D4UuNlE_aem_AVtbbeIWM2Fs2Cumr3CAelpYi_ZCh6C-ecCoOgnnU4kAH5cj26S5O2rz7DtZLDgwfVnJESbPzPLi0CpTncNGaZAT

As requested by @tuonokid58 below are some recent pictures of the car 😎

Thanks Stuart, as a bit of an armchair space geek I was aware, having also just watched the recent one in the States, that was "live" streamed by a few Youtubers and was well worth the watch. The one you mention also hits a slice of Greenland and just a bit of Iceland before moving South to Spain. Its odd to think that in the millennia to come folks will wonder what we ever witnessed , as the moon is constantly moving away from the Earth. I did work out ages ago how far it had moved since II was born ( in 65) and it was around 6ft. So humans ( if we are still here) in the far future will see a very different sight to what we do today.

Not sure if people are aware of this, but there will be a total solar eclipse visible in Northern Spain on 12th August 2026. It’s not the longest from there, only around 1.5 minutes of totality and quite low but should still be good. Mrs Stu, Lorna and I are thinking of driving down in the TToS and doing a bit of a European tour afterwards, but I thought that maybe for anyone planning a drive over to Europe for a few weeks tour it would make a worthwhile stop over for a day or two. It will be likely crazy busy, so sorting accommodation early would be necessary but these things don’t happen very often so it’s well worth making the trip. Some details here: https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2026/#:~:text=The August 12%2C 2026 total,%2C Portugal%2C and northern Spain.

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Regs - https://www.nottinghamsportscarclub.co.uk/uploads/event_docs/events/2024_R14_NSCC 2024 Curborough Sprint Weekend Supplementary Regs.pdf Entry forms - https://www.nottinghamsportscarclub.co.uk/cms2/entry_form.php

Ciao Mattia @mTT97 Great to see your progress with your car. We've already been talking on FB as we didn't manage to meet last summer in Italy. We're heading back this year and we can talk at Malvern. It would be great to see you during our trip too. You're right in the centre of our proposed 'play ground'-

Bumping as now the nice weather is here this car is reluctantly back on the market until I drive it again and decide I will miss it too much!

Yes its sold

The Regs are now available

Has this gone Terry

it is now 😎

Welcome to the club. Looks a decent car and now you have done all that work it will be great for the summer in Italy, hope you can make it over here for the show.

here are some of the latest pics

Nice to meet you all! i want to present my westfield and show some pictures of the restoring process. I bought this car in 2022 from a guy in Asti (TO). Now the car is located in in Belluno (near Cortina or the Giau pass for example) It would be a pleasure for me to meet any member of wssc and show some of our beautiful mountain roads😁 the car it's a 2008 fw duratec 2.0 with wide track and throttle body. MT75 gearbox and sierra iopen diff. In the first pictures you can see that she was in a deplorable overall condition and a lack of basic general maintenance. since then I've done: full service (gearbox oil, diff oil, engine oil, fresh coolant) ECU tune and sweep test, the car now make around 170hp on 95 octane. We are far away from the hp alpha weber used to advertise on its ITB kit. Does anyone have the same ITB? New 55mm coolex radiator new steering bolts and steering lockstop (while turning left the wheel used to touch the body, now this doesn't happen anymore) installation of heater, wiper and windscreen replaced the straight exaust with the original one polished new 195/50 r15 hankook k120 new RCC seats new interior moquette new air filter corner weighting and wheels alinement fixed the stop light (brake pressure switch wasn't working anymore) rollbar painting I will also come to Malvern on sunday the next month, but I will reach Uk by ✈. https://1drv.ms/f/s!AiCTvxtbkYfcgatk1n4k5lfSbCQWtg?e=e2drSg

Shouldn’t this be in local meets etc ?

We will have to miss this one John,we’re away in the camper for the weekend. See you next time .

Just got my entry in, looking forward to this one, a figure of 8 sounds interesting. I went class 2B for my bog standard FW Sei as that seemed the only valid road going kit option.

Car show at The Griffin, Swithland. Great fun; cars, beer and pizza. What’s not to like? Car ran faultlessly too, super happy after all my wintering tinkering.

I am selling my Ford Zetec 1.8 Blacktop as I am changing to a tuned 2.0 Blacktop. This is an excellent engine that revs sweet and pulls great. Serviced annually with Millers Oil and Mann/Bosch filters. No smoke or oil leaks. £1000 and out of the car so ready to collect/courier. Engine was brand new Crate when fitted on std original Zetec Ford Throttle body at first registration in 2012. Upgraded to 40mm Jenvey Individual Throttle Bodies (ITBs) at 2500 miles and new Cam (unknown as I haven't taken the rocker cover off). I bought car at 4500 miles in 2018 from ToyBox. Sep 2018 Dyno 172 bhp / 160 LbFt corrected. Apr 2019 Dyno Interpro 168 bhp / 154 LbFt corrected. Current mileage 9790 miles out of car. Fitted with Scholar Racing RWD shallow sump/Gold Mag Plug Uprated Cams Std Ford Zetec 1.8 Clutch and Flywheel Waterpump Pulleys/Idlers Dipstick Oil breather baffle Does not include ITBs Coil Pack HT Leads Starter motor Alternator or bracket Oil pressure/Temp sensors Inlet manifold Exhaust manifold (Available separately) Water rail Thermostat/Housing Water temperature sensor Gearbox! Happy to answer any questions. £1000 and out of the car so ready to collect/courier.