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I've decided to bite the bullet and put my narrow up for sale. I'll try not to waffle about it, but I'd like to give a bit of the spec and a bit of the history. I purchased the car in 2004 as a bright eyed 19 yr old from a WSCC member from this forum. I had looked at a couple but this one took my fancy as it had a few of the bits that I was interested in (cycle wings, five speed box etc) Once I had it home and enjoyed it over the winter I started to think about upgrading and updating items, so over the next 7 years I have practically changed everything bar the drivetrain and chassis, including (amongst lots of others) an engine swap to a from a 1600 xlfow on Webers to a 2ltr Zetec on tbs and a full respray. Unfortunately over the previous 2 years I have used the car less and less to the point where it is becoming a permanent fixture in the garage, and whilst it really does genuinely upset me to be selling it, it's just not getting the use it needs - and I could do with the space. List of the spec and upgrades below: Chassis/Bodywork 1988 Narrow Live axle Chassis (registered in 1992) Resprayed in Ferrari Rosso Red Black Cycle Wings 4 inch M&P lights Fluke Carbon Indicator Pods Engine 2ltr Silvertop Zetec GSXR1000 Tbs with Carbon Fibre Trumpets/baseplate Omex 600 Management Westfield Manifold and Stainless Exhaust Drivetrain 5 speed type 9 (has reconditioned sticker on but I don't know when this was done) Westfield remote extension (brings the gear lever out from under the dash) 3.89 diff Billet Titanium Gear Lever (Dad is a whizz with a lathe) Suspension/Steering Avo Suspension front and rear (Fronts have completed 2 laps of Curborough) 300lb front springs, 140 rear springs Rally Design 2.4 quickrack (also only done 2 laps of Curborough) Interior 2mm Carbon front bulkhead Fluke Carbon Dashboard Westfield 80mm Tacho Vdo Speedo and 52mm gauges (fuel, oil pressure,oil temp, water temp) Momo D-Shaped Suede Wheel SPA Design Removable Boss Carbon Tunnel top R500 style fibreglass seats Sabelt 3 inch 4 point Harnesses with Aircraft Buckles Odyssey PC625 battery (new purchased today 30/8/12) Wheels & Tyres 13x6 KN Minator in Black with Chrome Lip Yokohama A021r tyres (decent amount of life in them) All of the above items (apart from the diff, box and chassis) I have purchased and fitted since 2004. I also replaced the mk2 escort loom with a loom from Alan at Premier Wiring after I purchased it. When the car was mapped and corner weighted at NMS it produced 158.3hp and weighed in at 559kg - the engine was from an automatic so it has a lower peak power but better midrange torque, so Troy and Coop seemed to think it was a different cam profile to the usual 130PS spec cams. I would say the downsides to the car are that: It doesn't have an RAC Bar and Bootbox - never used it for touring etc so didn't need the space the nose and bonnet have a couple of scuffs on them. She would be a perfect start to a life of Westfields, it certainly has taught me a lot over the years, both in the mechanics, and back to basics driving of how a RWD performance car handles. I will certainly miss her but life moves on. Please send me a PM if you would like to discuss the car further, or to just generally chat about Westfields Thanks, Leigh

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Lol . You are not far from the truth Mark :-) i had a few key tools but now im amassing em! I now know the english axle well! Half shafts are at my local garage who are doing the bearings for me. Diff is completely stripped in my garage. I removed the pinion bearing today (cut it off), and the bearing races from the case (hammer!). Everything is marked up so i know what goes where. Done a LOT of reading on english diff settings! Going to replace all the bearings and oil seal and set it up as per spec. Everyone says it is too difficult / specialist only . .......which only makes me want to do it more :-) I have a digital micrometer so i can verify pinion depth and set carrier bearing preload. I have a spring guage for the pinion preload, and i have access to a DTI for checking the backlash ( can also be done with a piece of solder!) . I am used to doing very precise stuff with gear meshing .... Years of RC helicopter building so i am not put off by it all. I will have to run to my mates garage to use his press but the rest i feel i have covered. I will be doing a details blog of this when im done ( if i am happy with the results). Btw - it was the pinion bearings. You can wiggle the pinion at the flange side to side by a good 0.5mm at least. Maybe 1mm. I checked the flange bolt and that was mega tight. In the meanwhile i have bought a 3.89 diff off fleabay for 80 to keep me going so i can take my time on the diff ( and sell it after it is done). Never know, if it goes well i mit grab a LSD :-)

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was that during the sprint event or in the bar the night before Terry

I see Lady guest was wearing pink! Maybe, and it's just an idea to keep her happy, you should repaint the "Westfield" badge on the grille in pink. You could always repaint it yellow when she gets her car.