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I can't say big enough than you to the people who gave me advise and help on my speedy repair! Dave D7PNY and Dave Gadgetman, your prompt trips to the post offices got the bits arriving with the same driver! Now thats synchronisation. Luke Plays Kool, thanks for the telephone advise, I will be booking in for geometry set up soon. Chris Kingster, your moral support from sunnier climbs was appreciated. And every else who contributed to the thread I reluctantly posted due to my embarrassment. So moving forward, car meet tonight as planned, Im happy, my daughters happy, I achieved my target for a Wednesday fix!

The view today of Lake Cwellyn

Thanks, Nic. How unusual to have better weather in the mountains. It was just as good today. We spent the day over the other side of Snowdon, parked at Lake Cwellyn.. Then this engine went past and made my day, it is called 'Enid' it is engine number 2. Bought from Switzerland in 1896 and still running today, pass me my anorak and I will tell you what happened to number 1. OK I don't need prompting, it crashed on it's maiden voyage. Enid is the name of the, then, owners daughter. Shut up now Julie. I then took a route to Penmachno (via the Llanberis Pass...again...yes) and went on roads with more sheep than cars. Very small roads too, still pretty smooth pothole free tarmac though. I think the views were over the back side of Cadair Idris. I took a left and came back out on the A5 at Ysbyty Ifan.

Lucky enough to have seen XM655 do a high speed taxi run today, filming for a Guy Martin show on the history of the Vulcan so that should be good. I've got a vid of the run (to 120knts, but it looks slower!) but I'm in a hotel room so not sure it will upload. Phone pics and I'm no photographer, sorry!

OK so I might not be winning class A, or my points might look a little low compared to last year (81.0075* vs 82.47) ... but I'm doing a happy dance! I broke my personal best 8 times this weekend and 11 pb for the year! So moral of the story keep records.... as the graph doesn't reflect how i feel *excludes engine blow up at 3 sisters Thank you to everyone i had a wonderful weekend

Bike carbs are a great upgrade, thanks for the mention Scott. Smooth throttle response all the way through the range. Lovely noise as well..a man must have the noise!

TEL's TALE's 057/2015 Ty Croes Sept : 2015 A big Westfield presence was to make this a great weekend for most but not everyone! Many had long journeys and fought their way through the Friday traffic and Pete Goulding and his son Jack had another epic 8hr trip which they were thinking was too far and too long. Lee Smith had pulled out as his engine failed close to the weekend. As most people know Adrian Clinton Watkins made a monumental effort to get his (well Barry Slingsby's car actually) engine and box transplanted into a substitute car after Mike Allard smashed it to bits at Loton Park the previous weekend. Most annoying for some was that the messages about whether the cafe was open for food and drink on Friday night were confusing but it just about worked out ok in the end. The next drama was that Stephen Herbert's tow car broke down in Holyhead (he had left the car in the paddock on its trailer) and luckily he got a lift from the B&B. After the breakdown man said the car had a serious defect it decided to start later in the day and seemed to keep going all weekend much to Sally's delight. Saturday: 2 laps of National circuit P1: would be 2 laps so just one practice for everyone. Steve Everall had a bad run as “someone” forgot to clip down both sides of his bonnet but he got round without losing it. Graham Ware was double driving Kevin Jones's R1 car but due to being about 19 stones and very tall he broke the carbon Fibre seat so it was swopped for the passenger GRP seat and refixed which kept them running all weekend. Pete Goulding had an alternator/ battery problem which bugged him all day despite attempts to fix it. Jason Brown was running with number 13 and did not seem to any bad luck all weekend. Ade , John Hoyle and Dave Cleaver put in the quickest times on a dry track. T1: For most competitors this went well and Mark Anson, Dave Cleaver and Richard Kerr recorded their best times for the day our of the 4 runs available. For me it was the run that everyone fears....perfect oil pressure, car running absolutely on song and the without warning as I passed the start line at about 110mph, on second lap, there was a big puff of blue smoke from nearside and the realisation that the engine had blown up. As I lifted the bonnet I could see that number 4 con rod had punched a large hole in the side of the block so that was game over. Thanks to my brother Steve I double drove his XE car ut would not score any points. T2: As I watched Dave Cleaver pass the same spot where I had blown up I saw a similar engine failure with associated smoke......luckily for him it was a water hose that had blown off so quite an easy repair and he was going again. John Hoyle had a great run and blasted inside the Target Time to set a new record and he improved it even more on his last run. Richard Kerr's car, double driven as usual by Luke, broke a CV joint but Mark Anson had a spare so that was fitted asap. They also had an issue with the car stuck in 3rd gear but sorted that as well. In class Martin Harvey, in the silver bullet, beat a very fast John Walters. In D all went quickest on their last runs, John Hoyle broke the record on 109.65secs, Steve Everall was second on 117.29secs, Stephen Herbert so so close on 117.31secs and Michael Skidmore with 124.13secs. Kevin Jones won n class E whilst in F Luke Agar broke the record with 111.12secs from Richard Kerr on 115.42 secs bt the star was Dave Cleaver recording a new record of 109.80secs. Mark Anson, in G, was fast with 113.21secs but Adrian C Watkins was quicker with 109.18secs. In H Derek Hodder 108.46secs just pipped Gary Bunn 108.83secs to be fastest Westfield in his supercharged honda. In class J, Steve Davies was beaten by Marshall Rowland with a smooth drive in his Lotus Elise. After his last run John Hoyle changed his diff, went for a shower and still made it in time for the awards...how the hell does he do that! Sunday 1 lap International circuit. Another overcast but dry day made for good conditions on track and the two practices went ok for everyone particularly my brother Steve as luckily I spotted 3 very loose bellhousing bolts that had almost fallen out! They were quickly tightened up so at least I would be driving a car that was still in one piece. John Hoyle and Ade (who had altered the car geometry /set up overnight) were very quick again in practice and likely to set the pace whilst I had to get to grips with no slicks and a stick to change gear with rather than paddles but at least I was not spectating. The event ran much quicker than the two laps did yesterday so we did not get much breathing space. Timed Runs : Kevin Jones decided to adjust his nearside camber as the tyre wear pattern looked like it was only using part of the tread width. Stephen Herbert came in after T1 with a broken cycle wing stay which he repaired with jubilee clips and a short piece of alloy tube curtesy of Pete Goulding. In T1 John Hoyle suffered and engine cut before the finish and was not happy. Dave Cleaver and myself set about trying to trace the fault using DTA software and checking 12v supply etc. When we checked the rpm signal it was ok , so crank sensor working. We had fuel and a spark but it would not start. When I looked at the live data it showed no throttle position signal so John checked it and found a broken wire coming out of the throttle pot. It was going to be tricky to solder a connection and repair it but that was tried and the car started again ready for T2. In T2 John Walters tried a bit too hard and spun at the finish, John's car failed again as the wire solder did not hold, Pete Goulding had a major issue with a vibration in the transmission/propshaft area that he could not find despite checking bolts etc. Ade, Dave and John were setting good times but Kevin Jones's car was suffering from the double drive and started to deposit oil into the airbox which caused lots of smoke and reminded us of his “red leader award” of a few years ago. Stephen Herbert was leading the battle with Steve Everall who was running out of revs and struggling to shift down from 3rd to 2nd. T3 saw John Wlliams setting yet another Pb and he was well pleased! Marshall Rowland beat Steve Davies again and he left early! If you want to see the times achieved have a look at the speed series results. In summary we had 5 timed runs but not everyone took them, I think Gary Bunn was fastest Westfield with 87.35secs closely followed by Ade on 87.45secs, Del on 87.82secs, John on 88.02secs despite his problems. Not many people stayed for the awards as they had long drives home and for me I had an engine change to sort out!!. It was a great weekend and we will still have to wait and see what happens at Ty Croes in October to see who wins the overall championship. Hope to see you there Terry Everall Speed Series Correspondent Class G competitor.

Well, I had my vehicle tax reminder in the post today, so I have declared the Westy SORN from 1st October 2015 Let the winter upgrades begin in earnest as soon as October is here......................... I have already started the shopping lol!

I've never done that particular journey, but live in Whitchurch. I'd avoid the M6 on a Friday afternoon. If it were me I'd go: Llangollen, Whitchurch, Crewe, Sandbach, Congleton.

Just back in from the car meet (and a spot of tea!) and its received lots of very nice comments ad airing glances, but I didn't take any pictures! Doh! too busy chatting to an MK owner running an R1 engine, and a Robin Hood owner. I can safely say that Im pleased I went Zetec over bike as the MK owner said the screaming did his head in over longer runs. Im a happy bunny that needs to thaw out.

The vid uploaded quickly, sorry for the quality.

Just booked this, looks like fun. http://www.classiccartoursinternational.co.uk/2015Angoulemetour.html Lazy way to do it I know, but time is short and I wanted to go this year. Others I know that have been in the past say the racing is great and the cars amazing. Looking forward to it - food doesn't appear to be too shabby either

Hi and welcome I too have the cvh on twin fortys I live in airton near malham so not too far away hope we can get a meet up soon

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Why not fit some tbs and uprated ecu on your c20xe Sooty??

Now that my Westfield has gone I'm clearing my garage and selling stuff that I no longer have a use for so I have put my all my AF spanners and sockets on eBay. Below is the link to a full set of combination spanner, to view the others I have listed just go to 'other items'. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271967473755?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 If any member is interested in any of these spanners or sockets please feel free to PM me.

Have a plan in place for dealing with the tub sides after removing clam shells; grp is a funny material, it moves and creeps over time. It may not just be a case of dealing with a line of six bolt holes up each side, you may also find the grp has physically bowed out where the bolts pulled it tight to the wings. You also, even with rubber gasket in the joint, tend to get little stones and things flicked in there, so you may find you have a few little scratches etc to sort out too.

Welcome to the club, nice to see you've got an Alfa too.

Some advice from my rebuild over winter to make my car more track orientated... I fitted wide track and had a standard rack but rather than fitting quick rack I fitted the shorter competition steering arms.Had the effect of quickening up the steering but also gives more lock which is great. Only works if you have alloy uprights obviously. Dave

Cheers mate! I used a gimbal aka stabiliser (Zhiyun Z1-Rider2) mounted on a telescopic selfie pole. Gimbals first became popular on quadcopters to reduce/remove the vibration from the blades, but can now be got as a handheld and therefore bike/chesty/car/etc mountable. Some have handles permanently attached but mine has a detachable wired hand controller (this is the earlier version but has good pics: http://www.amazon.com/Zhiyun-Z1-RIDER-3-Axis-Function-Gimbal/dp/B00Z19MM1A) and there's this one: (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feiyu-FY-WG-Wearable-Stabilizer/dp/B01220GIMY). You can get them cheaper by buying direct from China and waiting 4 weeks or by from Amazon UK.

I don't know if all of you that are going have received an email from the organiser but I recently received more info for Sunday (extract below): You must bring your entry tickets with you. Your Car(s) will be located in Pitch number - 10. Arrival Times on Saturday and Sunday are 7am - 8am, any cars arriving after 8.15am will not be admitted immediately, and may have to park in public parking at a cost of £5 until we can arrange access. Track Registration opens at 9am in the Highland Hall of the MacRobert Pavillion and the Driver's Briefing will take place at 10am in the same location, all track participants must attend this briefing. Passengers must register and they will also be issued with a circuit wristband. All drivers and passengers must wear a helmet, please note we do not have any on-site for hire, you will not be allowed access to track without a helmet. Although the above states that there's strictly no admission after 8:15am, the other joining instructions state 8:00am, so please aim to be in for 8:00am to be sure of entry. Anyone who is late, will be asked to park in the public area (at £5 per car) and may get entry to the Club stand once safety marshals are in place. We're on Pitch 10, so unless you've planned to meet up with others to travel through together, the best thing to do on arrival is to just go straight to the pitch and we'll all meet there.

Hi Steve I'm in Coalville where are you. Cheers

Welcome!

Welcome Steve. Good to see another Leicestershire member.

Greetings... How chuffed do the kids look..!

Looks smart in the picture!

Welcome and +1 for the colour! As you are local to use I hope to see you out in the near future. Derby and Notts meeting at the clock, shardlow, last Thursday of the month. Maybe join us on one of our regular runs out in the Peak District with the Peak District area. Martyn

Got to like the colour scheme

Hi there.

Hi & welcome. Pictures?

Please don't forget pictures. We like pictues.

No you won't, you wouldn't fit in the narrow Westfield seat with them plums.

Speaking as a chap with a 1.6 CVH and twin Weber 40s, you will almost certainly not get an extra 40 bhp. Mine's out of an XR2 and produces about 130 bhp, and although I'd love more (who wouldn't? - it's almost never enough), that would take an engine swap. What will the twin Webers give you? More power, a great noise, a lighter wallet, higher fuel consumption, and a lot of fun. Steve from Canada has done a bike carb conversion that's quite tasty too. Oh yes, we can definitely help you perform a cashendectomy on your wallet for you, no problems.

...because it's an upgrade