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The starting point was a simple one - I absolutely had no need for another car. I work in Germany 3/4 days out of every 7 and had two cars that I was (am) very happy with, an M135i and CL500 Out of the blue last week the specialist who I bought the CL from contacted me to let me know that they had just acquired a car I might be interested in - turns out it was a very low mileage S4 convertible with a full Milltek exhaust. Thought about it for 24 hours and concluded that I did not want it - just too much cross over in abilities across my existing cars, the only thing that stood out was the fact that it was a convertible - this is where the man maths started to come into play For the money the S4 required what else would it buy me that was a convertible and could stand apart from my existing cars. Having previously owned a Lotus twin cam powered Westfield back in the early 00's I started to look at what was available. Research soon showed that cars were split into three main groups: Bike engined 1.6 - 2.0 mainly Zetec powered A handful of Seights Within this grouping there was further sub division into sensible (!!) with windscreens and wet weather gear and more hardcore aeroscreened cars. At this stage I had no idea what I wanted so figured the best way forward was to join here and various forum groups, post wanted ads and talk to people, hoping that this would start to clarify what was a contender and what was definitely not First to go were the bike engined cars, nothing wrong with them but just not the kind of driving experience I was looking for - I wanted primarily a weekend blast car and maybe the odd track day Yanto contacted me and advised his car may be for sell so a date was agreed to go over and have a look, a leisurely look at documentation on the day and the car followed by a run out soon saw me deciding this was the car for me and a deal was struck - man maths meant my self-imposed budget was blown but needs must SPEC Westfield Wide body SEight Chassis built 2004 Weight approx 670 Kg Aeroscreen All aluminium panels are black powder coated Crimson red Gel Coat (lightweight fibreglass body) Carbon fibre “Cycle Wings” Removable Rear arches Carbon fibre stone protectors Carbon fibre “boot” panel Carbon fibre dash Westermann Motor sport Carbon Fibre half doors (forward tilting for ease of access) Rose jointed “RAC” Roll Bar 5 ¾” black headlights Carbon effect indicator pods Rear carbon effect lights Interior Westfield Sports seats (fixed) Willans 4” 4-point harnesses Carbon fibre gear knob Passenger foot rest Instrumentation Stack ST8130 Digidash Plus, with full parameter recording and lap timer Displays: Oil Temp Oil Pressure Water Temp Fuel Pressure Fuel tank contents (with low alarm) Max Speed Speed RPM Immobiliser Engine V8 5.1 by V8 Developments (started life a s 4.6) 300 bhp @ 5200 rpm, 360 lbft torque @ 3000 rpm on 95 Ron 330 bhp @ 5300 rpm 380 lbft torque @ 3200 rpm on 99 Ron Lightened flywheel Vernier timing chain set Dynamically balanced Lubrication 3 stage John Eales Dry sump pump Large capacity bespoke oil tank Alloy catch tank Aeroquip oil pipes Fuelling Bespoke extra long range tank baffled with integral swirl pot and foam filled Fuel filler mounted on top of “boot” cover. Jenvey Throttle bodies (8 off) ITG Filters ECU DTA 8 PRO programmable ECU with Launch and Traction Control Software and switch block/data cables Cooling Bespoke (Brise Fabrications) radiator Electric (pull) fan and thermostat controlled by ECU Samco Silcone hoses Exhaust Bespoke central underfloor stainless steel with 2 silencers to meet strictest track sound limits Transmission R380 gearbox Heavy duty clutch Ford Sierra 7” diff with ZF plated LSD 3.62 ratio, correctly set up and progressive Steering/Suspension/Running Gear Specifications for suspension were developed by head of Audi Chassis Dynamics (at the time). Front and Rear Nitron dampers, Dyno’d and matched to springs Front Anti- roll Bar Oz Ultraleggera Wheels Brand new Federal 595 rs 205/55/15 tyres BG Quick disconnect steering boss Quick rack 2.1 turns lock to lock (with stops) Brakes Hi Spec Ultralight 4 pot front Calipers with drilled discs Sierra Rear Calipers with integral handbrake and drilled discs