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As today is officially the Scottish summer (it isn't raining), it seemed like a perfect excuse to take the Westie to the office!

Good evening, I signed up a week or so ago after seeing a car in the classifieds that took my fancy, That car turned out to not be the one for me, A motorway closure on the way home from viewing it meant a detour that ended up in a little pub, Sitting waiting for food to arrive, I had a quick look at cars for sale and something new had appeared on another site, Phone call or 2 later and a bit of a wait while someone else who got in first viewed it, And I was winging my way over the Irish sea to pick it up. It's a Westfield Aerorace S2000... Turns out the owner used to be fairly active on here and the car is a real credit to him, I've still not found the hidden fault every used car comes with. Plans are to do a few trackdays between now and winter, And then a strip down and reassemble to IVA standards in time for spring. I know that this won't be the easiest way of doing it but it's too late for that now 1 quick picture of the car and a million questions to come in the coming days, weeks and months. look forward to getting to know some of you Regards Gary

Hi UPDATED 08/08/2017 We had the 6th August pencilled in for a run followed by a question mark over doing a part of the NC500 around the 20th. However, as the 6th is almost upon us and no plans have been made at this late stage for the NC500, I've decided to cancel any thoughts of the NC500 for this year. So, the next run will be either on the 13th or the 20th .. we'll see what the uptake is for both dates and take it from there. So, the next run will be on the 20th. Details (kindly supplied once again by Matta aka MatNav) are as follows:- Meet: Stirling Services (M9) at 09:30 for a departure at 10:00 Route: M9 to Dunblane / B8033 to Braco / B827 to Comrie / A85 to Lochearnhead then onto A827 for Killin. Continue on A827 to Aberfeldy for lunch. Afterwards, take the A826 down to Amulree / A822 to Crieff onto Muthill / A823 to Gleneagles/Muckhart/Kincardine. Please let me know what date(s) you'd be available (not just a preferred date, so if you're available either, then put your name under both dates!) 13th August Rab John Jim 20th August Rab Matt John Iain Bob Brian

Hi All, My name is Mike, I live in Bristol and I have just bought my first Westfield. It is a red 1987 chassis SE that was registered in 1994 showing a 1780cc engine with the dvla. It is on a Q plate which ends in HAC. I bought the car a few weeks ago but only collected it today. It is in full project state and has been completely disassembled. My aim is to rebuild the car and bring it back from the dead. It was taken off the road I think due to engine problems, but it has no paperwork, just a logbook and a construction manual. The car has distinctive stickers on it, including one that says 'I wish my missis was this fast' and I am hoping someone might recognise the car, and may know a bit about its history. My guess is the car has been off the road for a long time! There is a metal plaque on the fibreglass bulkhead that holds the windscreen saying manufactured by Westfield with the chassis number. Was this standard on the se kits? It does not list an engine number. There is also an Id tag welded to the frame with matching numbers. I see there is no AO for Bristol, however I would love to meet fellow owners and see their cars. Pics below Thanks in advance!

I may have some drop me a pm too remind me tomorrow

I'm booked too. Garage also

What John said. BTW, especially with some modern higher reving engines, its much simpler to change the alternator pulley than the crank pulley. Changing the crank pulley can achieve the same speed reduction, and will do the same for the water pump, BUT, often times you can only get a simple billet aluminum version of the crank pulley - good for looks, but loosing the harmonic damper that many modern cars build in to it, can cause long term issues with some engines.

@IanK Thanks for the info and the manual - i'll have a fiddle!

Agreed. I kept killing alternators and then discovered that the pulley size on them was wrong for my max engine revs. The small Nippon Denso alternators don't like more than 18k rpm (most standard road car one are 15k max rpm) Measure your engine front pulley and then the alternator one to work out the ratio and multiply it by your max engine rpm. If it exceeds the recommended rpm for the alternator, change the of alternator pulley to bring it within the recommended maximum

@BCF Barny this is the Oil you need for your box

Generally speaking, racing alternator = ordinary alternator + big price. Some "racing alternators" may have a different sized pulley on, so that they don't rev as high, but by no means all do. Pulleys are normally interchangeable on the small type alternators anyway.

UPDATE - The date that has proven more popular is the 20th so that's when the run will be. Please refer to initial post for names/numbers that are going.

Correct. You're front end is sliding, adding more lock just delays getting grip.

Entered! First event of the year...fingers crossed!

Hi Been watching a couple of threads on here and it brought this to mind,, The link arrived with me on the back of a conversation I was having with a colleague, you know the usual BMW (b***hin, moaning n wining) type you have when both are in cars killing time. We got onto the quality of employees in the centre and how the "kids" make mistakes but somehow don't seam to care or understand the impact they have. My colleague closed that part of the conversation with, "its the Millennials chap, I'll send you a link" So here it is, one of the best observed monologues I've seen in a long while, it you have 10 mins to spare its quite an eye opener Enjoy

in an understeer situation, going full lock will result in, er, more understeer...!

I'm now booked in to do this one now.

They are still in fashion with gentlemen of a certain age... And try to ignore the other midlife crisis lurking in the background - Grizlee couldn't help himself

@5even7 My car is the same black with full chrome as yours but with cycle wings - and I am so jealous, I couldn't find the right car at the right price with clamshells. Had been looking for almost a year, but most of the clamshell cars at the time were rough/long-in-the-tooth. I say go to cycle wings, and I'll buy your clamshells if they're mint! See far-right car in pic for inspiration

If no dog sitter available I will gaffer tape him to the seat

Common sense hasn't gone anywhere, you're just much more exposed to morons than you used to be. It's a connected world, which although it has lots of benefits also means you can't help but be connected to people you wouldn't choose to socialise with. I worked in customer services 15 years ago, pre-smartphone, pre-facebook etc and I can assure you that common sense was in deep absence then too.

My narrow earlier today with clamshells and Minilights for your styling consideration. Also 5 3/4" headlights rather than 7" headlights. They suit a narrow body IMHO.

....and the low fluid warning on your brake master cylinder isn't plugged in

In spring 2003 I was at a red light in my Westfield where there's two lanes side by side, but the right hand one is for right turns only. There's no obstruction to going ahead, no bollards, but the lane rapidly merges into the left hand one so if you're a bit cocky and use it to go straight, you'd better be quick. Anyway, it was dry and clear and in my mirror I saw a Kevved up Astra approaching from behind alongside all the diligent left lane sitters with every intention of using the right lane to beat the queue. The lights turned amber to green as he was almost alongside and still rolling at about fifteen mph, so I did a 'brisk' take-off as he was literally alongside. I next saw him in my rearview mirror, he was still halfway across the junction and courtesy of the Westfield's 0-60 squirt, I was fifty yards past the junction. No embarrassment to a legitimate right turner and no risk that he might be stuck in the wrong lane because of my actions. Just the embarrassment of being left standing. Very childish of me I know, but I hadn't had the car long and it was terrific fun!

I'm not sure how it works but we are giving it a good go.

Have you installed a multi story car park yet @Mark (smokey mow) - Joint Essex AO?