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Having seen some really nice tidy engine bays, I decided to take a look at mine, and see if I could improve in the view that already contains a mighty xflow Main thing I always got drawn to, was the return pipe from the thermostat to the header tank, basically a bit of hand bent copper tube running over the exhaust header. So, had a think and looked at other cars, and a nice hardline properly clipped down as per a photo on this forum was the way to go. This was the inspiration picture Bit of 10mm alloy tube, some blue silicone pipe, couple of P clips, and a hand pipe bender. Also routed the plug leads differently, need to source some nice clips for the leads now.

Picked up the westy today. Didn’t get a wink of sleep last night I was that excited!! Massive thanks to @RussH for all the help, support and guidance throughout this journey and for the time freely given to assist me find the right car. Anyway, I bought a Kingfisher Blue SEIW with a tuned 2l XE engine. The car is absolutely epic.....I love everything about it and so does the Mrs! I bought the car from @john10speed and it’s a known car within the club. Looking forward to getting my head around what’s what and meeting a few of you at events through the warmer weather. Heres a few piccies.......

Busted....

Heres a bit of history in pictures for you on one of our euro trips

He’s in the Panama papers too ......... he’s been buying his Ford parts via a shell company in the Bahamas getting them shipped to Russia and reboxed as Lada parts then importing them via donkey into Eastern Europe into Stuttgart to be repackaged into Porsche boxes for our ‘Premium’ Prince

Jeees, no........ imagine it ? Mine dont even have glass like my earlier Westfield, seems it is chrome plastic or tin foil in there...............Hang on....................... think I am busted..................... rear view mirror ...........................aaarrrggghhhhhhh

My radiators leak, my exhaust manifold too, so why shouldn't I join in

Don't mention the f word to thrusty, he's in denial.

@Ali and Gail have won this competition by driving 9270 miles in their Westfield. @AndrewBClarke is in second place with 3124 miles. @Trevturtle is in third place with 2737 miles. Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone that entered.

Just realised that I didn't post that we are coming, see you in the morning

What worries me is following him in the Westfields, he’s bad enough at driving through cow poo and flinging it up everywhere. Im terrified now, that next time it might not be cow

4 pieces of cake it was, Ian has told the family that he bought 2 stick to kittEkat, or upgrade to purina. Poor lad is going to regret telling us

Oh dear. As much as I do love my S2000 Westfield, I regularly miss the XE powered, which was built at the same time as Scott Beeland built the Bog House, and I know from many conversations at the time, the spec, way back then was very similar. A standard Mega S2000 will feel quite flat by comparison. (Very similar bhp, way less torque than the Boghouse, and much heavier, in an equivalent spec). Jim however has got a fantastic car, a really good old school Westfield with one of the classic late eighties/early nineties Motorsport engine’s.

Nice car aka the Boghouse !! @W Shep

I used a Toffee wheel see link Toffee Wheel

Yes it is the same chassis and for the papers I'm not looking yet but I know how to do for France without too much problem

I kept mine outside but wanted to work on it was a pain when it kept raining so I bought a garage to last me over this winter :-) https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cig1015-heavy-duty-instant-garage-gre/ It fits in just fine and dry as a bone :-)

Chassis, wishbones, alloy uprights, all nuts and bolts and mounting hardware supplied by westfield. Protech shocks and springs supplied by procomp built to the same spec and poundage as supplied by the factory and confirmed by Matt at procomp. Setup to factory setup sheet as provided by mark walker, front tweaked a bit away from factory to suit my driving style. Setup and corner weighted by a motorsport specialist. Bolted together by me or a factory technician what's the difference? Factory car built by "professionals" at the factory. 2 cars same components, 2 different builders, same problem reported Coincidence? If I'm spending 20k+ I have every right to question the factory if I believe something ain't right. If you would accept it then then that would be your choice. I'll leave it there.

That’ll be me feeling very sorry for myself

yours is jap mate, you need to swap it for a proper one

Much better for me later in the afternoon when it dried out a bit. @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO makes an appearance at 9.50

Depends on the instructor... Get them to use your lids / intercoms if you can, Chris! Got this on my radar, did it last year with @BCF and it was a cracking day!

Glad it sounds like only me then!