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Good run out to Llyn Brenig today, just the two of us but lots of snow on the hills

So I had the car a little over a year and whilst I was happy with the looks I thought it could be modernised a bit over winter as it was a bit classic looking. I wanted to make it a bit more aggressive. Chuffed to bits on how it turned out. 2017 2018 Wheels powder coated in speedine gold (nod to my JDM roots) Carbon nv arches and doors Stripes off eBay.

A great documentary on James Hunt and Barry Sheene and their lives. Favourite quote "it was a time when racing was dangerous and sex was safe"

Winkhill for lunch Followed by a drive on that great road over to Hulme End, for cake Thank you to Martyn and Sue for joining us today

Quite a few buy a full kit it, for me I’ve just brought the starter kit both times for a few reasons. 1. I could not afford to buy a complete kit 2. You can potently make some good savings sourcing parts from various suppliers. 3. You can tailor the car more to your taste fitting parts from different suppliers. 4. Your not fully committed to the finished car, for instance my first one was ordered for a pinto engine but i ended up fitting a Toyota 4age.

Oh no, he’s been at the pate again!

March 16th, 2018 Spend: £997.40 I picked up my engine from Jody (JA Kit and Customs) today! Complete checked over, and with most parts replaced she almost looks like she just rolled off the factory floor. March 17th, 2018 Spend: £0.00 With the Beast from the East making a return the conditions outside and in the garage are awful. But I'm determined to not let it spoil my rekindling with the Westfield! Ensured the gearbox input shaft and spigot bearing were not interfering and then put the gearbox back into the car with the help of my son. March 18th, 2018 Spend: £28.80 Putting an engine back can take 5 minutes, or 5 hours. I ended up somewhere in the middle when after yet another minute change in position the engine finally mated with the gearbox and bellhousing. March 24th, 2018 Spend: £32.59 Miserable weather outside so had to do all the work inside the garage. Not ideal. Connected everything up and then discovered that I should have bolted the PCV breather pipe that goes just above the bellhousing from one side of the engine to the other should have been one of the 1st things to go back, not the last. Oh well, I'm not taking it apart again, so managed to lock it in place as well as I could. Another thing I now discovered is that my water temp gauge sensor wire seems a bit short. Weird as nothing changed in the location, so I need to fix that as it looks a bit strained at the moment. Could not start the engine due to the weather, but forecast is really good for tomorrow March 25th, 2018 Spend: £0.00 Up early (not helped by the bl**** clocks going forward and a AUS F1 race early in the morning) and got the car out of the garage. Fluids checked and topped up, plugs removed and hit the starter button so it would start to build up oil pressure. With the gauge now part of my system the needle rose nicely and after doing this a couple of times decided to fit new plugs and go for it! Asked Mrs Q to film the start, but to my surprise nothing happened. The engine would just turn over and over and over, but not fire into life. b*****ks. Mrs Q asked if the battery was charged, and like last year I'd fallen into the trap of trying to start the engine with a low battery. Doh! Half an hour on the charger and then... Had to change the accelerator cable tension slightly to set the RPM to a steady 1000RPM, and still have to adjust the clutch cable. March 30th, 2018 Spend: £0.00 With the threat of p*** poor weather, I sneaked out early and rolled the car out of the garage. Adjusted the clutch cable so it now seems to work ok for 1st, 2nd and reverse. Can't test it any further as I'm still on SORN. Put the nose cone and air filter back on and replaced the batteries in the security gate opener. Am leaving the bonnet off for now, until I've triple checked everything. Also taxed the car online starting from the 1st of April... no joke! Last month: £ 6379.80 This month: £ 1058.79 ----------+ Total: £ 7438.59

Confirming attendance as requested - Clare and me in the Westy. I am aware that Martyn & Sue plus Julie & Glen are coming so please add them in. Thanks Andrew

Hope to make this myself

Count me in, possibly with a passenger.

If its raining then come in your tiptop. You will still be more than welcome.

I would buy that for the wheels alone.... so sexy!

As one of the founder members of the Fiat Coupe club, I agree that typing out the answer to “what’s the best oil” or “how much boost can I run” is far more hassle than “do a search” however, new members are the lifeblood of any club / forum, so its great to have such understanding answers to questions you’ve been asked many times before anyway - back on topic - car now collected, driven around for a bit and now tucked up in the garage ready for tomorrow’s snow...... I have a couple of minor issues already - throttle response is a bit fluffy and the tickover is 250rpm too low - it cuts out quite a lot. The throttle will be a mapping issue, but does this also apply to the tickover (or is it just a mechanical throttle stop that needs adjustment?) final question - what headgear and eye protection do people use when not wearing a helmet? A standard beanie hat isn’t wind proof enough and normal safety glasses didn’t stay still and didn’t keep the draught out. I’m enjoying this already......

Do you warm it up in the microwave ?

By the time you get it back it be yellow anymore, it’ll be sepia! Shocking, absolutely shocking.

take your sunglasses...

Thank you and you are literally only down the road from myself (I'm from Leek), so that be great thank you

I think the blue and golds compliment each other (as you say much like Scoobys) not sure about gold with any other body colour tho...

Thank goodness for that! I was half expecting to scroll down and see yet another black wheeled Westfield. (Nothing against them, my other car had them, and my current one has gunmetal), it’s just so nice to see something different. I went back and forth so many times on whether to have gold on my current wheels. I’d even ordered them, before ringing up to change my mind! So good to see someone do it, I knew they’d look fab!

Headlights are Venom, came from one of the kitcar accessory shops.

What a difference. Looks really good.

Billy Monger: 31 March 2018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/43606264 Double amputee Billy Monger says his third-place finish in the opening race of the British F3 championship at Oulton Park was "surreal". Big congratulations to Billy.

Okay so the ferries are booked here’s the details for anyone wishing to join us going over to orkney friday 1st June, depart gills bay 09.30 monday 4th June, depart St Margaret’s hope 07.45 cost EACH way, car and driver £54, car driver and passenger £70 ferry telephone number 08006888998 for bookings pay at office cash or card on day of travel or contact me and I can add to Geoffrey and our booking

Yes I remember it well Jeff. Jackie Stewart's words "dangerous" and "safe" in the quote are now transposed to reflect today.

Welcome from Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent. Hope to see you on Thu or at some other point. You're welcome to pop over and take a look at mine and talk Westies at some point.

Not the dreaded pink leaks again I hope

from Essex, good luck with the search!

It does involve something sticky and it's not the Ecu

Mmmmmm.... Ian didn't specifically mention modifications to his car..only the impact on the car. Could be another cake/doughnut overdose? Sorry

Cheers they were a good read. I'm fine buying cars and know what to look for, but with it being a kit car I wasn' sure if there was anything in particular to them I needed to consider. However when reading those I'd do most of those checks anyway so that's good and doesn't seem as daunting now lol

Bit of a thread drift, sorry, but how nice is it for a newbie to get solid and seasoned advice to an age old question rather than “use the search”. Just goes to prove what a cracking club we have

Now I'm a fully paid-up WSCC member, I can post two more photos I'm collecting the car on Sunday morning, but looking at the weather forecast for Monday, its going straight into the garage The current owner says it is a proper handful in the wet - extremely tail-happy. Can this be engineered out? If I remember correctly, its running Toyo Proxes at about 19psi. I'll have a bundle of questions - for example the throttle response is a bit fluffy coming off idle and it can cut out when cold. Sounds like the map needs tweaking to me. Not sure I fancy mapping it myself, so it will need a pro - any recommendations in the Midlands? I'm enjoying this already and its not even mine yet....

I will be there on Thursday. Done the gardening today. In Westfield news. I've seen it but it's not finished yet.....