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Here’s a clip of our westy on a photo shoot up at Inverness, enjoy6 points
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Haha. Its certainly looking that way now They don't do them them selves they go back to the manufacturers Sparco in Italy and i think there lies the problem. Its only just 2 years old and wasn't used last year at all so wasn't very impressed that the strap was falling apart. Perhaps i should have known better with Italian build quality I am all sorted now thanks to a kind donor (in fact 2 now) so will be out at the weekend. Many thanks to all that offered help and made suggestions. Its a great club and shows what the Speed series is all about3 points
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Hi , I'm Darren from Burton On Trent in the Midlands. 20 years ago I built a Speed Sport (modular build , all new parts) , this was my first proper sports car. Since then i've had many different cars including a couple of Elises, TVR, Caterham even an old Ferrari + others. I decided its time to build another Kit (one to keep forever this time) , either a Westfield or a Caterham. Whilst I fancied a Caterham, when I priced it up I just couldn't justify the cost (a fairly low spec car would have been 32K) I spoke to Westfield and wanted something like a 1600 sigma on throttle bodies but that has now been dropped, and the only new kit options are Zetec (which I've done before but this time I wanted to try something different) or a Turbo powered Car which wasn't what I was looking for. I saw a used Sigma powered car for sale at a local dealer and though i'd have a look, it was a nice car but it just didn't get me excited. Whilst looking around he had a duratec car in from the IOM (it wasn't actually for sale), this needed some work as it will need IVA etc, I sat in the car and was instantly sold. So deposit down and car coming next week, I'll need some tech help from the forum to help get the car through the IVA. Its very pretty and built to a very high standard, but will need bits swapping etc for the IVA. Picture is in their showroom.
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Quite a few of us will be competing. Matthew Haynes. Howard Gaskin, Steve and Terry Everall, Garry Bunn, Derek Hodder, myself and probably someone else who I have unintentionally missed2 points
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Just googled "grinder" looking for breakdown cover , amongst hundreds of results including pshyco's , porno's , anglegrinders etc . none of which had anything to do with car beakdown recovery I found this little gem ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5498939/Furious-driver-cuts-corner-car-park-Russia.html2 points
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As I live only a few miles away, I have a bit of local knowledge (more focussed on pubs than cake shops, but I'm happy to expand my horizons) I have a possible "sugary" location just five minutes from Curborough - drop me a PM if you haven't already sorted somewhere2 points
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A cracking morning out on Sunday - the sun made a perfect appearance despite forecast of showers... Enjoy
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Redcastle by North Kessock. Not been along that road for a long time. Love the drone footage.1 point
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Nice camera work.1 point
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Pete is the 3rd owner on the IOM according to the registration document. I will contact him later if I need to.1 point
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@Quinten Uijldert - Northants AO no problem and thanks for sharing1 point
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@WINGNUT apologies for the delay. Only remembered again when I had to fill up this morning You can see (just about) the exit of the hole inside the recess. I can't actually show you the entry hole as it is somewhat hidden on the lifting tab. If you disassemble the cap it should be straight forward to see. It's only aluminium so easy to drill with the smallest drill you have.
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Doesn't look like you can1 point
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Great to hear you've found an engine. Sure you'll enjoy the WF experience. It's a marvellous way to keep your bank account empty, but a big smile on your face . Highly recommend a build thread, it's a good way to tap into a wealth of experience. Helped me immensely on my build. Best of luck.1 point
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The proposed change is actually.... (S)11.2. Cars must compete in an event in a road legal condition with a valid MOT. NB John's paste of the text from the MSA website didn't bring with it the "strike through". My view is that this is an inappropriate change as an MOTC is only a snapshot of compliance on the day of the MOTC and not the ongoing condition of the car. Local event regs have supplemented the MSA Regs with the addition of the need to have valid tax, insurance and motc for road going classes but the scrutineers also look for other "road legal" aspects of a car. We have seen competitors fail scrutineering with no Registration Plate on the front, bald tyres, tyres that extended beyond the wheel arches. All sorted out on the day but shows that some scrutineers did look further than only the paper work. When the requirement to display a tax disk was introduced a few years ago we were also told at some events that cars would be checked for valid tax via the DVLA website. So IMHO reducing the MSA regs to "with a valid MOTC" simply opens the Road Going classes to abuses from some competitors with unsporting changes to their cars after the MOT. I think the "road legal condition" is appropriate for road going classes as it includes tax, insurance and motc plus a load of other considerations that a scrutineer could use to ensure the class rules are not being abused.1 point
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I must get me one of those!!1 point
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I may come over and have a look if the weather's ok1 point
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This may...???...!!! be a goer. Also possible in tow maybe an S2000.1 point
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Hi Guys, So I put a deposit down with the wreckers in Sydney today for the engine and gearbox. Looks like this is the beginning of the beginning! So I will be getting the engine and gearbox, and the guy told me to put a list together of all the extra hoses, wires, shafts, etc that I want as well. So I have asked for the handbrake and the prop shaft, is there anything else you guys know of that I will need from the donor car? I am still reading through the build threads when I get a chance and am getting lots of info from them, but anything you can think of off the top of your head would be great. And I went back to the factory today to show my dad the cars too, and he had a ball! The guys there said that the dry sump kit was only to satisfy the 100mm ride height restriction in Western Australia. Apparently they only know of 2 guys who have built MegaS2000's in W.A, and they are going to put me in touch with one who is very helpful. Hopefully he can tell me all the troubles he had with getting it registered here in W.A.1 point
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And the rest - sorry about the quality, as there are so many I've had to shrink them somewhat! I have some higher quality versions if anyone wants one in particular. Dave
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Hahahahaha I attempted a photo but it didn't load. Will try again
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Wasp removal all part of the service. A great day out. Thanks Jeff.
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