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Fixed that for you.

You just know I'm going to look, don't you!!

Good Afternoon All, I trust everyone is looking forward to the long weekend ahead. Easter weekend discount code: EASTER10 - receive 10% off when used online* From myself and everyone at Westfield Sportscars we wish you all a happy easter. Best Regards Patrick & Westfield Team *if for any reason the discount code limits out or faults, please email parts@westfiled-sportscars.co.uk - I will personally look into it and honour price.

another 3 Joining you , Jim Laura and Dave ,tickets bought

better link

Recently completed a BEC and looking for 3.38 diff please. Thank you. (Picture for effect!)

https://youtu.be/EM3zoeEOnyQ

Coming along nicely.

Just a reminder of the next Warwickshire meeting, tomorrow evening from around 7.30pm at The Falcon, Birmingham Road, Hatton, CV35 7HA. Weather looking good so hopefully plenty of you can get out in your Westfields and we can stand out in the car park kicking tyres etc!

Good turnout tonight 12 cars parked at the Green Man

My Westfield got a decent size chip in the windscreen last summer. I got a local repairer out through the insurance to repair it, but in his words "He'd have to make the chip bigger to fill and polish with repair resin". I wasn't to comfortable with his suggestion and declined his offer to go at the screen with a small screwdriver and a hammer. He suggested polishing it out but said he wasn't authorised to do it. Anyway, after a lot of googling and youtube videos, I bought this of Ebay. Can't remember how much but under a tenner. Literally 5 minutes with a polishing wheel on my dremel and the chip is all but invisible. If you look closeley you can just about see the imperfection but it's 99% better than it was. Edit: was so impressed I did my varifocal specs with this compound too. The specs came up like new.....!

I’m hoping to get to this one @Andrew, especially with the guarantee of good weather Just waiting to check on dates for a work trip which hopefully won’t clash.

I robin if I can get her backside out of bed we should be there at 7 30 am john and jaky

Hope you have a great day. unfortunately I left it too late to book for the evening session and it is fully booked If I have some time I will try and pop over during the day.

I purchased mine from Carbon Mods when they where still making them.

Your name is on about page 13 right hand column, half way down.

I would be interested in those too. The nose does look good. What is the grill made from I'd like to change my expanded mesh for something like that. I think I've answered my own question. Having a closer look, it looks like Audi style grill.

I had the guy shut off the pump, tap on the window and request me to hold up the can, said he couldn't let me fill it without the correct labels. I'd heard about it before buying the jerry can, but thought i'd try my luck. This madness all came about after https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/mar/30/woman-petrol-burns-york-fire Long story short, got a sticker for my jerry can and no further problems. It's utterly stupid really, I could buy a sticker on ebay, stick it to an empty coke bottle and go fill it up. It's about as effective at keeping people safe, as banning the legal sale of knives would be in stopping knife crime. It's all here http://www.hse.gov.uk/fireandexplosion/portabable-petrol-storage-containers.pdf

Looking good Geoff - am I right that your tub is the fixed arch type? if so you may be interested - I’m working with Mark at Carbon NV to get a proper moulded, Carbon arch protector set made, if you’re keen let me know and I’ll keep you informed on when they’ll be ready

Might need a long lunch break !!

Very happy to say it’s back on the road after a long winter of work in the garage, looking forward to a run out to the Falcon on Thursday with the Warwickshire lot...

Found this. Makes interesting viewing.

Not the best photo with my ugly mug sat in it.

I never let them see the cans - can’t say I’ve ever had a problem.

Check to see if Burtons still have them on offer. I got my ATB for £480 delivered. Bargain. Still needed fitting of course - but it’s not a huge job.

Absolutely, Patrick has been a breath of fresh air in his approach, but let's not forget Simon's shake up of things, that has enabled Patrick to do the fine work he is doing.

Hi WillC, If you are unable to get this.You can replace the pivot pin on the gearbox with a part from Kit Spares TRA0019, and then fit a standard ford release bearing. I have done this on a few so know it works Malcolm

+1 from me, well done WF. Interaction much improved, particularly the forum participation of Patrick @Westfield Parts Dept

I'm not the best on engine building, but i know something about engine failures. This failure, looks unlikely to me to be related to oil pressure. When is a lubrication problem in the rods bearings, normally the rod grips to the crank, the rod bends and then snaps in the weakest section of the rod witch is normally near to the piston. Yours, whith what appears to be a perfectly straight rod, and still whith the bearing in place, looks like end caps bolts failure. Either for mechanical failure, fatige, over-torque... or over speed of the piston. But, Again, From only a picture is fairly difficult to say. I would sujjest a closer inspection to the bearings. They will be, of course damaged, but if it was an oil problem, I would expect to see some temperature colouring in the metal as it gets VERY hot just before gripping. Inspect also all the other bearings to find evidences of an oil pressure problem... I would expect to see "traces" of friction already. Good luck with it, and hopefully you find a new unit promptly, but is important to understand what has happened. Hope this information is handy when the time comes...

Very heavy tail wind down into Turn 1 Furthest the new speed series t shirt has traveled I expect

It is, specially when you’ve just been doing it yourself. Funny the way he was getting steadily more and more rusty crud in his face, I know the feeling only to well!

Here’s my set up

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-1600-X-Flow-711/264273178327?hash=item3d87e8aed7:g:sY8AAOSwtwVcqgfI

A swirl pot helps with fuel starvation on corners with fuel injection. Makes a huge difference on track.

Problem is we are all individuals. Some of us will take time to see if someone wants something before posting an ad and others will not read any instructions, info, rules or guidelines and post what they want wherever they want (leaving us to tidy it up!) (Edit : most will be somewhere in between) So regardless of what a section is called or what it is supposed to contain, people will be people!

It's easy to see at a glance how many people have viewed a wanted add as the stats are right there next to the post. At a glance I can't see that there's much of difference between views of parts wanted and parts for sale. From my experience though I don't open and read a wanted advert if I don't have the part the person is looking for, whereas for sale adverts tend to contain multiple items so I would be more likely to look and see if there was something I might want to buy.

Just moved this into the website forum. Personally, I would find it difficult scrolling through a list and trying to work out what was wanted and what was for sale unless folks were extra vigilant and wrote for sale or wanted on their posts, never gonna happen, hence separate sections. I also think it's simply the unambiguous distinction between the two that we have separate areas. I also believe folks do look at the wanted posts, I wonder if the system allows for those kind of stats...to see how busy that area is... Got me thinking now. (Nips off behind the scenes to look, hopefully won't break anything )

Photos as promised