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@Gaz_b88 - once lockdown is over, get yourself along to one of the many regional meetings, or even better, to a weekend drive - there will almost always be a passenger ride available, and if you're lucky, you'll get to sample several different formats on the same day, ranging from the sensible to the deranged.... If you've anywhere near the Midlands, the Peak District runs are legendary, with the added bonus of compulsory cake / ice cream stops. You can bet that when lockdown is lifted, there will be a load of outings arranged, so keep your eye on the events section. There's almost always an initial meeting point, where you can leave your tin-top and I'm pretty sure somebody will get you back there to pick it up at the end of the day. Bring paracetamol though, as your face will ache from all the smiling... 😉

Hello... Bought a 1996 SEW 2 years ago and I've been lurking about here ever since... As the site / club is so good I decided to become a paid up member... so, hello... Car is running a pinto 2.0 (maybe 2.1) with Type 9 box. After twiddling a bit with the car, its clear it was built by a drunk chimpanzee armed only with a drill and maybe teeth to strip wires... certainly no solder or crimped connections to be seen... scary when you consider it was originally running an efi setup...🤷🏻‍♂️ It's had 9 owners since and looking at the receipt pack, its had £1000s spent by owners chasing electrical gremlins... with one owner fitting zx6r carbs and powerspark ignition to get it running ok... ... as for holes and cutting, everything was stitch drilled and gnawed on until it kinda fit... 😂 So yeah, its a project and I've sorted alot of the wiring now and tidied up the engine bay.... i may start a build thread... heres a couple of photos... 👍🏻😄 engine bay before, old wiring i removed, some non soldered wiring and engine bay after. Also a photo of my mates car and mine... it was after riding in his car i bought mine... his car is better overall... apart from colour.😋 I'll be lurking about 😷

it’s not as big as it looks, it’s just that the car is so small! The can is only 6” dia x 14” long. that problem is that in period these cars ran unsilenced with a straight through pipe so it was always going to be a bit of a problem with packaging. In reality we wanted to make it longer to ensure there are no issues at scrutineering but the MSA regulations limit the rear overhang to maximum of 600mm from the centre of the rear axle. The lengths given to me by the engine builder for the primaries and secondaries very much dictated the overall length and given that we’re aiming to extract as close to 100bhp as we can from the tiny 875 engine I didn’t want to compromise anywhere at the expense of power.

Good news at last, the Costin is back home again from it’s holiday on the Norfolk coast. keen to resume progress I decided to pay a transport company to collect it for me rather than wait till the restrictions of this lockdown have been lifted. maybe the size of the lorry was a bit bigger than needed though Other than a couple of photos over the last few days this is the first time I’ve seen the new manifold in the flesh. Very pleased with the results and well worth the wait. and just a reminder of what this replaces

I think that's the thing - so many options, it'd be a good idea to have a go in a few to get a flavour. Obviously tricky at this time but it really could help. As Chris said, I have got mine down to 385kg with a splash of fuel, but that is a bit of a special case. 500kg for a CEC (car engined car) is light, take 75kg off that for a BEC (bike engined car), ~50kg more than that for both engine variants is more normal. Once you start adding forced induction weights creep up significantly, packaging becomes an issue and IMO the added weight and dulled throttle response kills the joy of this sort of car. With just over 200bhp my car is very similar in straight line pace to my McLaren (up to 3 figures anyway) and whups it over a twisty lap, while being a hell of a lot more fun. You don't need huge power in these cars to go fast and give a huge grin! As Porkies car proves, they can take a lot of power with some serious development but it depends where you deem the fun to lie I guess. Clearly that particular car is no good in the corners but reaches some silly speeds down the straights 😄 To give you an idea of what's possible with 'only' 200bhp, but with weight and gearing optimised... Top of 3rd is 85mph... For me, weight wins. It helps you everywhere - acceleration, cornering, braking. Power only helps in one of these areas, and usually increases weight so therefore hinders in the other two. But a good shove in the back could be the major factor for deciding how to build your car, the options and variations are one of the best points of a kit car Cost is a factor for most people too - only a bike engine can you get 200bhp and a 6 speed sequential box for 2 grand, that weighs under 70kg...

Fixed that for you 😁

My Westy is a pretty paired back affair so today I set about making it more of a touring spec. So heres where it started 5 minutes later I completed the conversion! I honestly think this is a game changer for me! no more sore elbow! 👍 Cad drawings, blueprints and 3d renders can be posted in tech section if any one wants to make one. If lockdown lasts too much longer I fear it will look like I covered it in glue and ram raided Halfords! Just want to drive it. Stay safe👍

Did someone say miniatures?

oversize the pipe, but yes restriction will rob power, Bernouilli knew his stuff

We'll see eh. Either way, I don't see anywhere else giving me a 10% ROI at the moment 😆

And that my friends is what it’s all about! Unless... you like the “open top car” appeal and going for country lane runs in the sun - but guess what, you can build one that suits that purpose too (or something in between) 😁👍

Do keep in mind that this is Russ winding various S2000 owners up, and not actually intended as helpful advice!

Hi Everyone In response to to the above post from Andy Banks relating to the Blyton weekend please be advised that I have made tentative bookings for the pub and mini bus transport as usual for the regular Friday night Blyton Meal. Of course these tentative arrangements have been made on the basis and subject to the following provisos: 1) All or part of the planned w/e will actually go ahead 2) Pubs are allowed to re-open by the planned w/e 3) The Black Horse is able and prepared to offer food and drink under the conditions stated in the yet to be issued Exit Strategy 4) Any attendees for either part of the planned w/e do actually want to attend the Friday night pub meal! I appreciate we await a lot of answers at this moment and time is not on our side but if it is allowed, deemed to be safe and any of the w/e participants want to attend the basic foundations have been laid in anticipation! Thanks Graham/Glutey

Double Bubble Dark Tinted Aero Screen, originally orange now painted blue. Tinted screen in good condition, off a wide car. The Saint Goueno scrutineering sticker must add at least a fiver to the value, its also very fast and won the Speed Series 😂 £90 posted in UK

Apologies if this is a repost. Fangio, Moss, Hawthorn etc. What a different world with trackside cafes and driving the cars to the track through the town.

Hi all, Thought we might try a group chat on Skype next week. I've only used Skype once myself when I took part in the Peak District call a couple of weeks ago. I thought it worked well so what do you think? This is obviously open to all not just Warwickshire members. Unfortunately we are clashing with Cheshire and North Staffs but it can't be helped! Thanks to Ian Kinder for the following information and some coaching last time! We'll use Skype for this (free if you use wifi) PC Version here- https://www.skype.com/en/ Iphone version is here: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/skype-for-iphone/id304878510 Android version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider&hl=en Please send me a PM with your Skype ID and I'll set up the meeting. If anyone wishes a test call or help with Skype, just PM me and I'll help if I can.

From the point of packaging a long exhaust system it’s a good idea and you can see why it’s used on road cars, however the design is far from efficient. Each bend will introduce a pressure loss within the exhaust system which will correspondingly impact on performance. The tables below were written for calculating losses in fan ducting but the same mathematics and K-factors is relevant when looking at pressure losses in the design of exhausts. Looking at a very complex subject quite simplistically (and ignoring scavenging for a moment) you would try to design for the lowest pressure possible in the exhaust manifold as any pressure in the system would reduce the amount of gas that could be ejected from the cylinder into the exhaust branch when the valves open.

Not true; an FW rear has the filler cap horizontal, and the teather drops straight into the tank, easy. ZK cars aren't like this, the tether has to go round two awkward bends to drop into the tank, or be very short to avoid the bends completely. Either way, it rapidly becomes a pain in the rear. I even tried replacing my home made tether with an official kit from Newman, that make the petrol cap, same problem.

from sunny Somerset. Can highly recommend a build thread, great way to tap into a wealth of experience. Engine bay looking a lot neater. Plus side is you’ll know your car inside out as well!

I have to say when I saw the title next to your name @SXRORY I did give a little cry of Noooo! Phew! However as your AO I do want a full article on this conversion for the next Westfield World!

Wow, twisted wires! quality! At least you've found them and hopefully you've not had break downs leading to discovery of them.

Welcome aboard! Great work and looks so much better already (not to mention safer?) Have you checked any of the mechanical's, especially the braking and steering in case the drunken chimp played with those too? I too am still finding some little delights from the previous builder/owners (3 owners BEFORE registered!) - keep at it, once you sort a system it is very rewarding (and relieving). Hope to see some pictures of you having fun on the road after this CV is over!

Hi Mate, I Run a 2.0 ecoboost with 300bhp and 290 lbft @ 600Kg, which i can assure you is scary (but fun) fast! I would say any more than this and you're going to over power the chassis/weight which will probably ruin the fun of the car. With warmed up 215 wide rear tyres it just manages to put the power down, ill be going 245 wide next, so bear that in mind (wide arches/wide wheels etc) I moved form a 185bhp 100lbft @ 535Kg Bike engine'd MK and i still think I could (probably) "drive" that car faster than I can with this one, so that tells a story in its self With that amount of torque I had to strengthen the diff cage quite significantly to prevent the chassis twisting, but if you're starting off with a Sport 250/S2000 spec chassis you should just need some additional supports from the diff cage to the shock turret.(which means little to no boot space)

But what about the dip stick 😉

Welcome to the club. Nice to see another sew 👍 I have the same but in blue with the same side stckers. Sounds like you are well on your way to making it great. Good luck

from Essex. Looking forward to following your progress.

should be a bit of an improvement on old one 😄

Lovely piece of work but the can is mahoosive Mark

that’s the car your thinking about . “capable of 500bhp but running low boost” 250+ in a Westfield will make a very, very fast car. (Not guaranteed to be fast though, that’s why you never see Mega S2000s on track days)

I agree with the sentiments above - 400bhp from a Focus RS engine is going to be pretty peaky (I know from experience, as my other toy gives 488bhp from 2 litres) With the right engine setup / mapping, the right geometry, the right tyres and the right conditions, a 400bhp Westie would be blisteringly fast. If any one of the contributing factors is not quite right, you'll spend half of your time sideways.... The "nothing, nothing, BANG!" power delivery of an old-school turbo engine just doesn't suit a seven-type car - the great gobs of torque you'll get from a heavily-boosted lump will just overwhelm the tyres. Also, because of the way the turbo comes in, modulating it with the throttle is extremely difficult (on my own turbo-nutter car, once it's boosting, I can reduce throttle to less than 50% and it will still be acccelerating hard - it's all a bit on/off) By far and away the biggest factor to making a Westie go quickly is the fleshy bit between the seat and the steering wheel. A good driver in a low-powered car will easily keep up with an average driver in a high powered car. My own Westie is 170-ish bhp and in the dry (which is the only time I go out...), I can use full throttle anywhere I like without fear of ending up in the scenery. I can happily stay with some of the more powerful cars in our group runs (S2000 / SEight / Duratec) and similarly, if I'm following a driver of one of the lower-powered cars who decides to "make good progress", I have to work bl**** hard to keep up. Before going down the long, difficult and expensive road of bespoke engineering needed to build a 400+bhp Westie, I strongly suggest you get a few rides (or even drives) in more mainstream versions. I think you'll be staggered at just how quick a "normal" Westie feels, even when it's only running 170-200bhp Having said all of the above - it's your car, so build what you want!

I found four differences on each - is there more? As an aside, that buggy's roof is not that far off the Westfield's windscreen to roll bar ratio.

Heard a Dr. on TV saying in this time of Coronavirus staying at home we should focus on inner peace. To achieve this we should always finish things we start and we all could use more calm in our lives. I looked through my house to find things I had started and hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiumun srciptuns, an a box a chocletz. Yu haf no idr how ****** fablus I feel rite now. Sned this to all who need inner p***. An telum u luvum. And two hash yer wands, stafe day avrybobby!!!

Theres 10 on the red one and 8 on the blue one Carlie