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For anyone considering a trip similar to this........ just do it. We’ve now done probably 10 long trips including Scotland (twice), France, Spain Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria (some a few times over) The first time around it’s a little daunting with cars like ours but the rewards are great. The cars create quite a stir and are great as “ice breakers” for starting conversations with the locals. Also and more importantly, the majority of the roads are superb. 😎😎👍

Makes a decent noise..... (Spin on to around 6 min if you don't want the pre-chat)

All home now safe but longest day I’ve spent in westy today , traffic was horrendous, 315 miles 11.5 hours Terry two caps was kicking off at last fuel stop because by now we all had pink dust caps and nobody owned up to having his black ones lol

Hi, Assuming the weather holds out, a few of us are going to attend the "Coleshill Breakfast Club" meet tomorrow morning that's being held near Tamworth. We are planning to leave Ashby Services (just off the M42, LE65 1JP) at 845am, with a run through down the backroads to land at the event at 915am where we'll meet up with @HB46443 at the gate. The address for the meet is: Birch Coppice Miners Welfare, Watling St, Dordon, Tamworth B78 1SY It's £3 per car on the gate (cash or card), with proceeds to charity and there's normally a good turnout of interesting classics, kits and yank tanks.

Dalmatians were here!!!

I had a bit of old northern soul lined up for that one (or Haircut 100)

And 😛

That's so funny 😂

First video: An early session, son Pete at the helm ..

Thanks for taking the time to post the daily updates. Always a good read and I'm sure something many members enjoy reading, I do.

sold sold sold Having only owning car for about two months and two track days, I’ve decided to sell, in my ownership car hasn’t missed a beat I’ve fitted new light weight battery and air filter and given car through check on car ramps i want to recoup what I paid for car as I think this is fair and great value for a car with this performance.. it’s seriously rapid!! reason for sale is I’m buying a new Caterham. i have basically pasted original advert as all information is here roadgoing Westfield sprint / hillclimb / track day car. This is an opportunity to buy a truly ready to go competitive car which has been run in roadgoing classes (Westfield Speed series W2 and BARC equivalent) but easily has the pace for W4 on non-roadgoing tyres. In my novice hands it has delivered class wins at Shelsley Walsh, Gurston Down, Castle Combe and Abingdon CARnival and has rarely been out of the top 3. Despite 270 HP it is extremely well set up and predictable, even in the wet. A recent outing at Castle Combe with an instructor, more used to Caterhams, left him seriously impressed with how capable it was. The previous owner purchased the car new as a factory build Sport 2000 and carefully upgraded the car for competitions using the best available parts and suppliers. It certainly is not a show car, with the bodywork reflecting a competition focussed vehicle. However, it comes with the following brand new items for the new owner:- - New Westfield V8 Bonnet (red) - New Westfield nosecone (Black) - New Carbon NV super lightweight carbon wheel arch protectors - New Carbon NV carbon composite boot cover - 10 Litres of Millers Triple Ester competition oil and other spares. Also included is a spare set of 13” Compomotive CRX wheels (like new) and Avon ZZS tyres fitted in April this year, with less than 50 wet track day miles. The additional items would cost around £3k if purchased separately. Price £16.5K to include all above as an ‘on the button’ roadgoing competition car package / amazing track day car. Chassis: Standard Sport 2000 – Registered on age related plate in 2008. Mileage 11,200. MOT until 21.05.22 Steering by Westfield rack, competition mountings, short competition steering arms. Suspension is standard rear wishbones, factory ‘Gen 3’ wide track front. Dampers are Protec alloy spec'd and supplied by Procomp Motorsport. Factory rear anti-rollbar, Playskool front anti-rollbar. Suspension setup by Procomp Motorsport. Westfield alloy uprights, Westfield competition brakes, with 4 pot front callipers and front vented discs. 7” x 13” Prorace 1.2 black wheels on the front and 8” x 13” Compomotive CXR wheels, black, fitted with 215/55x13” Avon ZZS all round (MSA 1b). Body: Standard factory Sport 2000 Post Office red bodywork, with Aerodynamix carbon fibre aeroscreen, carbon effect rear light clusters and carbon effect lightweight dash. Dash 2 electronic display (factory fitted). Dash mounted FIA cutout switch. JK Composite seats; double skinned, and a special order low back seat for the passenger. lightweight wing mirrors. Small headlights. CSR style carbon fibre front wings. CarbonMods carbon fibre lightweight nosecone, fitted with canards. Playskool Motorsport lightweight full safety cage (fully approved for MSA use). Engine: This is essentially the original Ford Power products Duratec engine as fitted by Westfield new. However the engine has been much modified, and its present spec is as follows:- 2ltr. Duratec on standard crank, but carefully balanced, and SBD keyway mod. Lightweight flywheel, by Raceline. Titan drysump kit, Carillo steel conrods, Supertec forged pistons. ARP flywheel bolts, crank pulley bolts, main bearing cap bolts and big end bolts. Cylinder head gas flowed by Simon Armstrong of Ultimate Performance, and camshafts also by Ultimate Performance, fitted with vernier pulleys. visit www.ultimatep.com after which I think you'll agree there isn't anyone better qualified for the job. The engine still runs on the KMS tapered throttle bodies, as used at the time by Westfield, and the KMS ecu. The entire exhaust system was built by Matt Simpson, Simpson Race Exhausts, to dimensions supplied by Simon Armstrong. Typically noise tests at 97-99 db. Engine was initially rebuilt to something like the above spec by Northampton Motorsport in 2011, and re-mapped by Troy Robinson. It subsequently had a precautionary engine rebuild at Northampton (when the dry sump conversion was carried out) in March 2015. In April 2015, the car was checked (following the March re-build) on The NMS rolling road, and was found to be making (at the flywheel) 272 bhp at about 8,750 rpm, and 181 lbs/ft of torque at about 6,400 rpm. Of more practical relevance, the torque exceeds 150 lbs/ft from 4,500 rpm right through to the red line of 8,950; and the power exceeds 250 bhp from 7,400 rpm through to approx. 9,000 rpm. It has been completely reliable, just changed the oil filter and oil very regularly, and only used Millers fully synthetic triple ester competition oil. Transmission: Uprated competition paddle clutch. Gearbox is based on a Ford type 9 5 speed 'box, but everything was re- built in March 2019 using full alloy casings by Steve Perks (SPC transmissions). It is a Steve Perks own design of straight-cut close ratio gear set, on fully needle roller main shaft and synchromesh engagement. The prop shaft is an upgraded Bailey Morris item. The diff is a Ford Sierra based diff. However, it has been rebuilt by Bara Motorsport with 4.44 crown wheel and pinion set and at the same time a ZF plated LSD unit was fitted. The combination of high revving engine mated to this gearbox gives amazing speed ranges through the gears and is key to the car’s competitiveness. 60mph in 1st, 84 in 2nd, 105 in 3rd, etc. and it had been timed at the Aintree sprint at just under 140mph and still pulling. Fuel supply is via a pair of small sprint tank made by Alloy Racing Fabrications, with a separate swirlpot, and 2 fuel pumps, so no risk of fuel starvation unless you run out of fuel completely. £16-500 07782501631

Any Lancs / Mancs members going to Stoneleigh next week ? Last time I went there were around 30 cars in convoy with pickup points all the way down the M6 ! This year not even a mention, COME ON GUYS THIS EVENT NEEDS SUPPORT !!!

This is quite funny tonight. anyway

Yeah sure 👍 C'mon @Dave Richings (OnliestSmeg) - Joint Manchester AO you know you want to 😂

Close enough?

Loved this band back in the day, their track called the Living Years, still has me in floods to this day.

Just realised this is an actual song title - All I Need is a Miracle '96

Yes you have, your waiting to post Megadeth at 99 !!!! 😁😃😜

Creep - Radiohead, is one of my favourite songs here's a great cover & Stone Pilots did a cover unplugged in 93 Loose association but so what!!!

This one ?.

Willie Mitchell was Al Green's musical director

Gotta post this old fave

Oooops beaten to 88, so....

The first rock 'n' roll song

I do like Kloot and Bradwell, and their local to me!

I thought I was looking at a poster from 'The Boys from the Black Stuff' there 😄. One for Punk fans

Hi Homer, Hope your keeping well ! lm going to keep an eye on the weather, Saturday is better for me , but if Sunday looks more favourable I could move things around. @Simon Dalzeil how are you fixed for Sunday ?

sorry, yes I'll correct that. Thanks

Have a great day folks, hopefully we will be back in action in the Peak District next weekend now 1) my car is fully functioning and when 2) we are not on holiday (off to N.Yorks tomorrow) that's for anyone who isn't going to Stoneleigh. We have decided not to go because Glen's knee is just getting worse and worse (he is on the long, long waiting list for a knee replacement) I will cross my fingers for some good weather for you all. Don't gorget the piccies!

Yep, I have the single with which includes a German version.

Hi James. I live in cleethorpes. I’d be interested in a drive out in the morning.

Replied to your email, Marcus. Can do it.

OK, well one for Merc fans here.

It's not that unusual Russ. It's the first "new" circuit I've done for years. Tbh, when I hear people say get instruction early in the day at a new circuit.. that is definitely the case here. I picked up a couple of little lines where I'd been doing it wrong. One thing I wasn't prepared for in the Cat, was the lack of screen on the passenger side, the 110mph slipstream was nearly taking my head off! Made me appreciate how good the Westy double bubble is. 🙂

Yeah was really good and surprisingly very good fuel economy when cruising made it back on a single tank ! Thanks, going to try Alan’s suggestion. If that doesn’t work I’ll try him.

@Smudge62 the photos are live from anglesey on monday https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWrRGVa we all had a great day and it was good to see a few familiar faces. a cracking shot of me holding David up🤣

Thank you. Next... I've retired and we are planning SWMBO retiring in 2023... so a new motorhome (4 berth) with a drop down bed then a few years touring the UK Ireland and Europe.. Oh and some trackdays 😁

Just to add last time we got scrutineered and spot check for competition license.

Sounds like that's a day for the the future then!

just renewed my insurance with the above . brilliant price of £288.00 fully comp,thats even declaring the supercharger kit and conversion. guaranteed value £24000 and 4000 miles a year which i wont do just thought id share it for others to benefit

I found that on the Koeniggsegg owners club day I did.

I nod my head to the brave(nutters) that came in there WESTFIELD’s , we thought about it for about 2 milliseconds and chickened out , maybe next time if we’re not on holiday 🤔 cheers Andy

Great turnout of Westfields in such wet weather!! After getting caught in biblical rain, Tony and Ade arrived sopping wet. At least Tony could relax in his wheel chair whilst Ade pushed!!

Your doing a fine job @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO👍 If your there over the weekend I'll buy you a pint.

We have travelled just short of 100 miles today over the Picos mountain range which is quite stunning with some nice twisties following rivers and roads climbing some very Jaggered looking mountains. We stopped at the summit for a photo shoot before descending down some fast hairpins to our last hotel La Molinuca located in the middle of nowhere giving us a short 40 mile blast tomorrow to Santander for the boat home 😎 .

Good to meet you all I will look out for more meetings.

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