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Drive home from the IVA the other day. Didn’t care about the wet roads 😎

An impromptu run to my old college - Harper Adams near Newport Shropshire this afternoon, with Dave my wing man!

Not a classified, just an unfortunate placing of two headlines 😮

Went for a 50 mile trip with my best mate, he was impressed and he drives a Porsche. I was very impressed and scared a few times especially when a 40 Ton artic came down a C road. There was a couple of times when got some looks of what are they doing out in car like that in this weather.

Cleaning the car after I got caught out in a monsoon yesterday.

Realising that fitting a Raceline sump with the engine and gearbox in place is not as easy as I thought!!!

Just wanted to jump in and add that I can highly recommend the IOM, done it several times in my Westy and being able to drive flat out (in the dry) on public roads, legally is simply awesome. You just have to be respectful of others on the road, be paranoid about the speed limits in towns & villages and keep an eye on your mirrors….being overtaken by a bike doing 200mph+ is quite interesting. We always stay at the Sefton Hotel in Douglas, it’s right in the town, has sea views, is 5mins from the ferry and has an underground car park ! This is the view from the Creg ny Baa

Hi All, I am thinking of changing class next year or possibly moving into circuit racing in formula fords, so I am putting up for sale my Westfield Sprint car. It is very well known in the sprinting community as the previous owner John Loudon developed the car very well and did great in the car both with class wins and class records on the way. similarly i have had many class wins and records in my first season of sprinting with the car, so its well proven and very adaptable as it could be used in mod prod, road going(all the spares are included in the sale to put it back to road going), or move it to circuit racing Road registered (but currently SORN) and complete with MSA competition car passport Specification below:- Chassis Strengthened and uprated 1989 narrow body SE chassis by Procomp Full Caged roll cage Wide track rose jointed front suspension with aluminium hubs Quantum double zero adjustable dampers correctly valved for car 2.2 quick steering rack HiSpec 4 pot calipers and lightweight discs Aluminium rear calipers and lightweight discs Bias floor mounted pedal box pedal box Engine Dry sumped Puma 1700 engine built and maintained by Protune running on Jenvey TBs and Emerald K6 ECU producing circa 220bhp / 150 ft/lb torque and revving freely and safely to near 9000rpm Ultralight steel flywheel with 7.25" Quarter Master clutch Piper cams Flowed head Bonnet exit exhaust into Techcraft silencer Forged pistons Steel con rods Forged steel crank Pace dry sump system Lightweight Nippon Denso alternator Transmission Elite 5 speed IL200 gearbox (Fully refreshed by Elite) Tran X plated LSD in strengthened English live axle with 4.44 crown wheel and pinion SBD flatshifter General Quick release SPA steering wheel 6 point TRS harness (driver), 4 point Willans (passenger) Tillet seats 2 sets of Force Racing split rims (one with slicks, one with wets) Avon 715 Radial slicks on the car Lightweight bodywork Lightweight fuel tank Lightweight Lithium battery to MSA spec Carbon flared engine bay side panels Lightweight radiator Carbon front wings Rear diffuser Flat floor Weight approx 465kg Spares Lots of spares included including standard spare engine, drive shafts, rear arches, engine spares, brand new front and rear hawke brake pads, engine and gearbox oil, etc. I have further invested in the car over the past couple of years as follows: Refreshed the steering rack and had a brass bush installed by historic motorsport in Exeter Car fully corner weighted by Empire Racing Cars and Triple M in 2021 Elite gearbox has been fully refreshed as follows – 2 hours running time in total since Upgraded gearbox actuator New gear finger selector – new dog rings Service and inspection Upgraded drop gear bearings Data logging system installed which is linked up to the Emerald ECU (Optional extra to be potentially included in the sale) Race Technology Dash 4 Pro linked into a DL1 Club ­­ Car has run in modified specialist production this season. in my 1st season of sprints, the results have been good with lots of 1st place class victories at Goodwood, Curborough, Blyton and Castle Coombe in the HSA, Longton MC, Bristol Motor Club champs. Regularly finished in the top 10 overall at the sprints beating a few single seaters on the way Price – £16k ono which includes all of the spares (not the data logger/dash) and more than happy to provide further pictures, video, answer any questions Happy to chat through so give me a ring on 07801706641 or peteraoconnor@gmail.com

Hope you're having a great day! @LukeW 🍺

I'll take a look, thank you.

Thanks again for all the advice! I now have a Mk2 1.6 donor car and 3.6 torsen diff. I got a decent deal on the diff, and although it's not a 3.9 as recommended, needing to add a bit of power to make it work better doesn't sound like a bad route to go down either Slowly starting to pull it all apart- getting the uprights free seems to be the hardest part so far!

What sad news to read. My condolences to his family but what a legacy he has left us all.

.... I do still have my earliest childhood vinyl!

Visited my 89 year old dad to show him my car. He couldn’t get in as it was too low.

Hi RizFizz I built a SDV using a 2004 1.8 Mk2.5 donor. I can't help with really technical bits like diff ratios but I know what it takes to bolt it together and make it work. You end up with a really nice car and mine has been on a few track days and it handles fine. And as you stated the choice of donor vehicles is much better. Check the BHP by year as Mazda kept changing the output depending on which models they wanted to sell, some years have much better power. My opinion is you should consider the Mk2, especially as it has been done before and you will go into it aware of the differences. DM me if you have any specific questions, happy to help.

Hi @RizFizz I have sent you a PM regarding a donor. Dave

A run round the Moray coast of Scotland

Lyn Geiriontdd today in the showers after a nice run up Ogwen Valley.

Snuck out for an hour this morning, it was a bit crisp n icy underneath, but lovely to get out

Took my 81 year old mum out in the westy this afternoon, 58 years after mum and dad wanted one . she had a ball.

Hope he didn't have too much luggage.

I have seen this on Facebook. Condolences to Chris Smiths family. What a legacy he has left.