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Hello there! Been meaning to sign up to WSCC for ages and now that I'm finally behind the wheel I've finally got round to it. I've been building my Westfield FW for the last couple of years and got it on the road just before Christmas last year. Passed the IVA first time but it was sat waiting for six months due to the backlog... Tucked it away for the winter and have now racked up 600 miles over the last couple of months, breaking her in gently. It's a fairly standard FW, with the addition of throttle bodies, and I'll be looking to add extras and upgrades subject to funding - would definitely welcome recommendations! I'm thinking side screens and maybe a top might be first..? Not really set up for the track, but I've signed up for the CKC/Prodev track day this weekend at Llandow. Looking forward to touring some of the beautiful roads around the South West (living in Bristol now but I'm an Essex boy originally) - great to see so many trips happening in the forums, I'll hope to join some of them soon! Paul

Evening all just joined up and a newcomer to the Westfield cars. purchased a 2009 XTR2 about a month ago. been enjoying it when it works. Have had some chain issues and also the drive nut vanished on a track day but otherwise all good. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcOGp4SKO7C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Hi All. I'm picking up my new 11 at the factory on Friday. Bit scared looking at the build manual! I built a Caterham some 15 years ago, but that was from a wreck with a new chassis, this will be my first full build with SVA at the end. Hoping to get it on the road for next summer, time allowing. I have scrapped a very rotten midget to get the mechanicals which I will have rebuilt, as I want as many parts as possible to be new. You will see me on the technical forums!

First video.. My last session on track.

Welcome, a lovely looking car! 😝 that’s a bit harsh, Rob. Its not his fault, he was new! Sorry!

Another great day at Brands. There looked to be a load of cars entered, and there was an "experience" outfit operating some fast cars.. Mclarren, Porsche and Beemers etc.. (fast cars with slow drivers ) .. so I thought the track would be a bit busy, .. but it was surprisingly OK. The experience cars were slow, but generally got out of he way fast, and the general track etiquette was excellent. The car ran OK, but right from the start we had bad vibes! The front right wheel was shaking like crazy.. mostly under light braking, and turning into right handers. I put it down to the recently fitted tyres being poorly balanced, so step one was to swap that wheel to the rear. This improved things but it didn't completely go away, and mid afternnon the inevitable happened.. a wing stay snapped. A couple of allen keys, a dozen tie wraps and some insulating tape got us back on track. I'll put up a pic, but it's not pretty.. it may offend! 😚 We made a point of trying to save some fuel for the last hour, as the track usually quietens down as people pack up. The plan worked perfectly.. on one of my last runs I got maybe two full laps without seeing another car. The weather all day was sunny and warm.. very warm, 26deg. There were a few red flags but not too many, as I said a really good day. Brands GP circuit is a cracker of a track, well worth the money. (I may have said that before too) The journey home was superb. We set off after five, got straight out and across the Darford crossing with no hold ups, and the traffic just thinned out as we progressed North. There was some torrential rain to contend with, but I was home before 10pm.

Another job ticked off the list this evening and the new carb is fitted. I need to source a throttle linkage kit at some point but I can’t decide on whether to go top or bottom mounted.

1990 Westfield SEi. This is a very early car with Westfield's own independent rear suspension and aluminium diff casing. Post Office red. Swept Wings. 5 speed Type-9 gearbox with lever extension. 4.4:1 Gripper English LSD recently overhauled. New Dash. 1690cc Xflow Stage 2 Anderson Racing Engine (102 BHP @ the wheels). Lightened Flywheel. Kent 234 Cam. Recent Clutch. Accuspark electronic ignition. Recent Alternator. Recent Oil Service. Recently refurbish Ford 4 spoke alloy wheels (RS Style). Substantial file detailing work done over the years with many receipts for parts. This was a very competitive hill climbing car ( YT video link at end of description) which I have slowly converted to a more usable car for the road during my 3 years of ownership. This has been a very reliable car and has provided much enjoyment on Sunday drive outs and weekend away's. Very good overall condition for the age of the car with the odd mark here and there. Please note this is a narrow bodied car. Will come with 12 months MOT. Reluctant sale. Any questions please ask. https://youtu.be/hR376Oe9HzY £7,795

Hi all I going to drive up to The Ponderosa from South Wales on the 18/06/22. Image below of the proposed route, taking in the Senny Bridge Ranges, Elan Valley, Devils Bridge etc. Route below. Its a long route and I plan to go there and back in 1 day, I think a couple of the Bristol group fancy coming but of any wants to join me on the way up or meet us at the Ponderosa then stick a post on here.. Praying for the best of Welsh weather 🤣

Haha! Thanks for the welcome. I love the debate on colour - I was originally set on BRG, then it was blue with biscuit interior, then I decided on yellow before a late switch to red. Think I got the right colour in the end…😉

i have to write lists just to buy shopping, how on earth do you remember what the course is ?. stunning car control though. before it came to me this is what my car was built for - the poor thing ....

How about this sport Dave, Autotest, makes me dizzy just watching.

Even though it is almost the right colour, welcome to the madhouse!

Turbospaniel, pm'd you 👍

@Glen_I they are very good especially if you have them line X coated. The only reason I got rid was because my old man (captain diesel) couldn’t fit his childbearing hips in them. Yes we bought super nice Tillets and they are super nice but those RCC seats are darn good value. The tillets are a b***h to fit btw

Thanks all! Looking forward to getting going. Some front suspension parts arrived from the MGOC today so I can make a start. I realise an 11 is more than a kit, will definitely need some help.

Nah - if we set off from Chepstow around 0700-0730 then we should make ponderosa for 1200 with stops -- good long lunch and then 1330-1800 run back?

Amended with price 🙄

Price?

He's from Batley. That's Dewsbury. This lovely lot were from Leeds though

Couple of events I know of in the sunny Southwest: We will have a number of Westfields on display at the Historic Vehicle Gathering at Powderham Castle 9/10th July. Let me know if you want further info. @Sean Walsh - Devon & Somerset AO Is organising a display of Westfields at the Lyn Valley Classic show at Lynmouth 12th June.

this is great value for money, and an ideal first westy. i would advise that @Turbospanielat least have a look at it and make sure he fits in a narrow - they are not for everyone, or if there is a member close by have a 'seat' fitting to see if he fits in one that way he can rule in or out a narrow car.

I have the low sided ones in my MX-5 and agree that they are not lightweight but yes they are strong. I find them a bit tight but drove down to Cornwall from Norfolk over two days and was fine. Not as comfy as my JK Composites tho'.

@Steve (sdh2903) if you are around Moffat this Thursday May 19 we’ll be passing through on our annual Tour!

I think you're going to have to accept you'll need to travel for the right car. good luck in your search. Best to get to a local meet (shame you've just missed Stoneleigh) and sit in / look at as many different cars to see what you really want etc.

Will let you know if they fall through !

American "autocross" is more formally known as SCCA Solo. The SCCA is the Sports car Club of America and they are the sanctioning body for 'Solo' events - more commonly known as autocross. Autocross events are typically held in parking lots and they don't have to be huge for there to be a fun course. Our little city of Bozeman has few large parking lots (and no race tracks) and our local SCCA club hosts events in a church parking lot on Saturday when the church isn't in use. Courses are not in any way permanent. They are designed to fit the lot being used and they are designated with orange traffic cones. The cone location is marked with chalk on the pavement so if a cone is hit it can be put back in the same spot so that the course doesn't change during the day. There are very few straight sections in any given course and the car is nearly always turning to a degree so the emphasis is on handling and not straight line speed or acceleration. Smaller courses will usually have a top speed (for the fastest cars) of about 65 mph and an average course will be about 60 seconds long. I've raced courses as short as 35 seconds and as long as 95 seconds. If the driver hits a cone they are penalized 2 seconds....and since races are won by fractions of a second it is very, very rare that a driver can hit a cone and win with a run where they hit a cone. Each driver will make multiple runs during a day of competition. There is no practice driving. The drivers walk the course and many times and study the line they want to take and pick out braking points and areas where the grip is good/bad and come up with a plan. The first run is typically not very quick for obvious reasons. As the day goes on most drivers will lower their times substantially. The important thing to remember is that only the fastest run counts. So a driver can have 9 crappy runs and one fast one and still do well. When a driver is done taking their allotment of runs they work the course and pick up cones that other drivers hit. Hitting cones is common....if you want a good time you need to drive the shortest course which means placing the car a foot or less from the cone. So inevitably some are hit and the course workers radio those into timing and set them back into the chalk box for the next driver. All types of cars can run. An average event with see mostly street driven cars with minimal preparation....Honda Civics and VW Golfs and the like are very popular. Each car will fit into a class and the driver will compete against other drivers in similar cars prepared to a similar level so most drivers have a chance to win their class. The fastest cars are the modifieds. I run my Westie in "D Mod" and the most basic rules are that it can't be under 1420 lbs with the driver and it can have an engine no larger than 2.0L. I built my Mega S2000 with this class in mind and I'm 5 lbs over the min weight. All drivers want to take the coveted "Fast Time of Day" award which is just what it sounds like....the fastest run made that day regardless of the class. I built my car to compete for FTD awards and so far I've taken about 70 FTD awards in it. When the Vettes, 911's, and Atoms see my car roll off the trailer they aren't usually smiling American autocross is apparently has the largest number or participants of any motorsport in the world. The SCCA has over 90,000 members and most have autocrossed at some point. The largest autoX event in the USA is the national championships and they limit the number of participants to about 1300 and the registration fills in just a few days. Poeple come from all four corners of the USA to race each other on two courses set up on an old WWII air base. It has hundreds of acres over perfectly flat and featureless concrete and the competition is very serious. So....that's the basics of American Autocross. It's way too much fun. I raced last weekend and I'll be racing again this coming weekend. I usually get about 18-20 days a year in. Let me know if you have any questions....obviously I'm in love with this goofy sport and not afraid to write about it! dave P.S. - the photos show an event held at our local venue....a church parking lot. The lot is about 500' x 300' and that is about as small a lot that will work well. My car will hit the rev limiter in 2nd gear on these courses which means I'm making turns at 63 mph in that small lot. You can see the cones obviously. many cones are lying down and they indicate the direction of the course so that the driver can know what to expect. The lying down cones are "leaners" - the only cones that incur a penalty are the standing ones. But frankly if you hit a leaner your run sucked anyway.

Hi John, Welcome to the XI family! This will be a quite different experience as it's part restoration, part new build and part make it up as you go along as everyone's XI is slightly different even though they're all based on the same donor car, with the build manual being more of a guide than a manual. Any questions just ask away as there is a reliable band of past and current builders who will most likely have the answer. Btw, don't be disappointed if it takes more than one year to build (mine's taken three and a half years so far...). Morris.

Man changes into a horse after jumping the fence into the Drift experience at Stoneleigh 2022

Had a really great day at Donnington, damp start but then it dried out mid morning.. generally really good standard of driving and also often a fairly empty track. Car went really well. Also met Tim with a really smart red duratec Westy who was going well and his friend with a Caterham R500... Only downside was when one of the cars emptied it's oil all the way down the back straight so we lost about fourty minutes trying to clean that up while the track was still moist!