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The car was built to a very high standard in July 2003 by a very capable WSCC member. It was then incrementally upgraded during my ownership from 2014, with engine, fuelling and cooling, wheels & tyres and upgraded roll bar. Comes with a folder of every build and maintenance receipt, including the original chassis and component purchases for assembly. Summary • Built 2003, road legal • 204BHP C20XE “redtop” engine • 5 speed gearbox • MOT to May 2023 (will have 12 months MOT for whomever buys it). • Mileage is 10.5k. Tracked only 5 times. • 2 owners (original owner who built it, and then me since 2014). • All documents & receipts from original purchase, assembly, upgrades and maintenance to-date • Car is garaged in Swindon, Wiltshire and is currently SORNed. • Asking price is £11,000 ONO. Open to sensible offers. Vehicle specification Engine • Fully reconditioned 2.0xe engine direct from Vauxhall and after much effort on their part it was delivered with the Coscast head which is the better of any version to have (mitigates any risk of cylinder head porosity). • Uprated cams and injectors. • Engine sump is an SBD shallow, wet sump. • Sump is baffled for extra safety on track, (without resorting to a full-on dry-sump setup). • Full SBD 208 kit which has individual throttle bodies • MBE mappable electronic fuel injection unit. • ITG Air filter system. • Cooling is by uprated alloy radiator and thermostat controlled cooling fan (88c threshold), with silicone hoses, for stable engine cooling at high loads. • SBD ridged pulley conversion for the Alternator which is a small Denso unit. New battery in 2021. • Aeroquip fuellines front to back and runs a Cosworth fuel pump. • Fuel tank is Westfield Injection version (c28 litres capacity). • Exhaust is a full SBD stainless system with a 6 inch Carbon covered silencer again from SBD with re-packable filling and has a removable exhaust noise reducer for any strict track-day noise limits. (Exhaust noise has previously tested at 99-100db). • Northampton Motorsport mapped and dyno’d at 204bhp @7000rpm. Rev limiter @7500rpm for durability (and no valve float). Transmission • BGH heavy duty sporting gearbox, with a long 1st gear and close 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears, with 5th being over driven which is useful for longer journeys. • Clutch is an SBD Kevlar drive plate with a heavy duty pressure plate. • Clutch bellhousing is a Westfield alloy unit with cable mechanism. • Diff is a 3.62 limited slip diff • Propshaft is a Dunning and Fairbank heavy duty unit. Wheels and Brakes • Team dynamics 15” black alloy wheels with red pinstripe, bought from Westfield • Toyo R888s: 195 / 50 R15 • Front brakes are four pot callipers with Vented discs • Rear discs are sierra units • Master Cylinder is AP racing which is split 60/40 bias to the front, to avoid rear lock ups. • All brake hoses are Aeroquip. • Top mounted pedal box. Suspension and steering • Standard width wishbones with adjustable Westfield suspension units, which I believe are AVO units. This had a suspension geometry set up in 2015 and can be adjusted to your preference. • Westfield steering rack with lockstops fitted at the factory. Interior • Lowered floor pan which makes a huge difference to being out of the wind. • Heater is a Westfield unit which gives out a surprising amount of heat and well worth having for longer, colder journeys, especially when combined with the lower floor pan! • Westfield Sports seats with yellow centre section with yellow piping. This theme runs through the carpets which are Black with Yellow accents. • Dash as a full set of VDO gauges and Westfield switches • dash mounted Shift-i Shift lights (currently set to 1k rpm increments); rev limiter @7500 rpm • Seat belts are 4 point Westfield harnesses. • Quick release steering wheel is OMP alcantara, with yellow 12 o’clock marker, mounted on a lockable, quick release hub • Westfield extension for gear lever. Gear lever knob is black leather with red stitching with a printed 5 speed gate Body • Black body with yellow cycle wings and yellow detachable rear arches. • Bonnet is the flat type with key locks to the sides. • MSA roll bar fitted to rear of chassis frame. • The car comes with a full hood, both side screens and wind deflectors. Please note that the original hood no longer fits the car as the height of the upgraded roll bar is higher than the original Westfield roof bar, so the roof poppers do not now attach to the rear deck. • All of the chassis powder coating is intact and there is no rust. £12,000 ONO

I've not done it for several years. There's the cost for floor space, preperation, submitting H&S, method statments, floor plans to the organisers, time to set up, hotels, meals, time off in lue and so on which all add up. In the past you lovely folk actually came to a show looking for good deals and the opertunity to speak direct with manufactures etc. Now sending an email takes seconds and can be done from the comfort of home. Best prices can often be found on line. So much so when we do shows we get asked techical questions and the part numbers are photographed.. the question of price isn't asked.

Going this year on Friday though I expect it maybe my last. Not that I buy from Demon Tweeks but they do not have a presence this year even though it has been their biggest retailing event, suspect the cost of floor space has made it economically not viable. Indeed looking through the exhibitor list (if it is up to date) there are many names missing. Anyway a chance to meet up with some mates

Sunday 8th January was the first meet of the 2023 calendar year and regardless of what the British weather could throw at us, it was well attended. Unfortunately the weather played havoc with the planned blat out, it was attempted by one over enthusiastic member, however after much aqua-planing, it was shortly aborted! The Barge Inn, our new venue, saw 15 members in attendance for what was to be the final meet as AO for Rob, after deciding to step down from the role. I would like to take this opportunity, along will all the other members, to thank you for all your hard work as AO, you have left some big shoes to fill, but at least now you have no excuse not to get that Westfield back on the road (its been off the road for nearly 4 years, sorry not sorry!) I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members who voted for me to become the new AO of this fantastic group, my name is Matt and I look forward to planning and meeting you all in the future at our local meets! Have a great January and keep an eye out for posts regarding our February meet!!

Arrived today, cheers

Arrived today. Thanks. Very nice brackets.

Absolutely spot on @Matt_S brackets arrived today, many thanks 👍

Westfield Seiw Correctly registered on V5 as above on 1/12/94 I'm the second owner, bought the car in 2006, the car was the best built I could find when searching, build standard was second to none. Sadly I've lost the build folder so can't verify anything about the engine but know its a coscast head and arp bolts on crankshaft, im sure the crankshaft, pistons and cams are upgraded too, shift light comes on at 5500rpm (dont see it too often 🙈) and hard lines at 7500rpm. We know these engines are bomb proof anyway. 2.0 litre red top vauxhall calibra engine running twin 45s, producing approx 200bhp. Mated to a 5 speed type 9 gearbox, LSD differential Wide track suspension Wildwood 4 pot brakes and grooved discs Gaz adjustable coil overs LED head lights V8 nose cone Carbon cycle wings Rear diffuser Lockable boot box Carbon cockpit Detachable steering wheel RAC roll bar Digital dash Savage switches Westfield seats with 4 point harnesses Fire extinguisher Wind deflectors Doors and hood Indoor car cover with Westfield logo I changed the analogue speedo in 2015 which showed 20148 miles. The digital dash now shows 4186 miles. Located in Glasgow and on SORN Reason for sale is I've another 'toy' which I've decided to keep so the other 'toy' has to go I'm sure I'll have missed some details out so please ask £12500 ovno

Wow that still looks fantastic and the upgrades you have done have made it better. I agonised over selling it but it went to a great home good luck with the sale

Brill, thanks Simon. We have 1 each 😜. He only lives around the corner, so we would meet up for the drives. We're pretty self sufficient, so shouldn't add any complexities for you.

Have a great day @TableLeg & @Terry Everall - WSCC Competition Secretary 🎂🎂🍺🍺

As others have said, TP Link homeplugs. One next to the router, and a wifi one in the office. Note the wifi ones also have RJ45 sockets on them so you get both wired and wireless in the office. I've used them for over a decade in some semi-professional scenarios and they work fine. I have three right now distributing an IP phone system at my parents house and although they are a few years old they are rock solid. I think I've had to reboot one of them in the last year. https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WPA4220KIT-Powerline-Broadband-Configuration-UK/dp/B01LXOZ4EN/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1C8H7D3ABA4WA&keywords=tp+link+homeplug&qid=1673302475&sprefix=tp+link+home%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-2 That's pretty much all you need. The small one next to the router, the large one in the office and as long as they can see each other over the mains, you're golden. Mine provide a solid 50Mb/s over an electrical system that is coming up for 40/50 years old. Newer systems may get closer to the full broadband speed but I'd be wary of claims of high speed when we start to look at full fibre speeds. For that sort of "high" speed pulling cables is definitely worth the extra effort, more for reliability and removing failure points as much as getting the fuill connection speed.

We use Deco P9 Mesh WiFi system which works very well. The house is old, quite large and with thick walls and it uses a combination of network over mains and WiFi to create a mesh network around the house. I also have one in the garage for camera coverage and a temp/humidity sensor and it again works well out there. We used to have Devolo adaptors but devices didn’t move easily between different adaptors, with the mesh network it is seamless as you move around the house. TP-Link Deco P9 Whole Home Powerline Mesh Wi-Fi System, Up to 6000 Sq ft Coverage, Dual-Band AC1200+HomePlug AV1000, Gigabit Ports, Compatible with Amazon Echo/Alexa, limited walls impact, Pack of 3 https://amzn.eu/d/2q6LDT1

Interesting, thanks. Matches my own experiences very well I think.

@DIY-Si I know they always book out but never known one go that quickly and I've been to a few. May be worth checking back

We use powerline adapters to get Internet to the wife's shed which is wired through my garage fuse board before going on across the garden so there's at least 60m of wiring between the two. One end is wired to out BT Hub, and the other is wired to her laptop, so it doesnt have a router at the office end. They're stable, and fast enough, for her to access all her online databases at work and use Teams with no lag that she's told me about.

I get excellent WiFi in the shed which is about 25m from the house using a TPlink WiFi extender. It’s a single device rather than a pair. I also have a BT Homehub (Hub3) which before I put the extender in was just about able to get me a signal to the far end of the shed, but it was flakey and slow. With the TPLink at the near end of the shed, it gets a good signal itself, and of course the repeated signal is excellent. It now gives me WiFi at the end of the garden, which is maybe 50m from the house. Wireline didn’t work due to having a split board with the house and garage & shed on different sections.

Hi Mark, I use a pair of these. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DCNRTAG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They bridge the network in our house to the garage / annex which is about 50 metres away across a yard. It did take me a bit of head scratching to get it setup correctly, but it works perfectly and has required zero adjustment. I believe the range they support can be over 1km, and multi-point, but I've never tried anything like that. Happy to share more details if that would help.

@CherryTreeFW go on Dave, you know you really want one of these 😉 It's a great price too.

I assume you mean the 'standard' Westfield supplied- 530030. Why is it your fault? Haven't you charged it? You don't advise how you use your car? If it's just general touring/occasional road use. Do you really need a lightweight battery? Do you already own a lead acid battery charger such as a Ctek? As you may find this type needs it's own charger? (Not wishing to do down the advert, product and price from @Hawkemotorsport). For comparison- you can see the Banner Spec here- Starting Bull 53030 I discovered to my peril, the Banner item isn't maintenance free- I replace one only to discover even with top up and reduced charging, they still don't last. I did smile when I just read you comments in my battery based thread here- As you'll read I now recommend the Excide item and it's still working well. Just make sure the terminal orientation of your incoming battery suits your installation as some have + & - on opposite sides.