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All back together again after a winter of mechanical works fixing leaks and general servicing/maintenance. Thanks everyone on here for your help this far with my various (stupid) questions! Some more cosmetic changes to complete then I am ready for Spring.

On a Mega S2000 that's insanely good, for a car without lots of composites/exotic materials. (The drive train is really heavy! The gearbox alone weighs more than the SEiGHTS Rover gearbox!)

The Yorkshire area have 2 regular meetings each month, they are held on the first Tuesday of the month at the Buffers, Rakehill Road, Scholes, LS15 4AL from 7:30ish and a breakfast meeting on the 3rd Sunday at the Darrington Hotel, Darrington, Pontefract, WF8 3BL. As a reminder here are the dates for this year; Tuesday evening meeting; February 6th, March 5th, April 2nd, May 7th, June 4th, July 2nd, August 6th, September 3rd, October 2nd, November 5th, (this might change if the pub has a bonfire.) December 3rd. Breakfast meetings are; January 21st, February 18th, March 17th, April 21st, May 19th, June 16th, July 21st, August 18th, September 15th, October 20th, November 17th December 15th. There's also the two kit car shows, Malvern, 1st-2nd June and Newark, 21st-22nd September. The Silverstone Festival is on 23rd-25th August. There will also be regular runs out, when the weather improves! and some shows to attend. Details for these will be posted on the forum as and when information comes. Hope to see you all out and about this year, Robin.

549kgs is very impressive!

Put the dates in your diaries, Westfield calendar, phone, a scrap of paper or wherever you keep your important information.

Thanks Folks. Plans had to change due to mercedes recall but I've been enjoying "Van Life" .planning to be back home for the summer 😃

Sorry to be repetative, but when it's money and car insurance, I'm delighted to say that 50 mins on the phone with Jimmy at Howden has been very worthwhile. @Howden Insurance - Specialist Vehicle 😃

Yes - I think I've picked all the low hanging fruit. I built the car in 2014 as a standard Mega S2000 and since then it's been a slow progression to a lower weight. During that time the car has shed 180 lbs to get down to it's current 1210 lbs (549 kg). To take much more weight out it's going to require spending big money on carbon bodywork and right now that's not in my budget. dave

For years my Westie has run the standard 7.5 gallon fuel tank and it worked fine. Recently the race sanctioning body I run under (the SCCA) lowered the minimum weight for my class from 1420 lbs (with driver) to 1400 lbs. My car was 1425 with a minimum full load and figuring out a way to lower the car’s weight to the new minimum was one goal. The other goal was to shift weight from the driver’s side to the passenger side (keeping in mind that I’m in the USA and so I sit on the left) to help even out the weight distribution. The idea was to cut down the fuel tank on the left side (reducing the amount of aluminum) and this would take about 3 lbs off the driver’s side of the tank. The other benefit was that I could maintain the same fuel depth in the tank (to help prevent fuel starve) with 1 gallon less fuel in it…and this reduces the weight by another 6 lbs. This means that this one modification reduced the weight of the car by 9 lbs and most of it coming from the driver’s side of the car. The downside is of course that the tank is smaller. It now holds only 5.5 gallons so long range touring would be a pain in the ass but I’ve never used the car that way so that wasn’t a big issue for me the way it might be for others. So - I cut off one end and welded a new end wall on. I also made a new pick-up sump that hangs well below the main part of the tank to help it not run dry during hard cornering. All this got welded together and reinstalled into the car. While I was at it I shifted both the low and high pressure fuel pumps to the right to help with weight distribution. In the end it worked as intended. This, and the relocation of the battery and lots of other small things, has made it so that despite the fact that my 185 lbs in on the left side of the car that the difference right-to-left is only 57 lbs. I’m excited to race again in the spring but as I type this the snow is falling and the car is tucked away in my warm workshop. Dave

The likeness is uncanny.