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Heading down Countisbury Hill into Lynmouth on a fab day out with the Dorset, Devon & Somerset mob. Thirteen cars and a bike, plus some great weather. Spectacular views coming down the hill, though best not to lose concentration due to the lack of fence and sheer drop! 😱🤣

I have simulated my body weight in the Westfield to set up the alignment after replacing a wishbone And by the way – don’t throw away your old brake discs, they can be really useful!

Cleaned the megas2000 today before the downpour

I’ve been a Westfield fan for very many years having gone to the factory very many years ago with my brother in law to collect his pre litigation 7 kit. I’ve watched the car being built and over the years morphing into a track orientated vehicle. Over a few beers on the weekend the potential sale of the weapon was muted so I thought why not buy it and then decide what to do with it. Offer accepted and it looks like I’ll soon be a Westfield owner hoping that many on here will be able to assist in my plans for it.

We've been busy on the bodywork this summer. We have already repainted the nose, bonnet and scuttle, so only the tub was left. Removed all the old paint, repaired holes and cracks and have now finished primer. The primer here is after about 4 rattle cans and it took 12 plus 2 high build in the end. Very happy with the results. Colour is going on, when we have the next dry weekend. And yes, the same colour as before, Ferrari Old English White.

Cracking run out last night for our WSCC north east monthly meet, not as many as previous months but still a good night, looking forward to Octobers meet already 👍

Not the postie, but a mobile tyre service to fit my tyres. Not sure when I will swap wheels as I’m really enjoying the r888rs, but the Rainsport 5s make more sense to get me through the winter.

@Maurici- CleaR Motorsport I echo @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO’s sentiments, sorry to hear you’re unwell and wish you a speedy recovery. I’ve instructed Stripe to refund your £53.00 club membership fee. The potential explanation of why it happened that follows may be less speedy… We had a similar problem back in 2013 (get off my lawn, kids these days, etc.) where memberships started renewing automatically one evening, which caused @ACW and I a massive 48-hour headache finding those affected, refunding those who had paid twice and shutting this feature off. Fast-forward to 2025 and history appears to be repeating itself, but sporadically. The forum software has moved on considerably and the ability to turn on or off the auto-renew feature backstage from membership packages has disappeared from the visible membership package settings some time ago, so the problem hasn’t reared it’s ugly head again until recently. Each membership package has the option to renew turned on, as you would expect, except Paid 60-Day Membership, as paying £60 per year (£10 every two months) versus £35 per year makes no sense and renewal isn’t available. After a lot of head scratching and low-level confusion, the only reason I can see that this might be happening again is that the club changed its payment portal from PayPal to Stripe at the end of 2024. That payment method has (now “had”) the option for the purchaser to retain their payment card details on their club account, ie. they could tick a “Retain card details” box at point of purchase. I’m making an assumption here that club member accounts with stored payment card details have been automatically renewing memberships on membership packages where renewals are allowed and at the point when 30-day renewal invoices are generated. Again, I can find no auto-renew settings backstage. The reason I’m assuming it’s been sporadic is that a percentage between 1% and 99% of members did not tick the box to store their payment card details, therefore there was no way the renewal payment could be automatically taken for their accounts. I have adjusted the backstage settings in Stripe to turn off the option for members to be able to store their card details against their accounts. I do not know if that will turn off the details of members who have already chosen to save their details or not - hopefully it will and the issue is now resolved. However, I request @WSCC Webmaster to conduct a sanity check on my reasoning please. I hope the reader stayed awake through this explanation, which is as simple but complete as I could make it.

Despite the very unpredictable weather, we saw a good turnout of Westfields this evening!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KkugZCx7QcGMR35u6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zfdck3JiZyJtYXNm6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/UJYJ3zoS8XZp8zE28 https://photos.app.goo.gl/CkEdhLQV5nhBXeKo9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ju3E7FRbA5kw8tzaA As requested a few photos full photos will follow once I’ve viewed and finalised the purchase.

Hi Everyone, New member here, picked up my Westfield Megablade mid week, looking forward to being part of a community with drive outs and track days etc Based up in Manchester

Thank you for the warm welcome I will post up photos once the deal is completed which may not be for a week or so. I’m sure on here there will be many willing to give advice as I proceed with the next chapter of its progress. I am a lifelong Lotus fan and currently own an Evora GT410 Sport. Living in west Wales I also organise an annual Pembrokeshire Driving event for the Lotus Drivers Club along with one other annual Wales based event.

Both my cars, Prior to this I absolutely got caught out in Sundays downpour properly drenched, One might say a proper welcome to open top cars haha

Please no more silly questions or timewasters They are cheap seats at £125 Anymore time wasters and i will just set fire to them

Hi all i purchased David’s car just for the record

September poem for @marcusb AI Style. “Traded raw thrills for a badge and some gloss, Swapped Westfield joy for Lotus loss. The dark side called, but let’s be frank- It’ll never match that Westfield spank!” Oh Westfield, my thunder, my open-air song, You roared through the bends, where my spirit belonged. Your heartbeat was raw, unrefined, yet so true, A cockpit of joy with a limitless view. We danced through the corners, alive in the breeze, The crackle of throttle, the rush to appease. Each mile was a memory, bright as the flame, Each drive was a story, no two were the same. But now you are gone, sold off with a sigh, Replaced by a Lotus-oh, how could he try? To trade purist passion for something so tame, To cross to the dark side-it just isn’t the same. So here’s to the Westfield, forever my muse, A car for the mad ones, the brave ones who choose. Though others move on, I’ll remember your fire, A legend of freedom, of purest desire. He’ll be back!

I just got home for the first time this month and turned over my calendar, I think I will enjoy September, cos thats @Marcusb following me round the Nurburgring 😂😂😂

They are a great tyre..you will have fun with them.. wet or dry

Nosey sheep

Will do that tomorrow 👍

Looking to put it back to predominantly road use and the odd track day and sprint/hillclimb maybe. First stage of the lan is to get it onto a rolling road to sort the engine and to maybe replace the existing straight cut four speed gearbox. interior will need seats etc sorted but it’s a great looking project and a car I know the complete history of.

Looks lovely, not many engines sound quite as good as a xflow on twin webers

Black Top Zetec 2L on Omex throttle bodies with Omex 600 ECU, Northampton motorsport mapped 170 BHP TTS lightened flywheel and clutch Upgraded Coolex radiator Raceline sump Type 9 box & LSD Sports exhaust chrome and also carbon sports exhaust - de-cat Widetrack with Team Dynamics 15” wheels. Proxy R888R 195 front and 205 rear. Lowered floors with Sports Turbo Seats on adjustable on runners Heated Screen & upgraded Heater with custom isolator Big brakes all round (Red) – custom handbrake adjustment panel. Carbon effect front wheel arches and rear stone guards Carbon exhaust trim, mirror covers and kick strips. Rear diffuser LED headlights with DRL Quick release steering wheel Beeper for indicators USB charging ports Westfield wet weather doors & Soft bits for sevens full hood Westfield Perspex Side Screens Soft bits for sevens storage tunnel cover Stunning car, impeccable build (Build log available on WSCC by prior owner) 6k miles £19000 Private plate not included/separate Located in Hampshire.

These AI/LLM programs don't really have any intelligence, they're really just convincing sounding bull**** generators. They're statistical models, there's no problem solving ability there. This is really well demonstrated by the recent amusement at chatgpt's inability to answer the question "how many letter Rs in strawberry". Not only would it incorrectly answer 2, it would steadfastly argue that it was right. Because they are trained by analysing large amounts of text and developing statistical models about what word follows another word, they are really just complex guessing engines. The problem (specifically in this case, but in general also) is that there's not a lot of learned argument around about how many Rs there are in strawberry because anyone over the age of about 5 would just count them, get a definitive answer and get on with their day. But that's a process that is just beyond LMMs; they just don't even have that simplistic level of problem solving ability. So all they can do is answer that, for that 'shape' of question, the answer is probably 2. But because they answer with such disturbingly good English people grant them authority that they just don't deserve. Thank you for attending my Ted talk 🫣

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2qp8wed0o And I'll pile on to EDF. Not price related but bereavement. Needed to change ALL bills/insurances and household "stuff" from my fathers name to mine. Just about every company, agency and whatnot understood and just did it. Not EDF. I complained about the lack of service and basic human understanding. Their "bereavement department" wrote to me saying they will be in touch to resolve. That was May 2023... I resolved it by moving from EDF to British Gas. Took 48 hours with no questions asked. EDF sent a "we're sorry to lose you, but why?" email. It was a two word reply...

I went out for the first proper drive ever (after 600 miles) by myself. Glorious sunshine and decent roads. Maybe I enjoyed myself too much, as 'Life360' (the app we use to keep track of family members) reckoned I had 35 'risky events' over 47 miles...😬. I ended up at my usual haunt (Elstree Aerodrome) for a cup of coffee. One day I'll find a nice vintage aeroplane for the XI to pose against 😃.

I'm here too!!

Yes the pictures are excellent but don’t do it justice - it’s probably the best one I’ve ever seen. David is utterly meticulous and a really nice bloke. (that’s 3x pints you owe me now @DMc 😁)

I’ll be doing some engine mods and differential , yes I’ll do a few track days and generally have some fun in Uk & Ireland

Happy birthday old timer from all in East Anglia

Thanks I’m yet to get the experience of driving it but the spec seems pretty good with 130bhp at the flywheel so I’m told.

Calendar worthy pics mate 👍

My "customers" use AI searches to try to outsmart me and drive prices down. Thankfully there is quite a lot of rubbish written about those parts of my profession that it's easily defeated. The problem is when it comes up against someone (and there are plenty of them) who believe AI can't actually be wrong about anything. At the moment the film "Idiocracy" is looking more like a prophecy that is actually coming true...

Or alternatively@Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AOyou could buy a proper engine…?🤔🤣

just been told they have them in stock and should arrive by end of the week ordering now 😶‍🌫️

@Nige_T, spec and price are right on. Sticking my neck out i would say it's your photo's not selling the car. Put the CXR wheels on, and take some all round photos would help show off the car, also put it on the FB for sale page, you will get more coverage. IMO the CXR's bring out a raw track ready look on a Westy, but I am biased 😁

I haven't watched soaps for almost 20 years. Too many better options these days.

I didn't know myself at the time, im impulsive lol

You didn't mention you were in the market for a Westy when you did my exhaust cat recently, Danny! That Megablade looks a nice piece 👌

A westie doesn't fit in the size 2 believe it or not mines size 3 L

we are there (wheels at the warren great morning must have been over 300 cars but these were the best three

where's westie

Almost two years late, but I've managed to get my 40th birthday present sorted: A flight experience at Goodwood, in their Harvard. I had an amazing time, and got to fly her for maybe 5 mins whilst we were up,followed by a suitable amount of aerobatics. It turns out, if you don't clench hard enough, you really can start to grey out at the bottom of a 4g loop. 😮 Quick in-flight selfie: The view out over the wing, showing Thorney Island: An ever so slightly adrenaline filled me: I may take up wearing flight suits, as they're rather slimming.

Not snap, but four new tyres for me today. Rainsport 5s for my 15” wheels to give me a winter option aside from the 13” R888Rs.

I will come and say hi if the weather holds off

Wonderful, and welcome; we don’t see many track focused prelims, like Rob said - will be great to see photos and hear more!

I believe this car will be known to many of you in the group. I’m selling as the car is just not getting used, I was doing a few track days with my son who’s now left home, and I’ve downsized and need the garage space for an upcoming house renovation. It flew through the MOT recently, no advisories. I bought the car in April 2023 when the mileage was around 28.5 and it’s now just over 30 (shows how little use it’s getting…). I’ve done some sunshine road driving and a few track days. I haven’t driven lots of different cars on track to be able to compare, but I can verify that this car is beautifully set-up and lots of fun. Looks and drives like a track car but the suspension is adjustable and is as much at home on the road as on the track. Wife even comes out with the dog on her lap. Always garaged, it’s been well looked after, frequent oil changes and a recent gearbox oil change. Not been on rolling road but estimated 210bhp. Weighs approx. 575kg. Reconditioned engine, new crankshaft, cam upgrade, swirl pot (to prevent fuel starvation when cornering on track), brake bias valve, some head work to help with air flow, oil cooler kit, Raceline sump, Simpson race can and manifold (huge can, but quiet), Playskool full cage with welded in side bars, JK fibreglass seats with pads and carbon fibre inserts including bases on runners, Carbon mods aero screen, carbon fibre front cycle wings, Willwood front brake callipers and drilled / grooved disks, quick release steering wheel, three sets of wheels - Minilite type replicas with 888's, a nice set of Compomotive CRX wheels with tyres which look to be about road legal but plenty left for track days, and a crappy set of Alleycats with some very and I mean very old Nankang tyres on - the wheels are rough and the tyres need destroying unless you are doing a drift day, V8 bonnet fitted to car, spare standard bonnet , carbon fibre dash , viscous slippy diff, gel battery (fitted in the nosecone), ingenious towing modification, curved rear view mirror on cage, SPA mirrors (central and side), lowered floor (fine for 6”2’), carbon fibre side screens, Procomp adjustable shocks/springs and front anti roll bar (not the Westfield one that has been known to damage the chassis), spare windscreen, side screens, wiper motor and washer bottle, Racelidz 4 point harness (they are five point but only 4 fitted but the groin belts to include in sale - seats have the holes for the 5th belt), high level cage mounted brake light. Car fully setup and corner weighted by Procomp. I can’t take any credit for the above and the fabulous set-up of this car. That was all the previous owner – more info here:- https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/topic/144169-chrome-yellow-sport-2000-car-sold/#comment-1527438 Car is in East Sussex TN32 5QS. I can take you for a spin. You can drive if you show me insurance. £14,500

Thank you for all your comments, I've done abit more research after your comments and I think I'm going to run with CARCOON Will order it today and see when it arrives. Thank you all for your comments :)

Another outdoor Carcoon user here.... Have 3 of them in use at the moment!! They last about 6 years used full time. I work on the principal that it's £100 per year. Putting the car in dry indoor storage would cost me at least £150 a month. If I know a carcoon is getting towards "end-of-life" I'll keep an eye on FB Marketplace and the like. I've picked up unopened (box still in shrink wrap) 2nd hand ones in the past which gives a useful saving. 2nd hand prices will be firming up now as we head into autumn. Carcoon themselves used to be great to deal with, the last couple of years, they've become an unresponsive PITA. DT don't generally keep stock and order from Carcoon when they make a sale, you can end up with quite a wait for delivery.

Size 3 L for Westfield especialy current carcoon - changed design with larger-highier located zip for less spine bend "floor " section . But needs more room for car to roll in. Carcoon is fine re keeping car dry and rust free ! Great ! but - after few years and 3 Carcoons using - zipper is really poor. Teeths fall out so zipping and unzipping is not ...comfortable :) Outer layer (outdoor versions ) degrade after few years and tear apart. I am now testing chinesse version for part of price (1(3 approx with shopping of carcoon , not metion adding customs from UK.. and possibile to order size to one cm, customable window, colour, eyelets to support etc. Must say its much louder than carcoon small fans (easy to fix - removing one of 2 large fans in CH version and using lover voltage .) also not included bartery charger . And other design - not 2 layers outside (seems to work anyway with air flow Inside looking at brake discs, and other material - heavy and thick. But - only few months is my experience . No winter yet. Winter with snow and when minus 20-30 deg will tell if it is any good . Why Carcoon use over the years that really poor annoing zipper ! ?