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Whilst there has been a bit of natter in the hello thread I thought it would be best to start the rebuild diary here. So the intention here is to rebuild this super sport 1800 As can be seen on in the photos this is a pretty messed up Westfield. But I never like doing things that are easy. The car starts and runs which is always a good start but everything that isn’t damaged now needs to be transferred to a shiny new chassis. The end goal is to be running and FK body in white with everything else in black but retaining a nod to it’s past with an
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Hello all, after much debate and almost purchasing a built car this week, through fate and slight impulse whist sat in the North Sea (Working) I thought sod it, Iam 40 next year. Let’s bite the bullet and build a Westfield, so I dropped Simon an email and sent over my deposit!... A mixture of very excited, and what have I done feelings are flying around my head this morning. I work week on week off, so have the time to commit to it. My dad has one too which I love working on and my lad is an apprentice mechanic, I love all things petrol so we should hopefully be ok!! 🤞🏼 Anyway, 12 we
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Well for years I have been after a hobby and to build we Westfield. I first thought of building a SEight. I got the engine, I build a dedicated 52sqm garage. My wife then wanted to move, that was eight years ago. I then got my new house extension sorted and finally I managed to build my new garage, dedicated to an unhealthy obsession with Volvo R cars and a new project. The mega S2000. This is my stage four S60R at nordschleife. I almost purchased a kit whilst at Stoneleigh, where I go every year. In talking to some folk who have bu
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Build Diary: The MegaWatt A bold claim? Yep. A true one? Oh yes, it will be.... over 1000bhp/tonne and around 2000ftlbs/tonne should be enough to see to that. (Those who know me on Facebook have seen hints about this, but now the car is effectively finished, time to detail it...) So, to do an introduction to this build diary. My good friend Dan Johnson has been coming out to Barbados helping support us ever since we used to rally the Westfields out here 15 years ago, he got hooked, has been coming back 2-3 times a year since, even selling up and moving here for various six month stint
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Build Diary: Westfield SEiynergy - how much power is too much power?
gee_fin posted a topic in Tech Talk
Well, the ridiculousness continues. It seems that 700bhp/tonne is no longer enough... I have been running a Westfield MegaBusa turbo in Barbados for the last 3 years, with one eye on drag times, the other on road fun and a third eye on Time Attack/track days. Things going well, working through teething issues, managed to get the island 2WD record (7.2s 1/8th), the car is about 500kg and 350bhp, car close to being 100%, all was looking rosy until Dan Johnson came along with the electric Westfield MegaWatt and moved the goalposts. He smashed the 2WD record (now down to a 6.4s 1/8th) and is -
Hi everyone, A bit late in getting on to the forum but hopefully we can some experiences on the way over the next xxx months! The car is an FW SE which I have chosen to keep as standard for the first build. I've added a few extras such as 4-Pot calipers, wide front track, Heater, LED rear lamps, Sports Turbo Seats & Four point harnesses. I've just about completed the first module but have encountered a frame build issue with one of the transmission tunnel tubes being built out of position. Westfield have been really good and are going to take the half built chassis back in
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Well, you can only stay away so long... I had sold my previous Westfield (R1 engined) many moons ago after a change in the rallying regulations in Barbados rendered it uncompetitive (minimum weight and a change in lbs/cc for bike engines) and spent the next few years going through the rally route of 205, RWD 205, Evo 1, 2, 3 Group N, clubman Group A, full Group A all the while sighing whenever a bike passed me on the road with that engine note or I would see photos of Westfields and Caterhams scroll by on the Facebook feed and tap my fingers. Anyways, cue end of 2014, my Group A Evo is in
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