benedwards64 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I’m tentatively offering up my Westfield for sale – just testing the water at this stage as I don’t particularly want or need to sell up, but life priorities are starting to change a bit and I wouldn’t mind having some money in the bank rather than sat in the garage! 1990 ‘Q’ registered Westfield SEI Narrow Engine/Box: Fiat Lampredi 2.0 8v Twin Cam Recently rebuilt within the past 2000 miles to the following spec: Gas flowed 'Volumex' head with 43.5/36mm valves Bogg Brothers R1 Carb conversion, running 160 main jets and Dynojet needles Piper BP300 high lift 290deg 'Rally' cams High compression 84.4mm domed pistons giving 11:1CR Guy Croft uprated head gasket Guy Croft 12:9 race head bolts Guy Croft oil pump New std size big ends New tensioner bearing New gasket set Alloy velocity stacks Pipercross air filter and custom back plate Competition adjustable vernier pulleys External oil cooler Stainless steel bespoke 4-1 headers and system by PD Gough Tuned by Torque Tune. Running circa 170bhp @ 7000rpm Facet fuel pump Malpassi fuel pressure regulator and filter Fiat 5-speed ‘box Chassis: High ratio 2.4 rack Avo coilover suspension front and rear Front wide track kit Anti roll bars front and rear Federal RSR road-legal track tyres with very little wear Quaife ATB Diff with LSD in Westfield alloy case Alcon Racing front calipers - Discs and pads have loads of life left in them. Braided brake lines Interior & Electronics: GRP lightweight seats Sabelt/Westfield harnesses Brand new alloy dash, gauges and switchgear fitted, wired and configured by NMS Plumbed in fire extinguisher Cut-off switch Recent Bosch S5 battery Aeroscreen In terms of the history, this car was purchased by a friend of mine as a bit of an eBay special a couple of years ago. It had a lot of potential but the performance wasn’t blowing him away – an issue compounded when he dropped a grub screw down one of the carbs and then fired it up…. At this point a quick refresh became a full rebuild, carried out by a mutual friend of ours who owns a Lancia Montecarlo and knows these engines inside out. Details of the build can be found here: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=183966 I purchased this car last year having seen and been out in it several times and tracked its progress in the hands of Phil. Since purchase I have carried out the following: Full geo setup and corner-weighting by NMS (this absolutely transformed the handling) Oil and filter change with 10W/60 full synthetic oil Replaced old digi-dash with a set of Westfield gauges and VDO speedo Hand-made bare alloy dash panel All fully wired in, configured etc by NMS. This including rewiring virtually the whole car including relays and fuse boxes. It’s a beautiful job! New rear brake cylinders (MK2 Escort) R1 Carbs balanced by NMS The engine is a fantastically characterful lump – it has bags of torque low-down but when it hits cam at about 4k it really flies. I’ve never known a 4-pot to sound so good! This isn’t an immaculate garage queen by any stretch of the imagination. It has been used as a rack and sprint car in the past I believe, so there’s no interior worth mentioning and the bodywork has its fair share of scrapes and marks (including where a timing post was mounted to the nose). In truth I have no idea of the mileage – the previous digi-dash didn’t have the odometer set up so the reading was ‘stuck’ at about 14,000. The new gauges (from BCF’s car) read about 15,500, but the general accuracy of this on a car like this doesn’t really worry me. As part of my ongoing refresh there are a few additional bits outstanding that I will be doing if I end up keeping it: • The Avo shocks are really too short and stiff for road use. It’s OK with two people in but when lightly loaded (i.e. 10 stone of me!) it can skip around a bit on bumpy roads. My plan was to take it to Procomp for a replacement set of coilovers and associated setup which will transform its roadholding. (It does handle beautifully on track though!) • The Fiat 5-speed box crunches into 5th if you rush it. I have a spare gearbox that will be included in the sale (along with a tonneau cover, MegaJolt kit and a few other bits have lying around to go on!) • The guys at NMS commented that the diff could use a rebuild reasonably soon. • MOT is due in about 6 weeks. It’s a little difficult to value such an unusual westy but as it stands I’d be looking for about £6,500. Obviously I’m open to offers but to go much lower there’s really not much point in me selling Alternatively I’ll hang onto it, work my way through the above list and enjoy the car for another 9-10 months before re-evaluating come Spring. I’ll be home all of this weekend if anyone wants to view, and I’m doing a multi-marque sprint at Woodbridge next Sunday (21st) if anyone local wants to pop along. Located just south of Oxford. Contact via PM on here or 07850754455. Any comments/queries/offers (!) welcome
benedwards64 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 The silence in here is deafening I'm going to withdraw from sale for now. Plenty to keep me occupied still
benedwards64 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Posted June 15, 2015 Cheers Alex. Too good by the looks of things, I've persuaded myself to keep it
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