mick byrne Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Hi all. Just aquired a proper westfield after having a couple of robin hoods-awful things!. Its amazing how well the westy goes with its 1.6 cvh on 40s. Drives well,does not feel like a kit! Hope to attend a track day or two. Cheers. Quote
6carjon Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Welcome, never driven a robin hood but guess its fine within a budget. Power to wight is the key, hope you can get treatment for upgradeitis which you will catch from reading this forum. Quote
clansman Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Welcome to the mad house ...............oh by the way that is only half way North lol Quote
litcoat Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Welcome, you raised my hopes there when I read the title. Westfields are very thin on the ground up here, and I was hoping you were going to be close, I class that as the Midlands! Ah well, enjoy the car and the club. Cheers Mark Quote
7sRWild Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Welcome. The 1.6 is a great little engine, you will have a blast with it. We will all wait with anticipation for the upgrade bug to bite you! Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Robin Hoods (the kits) have progressed a lot in the last few years, prior to that, the kits were very very basic, though priced accordingly, and required lots of work from the builder. Building a really great one took a lot of effort and skill, simply getting on the road in some fashion took some hard work and dedication. That said, the ability to get on the road for such small sums, with some effort, brought a lot of people into the hobby that might not otherwise have got into it. 3 Quote
mick byrne Posted September 3, 2015 Author Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the welcome. Dont want to offend any robin hood owners, I am sure with work they are ok,certainly the latest lightweight ones look ok. I owned two 2B models,would have been ok, but 300kg too heavy. The s2000 sounds ace!! Quote
Andy - a15cro Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Hello, not picked mine up yet so I can't pass any comments as yet! Quote
Olliebeak Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Welcome, I had a Robin Hood 2B before my SE, the Westfield is a huge improvement in performance,handling etc even though mine only has a 1600 x/flow with twin 40 dellorto's it is better then the previous 2000 pinto. I also think Burnley is 'down south' Quote
Kevin (Mr T) Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Welcome, I had a Robin Hood 2B before my SE, the Westfield is a huge improvement in performance,handling etc even though mine only has a 1600 x/flow with twin 40 dellorto's it is better then the previous 2000 pinto. I also think Burnley is 'down south' ONLY a 1600 x-flow! Is there a better engine? 1 Quote
Evo,s 7SE Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 ONLY a 1600 x-flow! Is there a better engine?yep a 1700 x flow 1 Quote
Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Hyah Mick from Sunny Manchester One of the Manchester regulars lives in Briarfield, so not too far from you, there will be a Manchester area meeting on Wednesday, probably only about half an hours drive from you Quote
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