Recent snap of your Westfield

[Craigieboy]

Special edition, collectors box 

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

20 hours ago, Jimbo93 said:

Proud new owner, this was on the way home after collecting. Can't wait to get driving. Thanks Marcus 😎

Hope you enjoy the westy as much as I have Harry 😎

[markcwalker]

Got zapped passing the piston club near Alcester 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

On 14/04/2025 at 11:01, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

 

What the deuce! Dunno what it's made of but it looks to an incredible standard! 

[Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO]

Pre-monthly meet run out, then parked up with registration number bestie @mega ade

[Andrzej]

Looks like I’ve finished it !!! (well, still need to work on the corner weight, but I've set the rest of the geometry), but I’m almost afraid to say it (finished) ... because whenever I do, something turns out to need reworking and time flies. It has flown by so fast that I feel older and less eager for a machine that is definitely more extreme than the Westfields I used to drive. And now I don’t know if I’ll be able to ride it; it really seems fast (Honda CBR 1000RR, 192 horsepower, 129 Nm).

After short run around home today, to bring temperatures to working area, check brakes etc..

brrrr it was sometimes scarry and loud, very loud  (it has smal motocycle silencer ) 

 

[mega ade]

Looks like a weapon your never too old im 64 and drive the wheels off mine there's nothing like 13,500 rpm and a sequential gearbox and you have 10 horsepower more than me get out and enjoy it.

[Andrzej]

Respect! I am 10 yrs younger but feel kind of "stiff" , and not so quick, and maybe overthinking all - what could go wrong (and knowing every part od it there is a lot in my imagination ) 

 Maybe part of this is because there was so many fu..ups to manage building this car, no support at all from MNR, if managed to order some parts, got wrong ones , doble VAT,  no MNR community like this Club and its Members. Sorry for that compliant but it is really shock from me entering kitrcar word with Westfield and it was soo easy thanks to this Community, lot of know how on internet, in that times support from Westfield parts shop. 

With MNR - other word. Good it was not my first kitcar. It would be the last for sure:) 

So many build-rebuild , custom parts, finding person for proper engine build... etc in this car that I need time to  get some confidence to it. 

 

As for the revs -  I ve heard full range while on dyno (thik it was 13k rop, max power at approx 12k), edit , found it :

 

[Ewan]

On 15/04/2025 at 19:00, Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO said:

Pre-monthly meet run out, then parked up with registration number bestie @mega ade

What is the black humpy thing between the roll bar and seats on the blue car? Some kind of windbreak maybe?

[Flying Carrot Steve]

15 hours ago, mega ade said:

Looks like a weapon your never too old im 64 and drive the wheels off mine there's nothing like 13,500 rpm and a sequential gearbox and you have 10 horsepower more than me get out and enjoy it.

 

I'm same age but sold my BEC last year. I do miss it at times but I prefer my Zetec turbo Westie these days. And it's quicker than my GSX-R1000 BEC was.

 

Had them both for a couple of years but someone made me an offer I'd have been stupid to turn down so the Exo BEC now has a very happy life in Cornwall

 

 

 

[Craigieboy]

52 minutes ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

I'm same age but sold my BEC last year. I do miss it at times but I prefer my Zetec turbo Westie these days. And it's quicker than my GSX-R1000 BEC was.

 

Had them both for a couple of years but someone made me an offer I'd have been stupid to turn down so the Exo BEC now has a very happy life in Cornwall

 

 

 

 

Looks a proper weapon and in the best colour too.

[Kit Car Electronics and Essex AO]

4 hours ago, Ewan said:

What is the black humpy thing between the roll bar and seats on the blue car? Some kind of windbreak maybe?

Yes, it's a windbreak - here's a better shot 

[mega ade]

2 hours ago, Flying Carrot Steve said:

 

I'm same age but sold my BEC last year. I do miss it at times but I prefer my Zetec turbo Westie these days. And it's quicker than my GSX-R1000 BEC was.

 

Had them both for a couple of years but someone made me an offer I'd have been stupid to turn down so the Exo BEC now has a very happy life in Cornwall

 

 

 

I do believe they are considerably heavier than a 7 the blade engine puts out similar bhp to the gsxr at 180 but my car weighs just 500 kg so can imagine it may be quicker than an exo not that it really matters fast is fast in anything.

[DeanMegaS2000]

I sold a 430kg Exo Busa powered BEC a couple years ago. The busa car I remember being insane. But I really need to do a track day at croft in the 7 to see which one I'm truly quicker in. 

The 7 is way more practical with a proper reverse and I feel much better taking the kids in the 7. I sold the exo as I just didn't feel comfortable taking the kids in it. 

I do miss the busa car, and I've another engine which I'm hoping maybe one day I'll build another one. 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, Craigieboy said:

 

Looks a proper weapon and in the best colour too.

 

Yeah, it was a very special car that Asbo. The original one made and I've never driven any kit that rides bumps so well. The handling was amazing and the sequential shift with a  Flatshifter was just stupendous on the road. If I were a young man still I'd have kept it for ever.