Curborough Sprint Course Breakfast Meet, Sat 9 March, 10.30

[RallyVW]

All cleaned and ready for the off in the morning

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

It's been proper chucking it down for the last 40 minutes or so, the boss says we are going in the MX5, see you later

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

We British people love to talk about the weather and today was definitely a day of 'changeable' weather as shown by Dave and his Westfield

Blue skies at times

And big black clouds, full of showers at other times

Hope you got home in the dry Dave and you made progress with your kitchen, thank you for taking the time out and bringing your Westfield, don't forget Sylvia next time.

At Curborough were Dave(above), Dave Eastwood, Ian, Stephen, Martyn and Sue, Luke and Lucy, Trevor and new comers Richard and Tash.

 

As previously mentioned, the Westfield crew were all next to the food van, plus we were hiding out of that cold wind and rain.

I parked in my favourite spot, next to Dave's Big Foot, who has an amazing ability to dwarf any car that I turn up in. That being a sore subject as I arrived to a torrent of abuse about not being in the Westfield. You just sit there, laugh, and take what's coming to you, it is afterall, expected.

As I drove down to the parking area my eyes were peeled, looking for my Kinder surprise, and, yes, I spotted him straight away. BagPuss/SoggPuss sat on the bonnet, purring.

Luke and Lucy arrived, err, a little wet shall we say. You have a good un there Luke, not many wives would let you get away with it. Now go and drill some holes in your floor and seats so the poor girl doesn't get so wet next time!

Luke and Lucy's car, making mine look a half decent size.

Martyn and Sue arrived with their good friend in the Marlin. 

Stephen came in the Jaaag

Richard and Tash came in their Mazda powered Westfield which they had just bought from Toybox. Second journey and second drowning, it can only get better then eh.

Luke and Lucy leaving Curborough

While the others lined up ready for the off. I had a skeleto-maniac in my rear view mirror, coming at me like a Honda powered steam train, drifting and squealing merrily around the roundabouts. Even if you are in a MX5 you can have fun travelling with the Westfields.

We had a delightful run up into the Peak District, that was thankfully mostly dry, just spits of rain here and there. We went to Wetton for lunch, followed by the inevitable sugar laden treats.

Coconut and cherry, lemon drizzle, fruit, and chocolate cake with hazelnut cream, and that was just us and Dave!

Outside the inevitable happened and Richard let us have a peek under his bonnet. everyone was clucking like mother hens, offering helpful advice to a new owner.

Stephen left us in his Jag, although the Eleven is still for sale.

The car park at Wetton

Thanks everyone for a good laugh and a great day out.

 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

A great day indeed. Thanks for organising another mucky run. 

Baggpuss couldn’t believe a WSCC Area Organiser-Organiser would dare show up in anything other than a Westie 

[RallyVW]

Big thanks to everyone there for an enjoyable first outing in our new Westy. Was great to meet such a nice welcoming bunch of like minded people. Plus cake was amazing

[RallyVW]

Well after skidding down some country roads I’ve thrown the tape measure around and I’m running about 135mm front, 155mm rear with about 55mm at lowest point of gearbox guard. I reckon I need to go up about 25mm but would appreciate your thoughts 

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

 

41 minutes ago, RallyVW said:

Well after skidding down some country roads I’ve thrown the tape measure around and I’m running about 135mm front, 155mm rear with about 55mm at lowest point of gearbox guard. I reckon I need to go up about 25mm but would appreciate your thoughts 

@RallyVW It's was good to meet you too on Sat

Were those measurements with you in the car or not? You'll get more replies in this section- https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/forum/65-tech-talk/

It's suggest you also look at spring length and poundage for your lovely Mazda SDV. My rears have got UKS0018 on. Your fronts were UKS0019 from memory.

I've attached the S2000 suspension set up sheet as a guide. 

 

 

Car Suspension Set-Up Sheet Honda S2000 widetrack.pdf

[RallyVW]

Measurements taken with know one in car. Will have to check on springs later

[RallyVW]

Westfield base line setup for my car suggests 160mm front and 175mm rear 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

18 minutes ago, RallyVW said:

Westfield base line setup for my car suggests 160mm front and 175mm rear 

Sounds reasonable.

It can be surprising though, how with a car as light as a Westfield, the drivers weight makes such a difference to static settings.

Of course, the same is true of passengers as well, you just need to, ahem, ballast the car, for however it will most often be used, one or two up, before measuring and adjusting. Don’t forget though, that significant height adjustments can throw other settings out. It would be very, very worthwhile having the geometry professionally set up by a Westfield specialist. Then it can be set for how you plan to use the car. You will be amazed at the difference it can make.

Lovely looking Westfield by the way, and great to meet you both on Saturday.