Bonkers turbo Westfield

[SXRORY]

Nowt to do with me but saw it browsing eBay as you do. 😉

Not sure anyone could catch you, apart from the grim reaper lol.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293696329810

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

Describes the engine as 'Bomb proof' but is offering 4, Yes four, spare engines!

 

[Tim Reid]

That's crazy... 🤯

[Kingster]

Well it’s bomb proof now 😁 (and butt ugly)

[6carjon]

Government MOT check notes show its exhaust as noisy - no kidding 😃

 

[NickBW]

Bomb Proof - but here are 4 spare engines!

[Kingster]

35 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

Describes the engine as 'Bomb proof' but is offering 4, Yes four, spare engines!

 

 

4 minutes ago, NickBW said:

Bomb Proof - but here are 4 spare engines!

déjà vu 😜

[NickBW]

Just now, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

 

déjà vu 😜

hahah, 

[Kingster]

To be honest, the seller is right about how much development work would be needed to reliably get that sort of power (and control the heat) - hell of an achievement!

[TableLeg]

I think it needs 4 spare NSF cycle wings. Looks like you can only go straight on or right else you need to replace a melted cycle wing😆

[NigelO]

I can identify with this - I took a bog-standard Fiat Coupe 20v turbo (220bhp) to almost 500bhp and was still using it as a daily driver. The basic lump has now done about 300,000 miles with a couple of self-inflicted top-end rebuilds. It took a LOT of development / money / heartache / lying to SWMBO to get it there, but it was fun, in a "because I can" sort of way...

 

However, 500bhp in a 1350kg tin-top is "lively" - it must be utterly mad in a Westie weighting half as much

[Stuart]

He's flying a very big kite at that price. Suffice to say I'm quite pleased that the turbo on my tintop is inside the bonnet

[Charlie_Zetec]

As much of an achievement at that power is (assuming it’s reliable - but considering the 4 spare engines being offered with it, leaves a lot to the imagination), I think it looks like a Halfords Ripspeed special, and would struggle to place in the “readers rides” section of Max Power magazine without insult.  There’s a lot nicer turbo setups than that.

[Mark Stanton]

It just needs the right dashboard that suits its style 😈 🙄 🤣

[jeff oakley]

From memory he used to be a member many years ago and was quite well respected at the time.

I May be getting mixed up but ISTR that he was building a 5 cylinder Volvo turbo engine to replace that.

the Saab engine is pretty bullitt proof to be honest but having spares is always nice.

price is high and you can get a lot of great cars for that asking price