In the market

[Mark Rs]

Hi Iam in the market for a Westfield and have a budget of £15k, what would this get me ? 
 

Thanks

Mark 

[SootySport]

That would buy you a nice Duratec, Zetec, C20XE engined car with a bit of tuning say 190 to 240 bhp.  Take little notice of the year and mileage as many Westfield's have been up dated, rebuilt and you'll be checking the condition of the bodywork chassis and trim when viewing a car.

Popular upgrades that add value are widetrack  steering rack, carbon fibre body parts and dash, decent wheels and tyres, modern seats and harnesses to name a few.

You'll need to decide if you want a road or track focused car as the options and upgrades are quite  different.

If you're a keen DIY type, it maybe beneficial to buy a basic no frills Westfield for £10k and upgrade it yourself to make it your own.

Have a trawl through past classified ads and see what's going for your budget and prices do go up in springtime so be prepared for that in a couple of months.

Happy hunting.

[Mark Rs]

Hi

 

Thanks for the advice, I would ideally like a well sorted red top, I wouldn’t mind doing bits of work to get it to my spec, be interested to see what’s out there for sale 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Welcome Mark, that's a great budget that should cover a good range of cars. The best tip I can give is try and see as many as possible, as it will give you a great feel for what to look at.

 

Area meets are fantastic for this, as you can have a good up-close look at the cars, ask questions etc.

[SootySport]

I've just bought my second Redtop car, lucky to have the spec I wanted and only 3900 miles,  You'll have to be prepared to travel long distances to find what you want, although you'll never find exactly what you want.  I'm fitting a half cage, seats and windscreen to make it my own.

[Mark Rs]

2 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

Welcome Mark, that's a great budget that should cover a good range of cars. The best tip I can give is try and see as many as possible, as it will give you a great feel for what to look at.

 

Area meets are fantastic for this, as you can have a good up-close look at the cars, ask questions etc.

Thanks Dave, will try and get to my local Lancashire meeting, already found a member local to me i can chat with 

[Mark Rs]

2 hours ago, SootySport said:

I've just bought my second Redtop car, lucky to have the spec I wanted and only 3900 miles,  You'll have to be prepared to travel long distances to find what you want, although you'll never find exactly what you want.  I'm fitting a half cage, seats and windscreen to make it my own.

Looks a Beauty, i have no issue with travelling any distance to find the right car, 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Welcome!

 

As others have said, get out and see some cars.... I don't think I've ever seen two the same!

 

Making a list of "must haves" (major mechanicals, windscreen or aero etc) is a great place to start as you can customise the details to suit yourself very easily later on.

 

You have a healthy budget so you'll have plenty if choice! Good luck with the search 👍 

[wizzer]

Hi Mark 

You won't go wrong with a good spec red top ,good advice from the forum, wait for some better weather and cars will start coming up for sale . You can call round any time you want to have a look at mine .

Tony

[Mark Rs]

What’s peoples thoughts on this one ? Seems overpriced ? 
 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/westfield/2003-westfield-7-seiw-2.0-16v-sbd-tuned-c20xe-200bhp-jenvey-omex-blue-track-car-/1420874773

[TAFKARM]

What are you wanting to use the car for? You need to work backwards from that re spec.

[Mark Rs]

More fast road with occasional track day 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

30 minutes ago, Mark Rs said:

What’s peoples thoughts on this one ? Seems overpriced ? 
 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/westfield/2003-westfield-7-seiw-2.0-16v-sbd-tuned-c20xe-200bhp-jenvey-omex-blue-track-car-/1420874773

 

Looks a nice car, a little expensive but lots of nice bits on it (Simpsons exhaust, forged engine parts, dry sump etc) that aren't cheap and would suggest it's possibly set up to be track focused. A test drive would be worthwhile to make sure it's not too focused if you want a mainly road biased car.

 

At the last MOT it had advisories on a leaking dry sump tank (hopefully just a hose?), wheel bearing play and play in the steering rack so I'd want all that sorting at that price. It's also had a new speedo at 12k (the Dash2).

 

[wizzer]

 

9 minutes ago, RobH72 said:

 

Looks a nice car, a little expensive but lots of nice bits on it (Simpsons exhaust, forged engine parts, dry sump etc) that aren't cheap and would suggest it's possibly set up to be track focused. A test drive would be worthwhile to make sure it's not too focused if you want a mainly road biased car.

 

At the last MOT it had advisories on a leaking dry sump tank (hopefully just a hose?), wheel bearing play and play in the steering rack so I'd want all that sorting at that price. It's also had a new speedo at 12k (the Dash2).

 

Track focused car with ditch finders on it, I would say its overpriced got some good bits on it though. 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

25 minutes ago, wizzer said:

 

Track focused car with ditch finders on it, I would say its overpriced got some good bits on it though. 

 

Haha, not my favourite tyre either.... loads of people run them without a problem.

 

I have them on my track prepped Mini (they came with some ultralites I bought) and I can get wheelspin in 4th in the wet which makes life interesting! OK in the dry though I've found