CSRacing Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hello newbie question here, What type/make of anti roll bars do you recommend for 2011 Westfield AeroRace (without wide track front) Done a few searches and i know of Westfield's own ones and Plays Kool. will be racing with CSCC Mag 7, and will be track/race only. whats the best one to go for? as hear the west filed one is very stiff cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Playskool suits me fine, and reasonable cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1330 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Siltech Racing make a nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Siltech Racing make a nice one. They need to be at that price!! Haven't looked at the price of the similar looking Playskool ones recently, but I'd be surprised if they are that much. And they (Playskool that is) are members and sponsors of this Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The Playskool are very good, I fitted a set over winter and have been very pleased. Be aware though that, (unless they've changed), on many Westfields, they're not just a quick bolt on job. If you don't have rear wishbones with ARB brackets built in already, and don't want to get the Playskool mounting plates welded on to your existing wishbones, you can get some clamp on mounts from Westfield, they're not cheap, but they are available. I found they also needed a bit more "finishing work" compared to say the Westfield factory kits - that's not a criticism by the way, the Playskool bars cost much less than the factory bars, so seems a fair trade! I found the relative stiffness of the Playskool bars better for me, than the factory jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSRacing Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 Thanks everyone for you comments and advice too on how to use them, I'm sold on the Playskool ones cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Scarfe Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Please come back here and tell us all abut how you get on racing in the Mag 7 series. I too would like to do this one day (I'd like to do anything again one day actually) Hopefully Ill get my car going again this year and maybe get to do a race sometime soon (been saying that for the past 5 years) but you never know. Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plays-Kool Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I found they also needed a bit more "finishing work" compared to say the Westfield factory kits - that's not a criticism by the way, the Playskool bars cost much less than the factory bars, so seems a fair trade! Hopefully got the finishing work sorted out now as previously the bars were powdercoated but the powdercoat was so inconsistant on thickness it was causing nightmares with machining! We've now got an Electropainted finish instead, so visibly they don't look any different but the thickness problem is no more so everything fits alot better making the kits alot easier to fit and hopefully won't cause anyone any problems. Next in the pipeline is to try and sort out the mounts on the rear. We'll also be offering different bars to suit your requirements too. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Excellent news. Had a few longer runs out with the bars on now the cars baseline geo has been re done, feels so much better with the Plays-Kool bars, even before they're fully tweaked setting wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkyboy5 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 iv just bought a playskool rollover bar...does this mean i need mounts too? :/ Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Sorry, do you mean roll bar as in the thing that stops your head being squished if you turn the car over in an accident or anti roll bars, as in part of the suspension? (the thread was about anti roll bars!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSRacing Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hopefully got the finishing work sorted out now as previously the bars were powdercoated but the powdercoat was so inconsistant on thickness it was causing nightmares with machining! We've now got an Electropainted finish instead, so visibly they don't look any different but the thickness problem is no more so everything fits alot better making the kits alot easier to fit and hopefully won't cause anyone any problems. Next in the pipeline is to try and sort out the mounts on the rear. We'll also be offering different bars to suit your requirements too. :-) Cheers will be ordering some this week :-) Payday. Will get to see what is like at Snetterton without anti roll bars thursday too, first real test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSRacing Posted March 24, 2012 Author Share Posted March 24, 2012 Please come back here and tell us all abut how you get on racing in the Mag 7 series. I too would like to do this one day (I'd like to do anything again one day actually) Hopefully Ill get my car going again this year and maybe get to do a race sometime soon (been saying that for the past 5 years) but you never know. Keith. No Problems, will share my pain and joy i hope. and its never to late to join the series ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procomp Motorsport Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hi. If it is off any interest we have been fabricating anti-roll bars for the Westfields for the last 20 years. However we do not sell th items over the phone Etc we require the car in the workshop to allow us to dyno test the dampers and springs to ascertain what strength of bars are required. This then allows us to custom fabricate the correct strength of bar for the application. price for a fully fitted bar starts at £265. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajl124 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Matt and Ivan (Procomp) manufactured and replaced the front wishbones and also did a full geo set-up including damper dyno. I am very pleased with the results and would thoroughly recommend them. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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