Westfield explained
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In answer to the original question
A pre lit westie looks very similar to a caterham. so similar that caterham sued and made Westfield change the shape.
The next style of Westfield is a narrow body. these were discontinued sometime ago. They came in two flavours. Se and sei. The sei it's the best chassis that Westfield has made. it was light, handled brilliantly and had independent rear suspension. Only problem was they weren't designed for big power and the chassis, especially the driveshaft struggled above 200bhp
The next bunch of cars are the wide body ones. These have been developed over the years and various ones put together. If buying a westie try to get the chassis matched to the engine. whilst you can put a bike engine into a v8 chassis and a v8 into a mega chassis better to stick to the design intent.
I've had a 2ltr vx westie, a 2ltr fiat twin cam Phoenix and am now getting to grip with a r1 fury. All different and I haven't done enough miles in the fury yet, but I miss the westie...
A pre lit westie looks very similar to a caterham. so similar that caterham sued and made Westfield change the shape.
The next style of Westfield is a narrow body. these were discontinued sometime ago. They came in two flavours. Se and sei. The sei it's the best chassis that Westfield has made. it was light, handled brilliantly and had independent rear suspension. Only problem was they weren't designed for big power and the chassis, especially the driveshaft struggled above 200bhp
The next bunch of cars are the wide body ones. These have been developed over the years and various ones put together. If buying a westie try to get the chassis matched to the engine. whilst you can put a bike engine into a v8 chassis and a v8 into a mega chassis better to stick to the design intent.
I've had a 2ltr vx westie, a 2ltr fiat twin cam Phoenix and am now getting to grip with a r1 fury. All different and I haven't done enough miles in the fury yet, but I miss the westie...
punkindrublic said:
In answer to the original question
A pre lit westie looks very similar to a caterham. so similar that caterham sued and made Westfield change the shape.
The next style of Westfield is a narrow body. these were discontinued sometime ago. They came in two flavours. Se and sei. The sei it's the best chassis that Westfield has made. it was light, handled brilliantly and had independent rear suspension. Only problem was they weren't designed for big power and the chassis, especially the driveshaft struggled above 200bhp
The next bunch of cars are the wide body ones. These have been developed over the years and various ones put together. If buying a westie try to get the chassis matched to the engine. whilst you can put a bike engine into a v8 chassis and a v8 into a mega chassis better to stick to the design intent.
I've had a 2ltr vx westie, a 2ltr fiat twin cam Phoenix and am now getting to grip with a r1 fury. All different and I haven't done enough miles in the fury yet, but I miss the westie...
Very useful post, thanks. Feeling pretty smug now that I have a narrow-body SEI with ~170bhp A pre lit westie looks very similar to a caterham. so similar that caterham sued and made Westfield change the shape.
The next style of Westfield is a narrow body. these were discontinued sometime ago. They came in two flavours. Se and sei. The sei it's the best chassis that Westfield has made. it was light, handled brilliantly and had independent rear suspension. Only problem was they weren't designed for big power and the chassis, especially the driveshaft struggled above 200bhp
The next bunch of cars are the wide body ones. These have been developed over the years and various ones put together. If buying a westie try to get the chassis matched to the engine. whilst you can put a bike engine into a v8 chassis and a v8 into a mega chassis better to stick to the design intent.
I've had a 2ltr vx westie, a 2ltr fiat twin cam Phoenix and am now getting to grip with a r1 fury. All different and I haven't done enough miles in the fury yet, but I miss the westie...
Are there any other forum recommendations aside from the WSCC?
LLantrisant said:
Shhhh, I'm seriously thinking about purchasing this one as a project!Gassing Station | Kit Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff