Which Westfield can I buy ???
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It depends what you want from the car. If it is track action then undoubtedly go for the Megabusa, it is light revs high and turns into the corners like it is on rails due to the low weight.
For road work the s2000. The torque from the engine will make driving more relaxed but will still be blisteringly fast on the road. I have a 2ltr vauxhall engined, 200+ bhp, car which on the road is only passed by super bikes, they are in their element on the twisty roads not autostradas. Which ever you chose they are great.
Jeff
For road work the s2000. The torque from the engine will make driving more relaxed but will still be blisteringly fast on the road. I have a 2ltr vauxhall engined, 200+ bhp, car which on the road is only passed by super bikes, they are in their element on the twisty roads not autostradas. Which ever you chose they are great.
Jeff
I would ask the same question on www.wscc.co.uk . . . on the left choose the Boardroom button (WSCC forum), you'll get loads of answers from owners of these cars.
Mine would give you the best of both worlds and some.
Best part of 300bhp
In classifed on here or see below.
www.westfield-turbo.co.uk
Best part of 300bhp
In classifed on here or see below.
www.westfield-turbo.co.uk
aleguasp said:
I would like to buy a westfield but I didn't decide yet the type : Megabusa or 2000 .I would like a reliable car that can last in the years but, at same time, fast and very funny to drive . Which are your advices ?
If I was going to purely use it on the road I'd go for a v8 because you have loads of torque instantly and it makes overtaking effortless not even requiring a gearchange. If I was going to mainly do track days I'd buy a bike engined car. I had a v8 and for the road it was superb but on the track the gearbox was a bit agricultural. I'm building a R1 engined car for mainly track work and the aim is then to turbo it to get a similar power to weight ratio to my old v8. I'm not a massive fan of turbos but I'm hoping that the fact that the engine and the turbo are small and the fact that I'll be constantly reving the nuts off it on track will mean that I won't have the lag and then the injection of power I get from my subaru which I personally don't like. Regards,
Mark
I know it's not a westfield but why wouldn't you look further?
Buy or Build a RAW striker with a toy 4age 20valve engine.
that engine has truly the best of both, it's light, rev's high and puts out a decent amount of power and will last for ever. ok ok nowhere near the power of a 2.0L turbo.
But when relaiablilty is an issue I would certainly go for a stock engine set-up instead of a boosted zetec, a striker weighs only 498kilo's if build right.
grtz Thomas
ps if you fancy one look in the clasifieds
Buy or Build a RAW striker with a toy 4age 20valve engine.
that engine has truly the best of both, it's light, rev's high and puts out a decent amount of power and will last for ever. ok ok nowhere near the power of a 2.0L turbo.
But when relaiablilty is an issue I would certainly go for a stock engine set-up instead of a boosted zetec, a striker weighs only 498kilo's if build right.
grtz Thomas
ps if you fancy one look in the clasifieds
scooby8272 said:
It is not a cossie Intsall m8 Its a Zetec Turbo.
I was refering to Road/Track use
Soz yep I remember now, still much of a muchness though, big old lump of pig-iron in the front either way
The bit about road/track use was kinda my point though, one of the big benefits of a BEC on track is the very light weight which means it will generally be quicker through the corners and later on the brakes. On overall laptime a more powerful CEC may make up the lost time on the straights but it still doesn't really give the same (just different) advantages as the BEC. There's also the sequential box and high revving nature, again two things that suit track driving that you don't get with a car engine (unless you spend a few £k on a sequential box).
Im certainly not saying that your car or CECs in general can't be great track cars, but something like yours is going to be significantly different to a BEC on track in the way it extracts a lap time and the way it can be driven, so I wouldnt really concur that it gives the best of both worlds any more than a BEC gives you the best of both worlds.
cheers
Chris
Edited by Locoblade on Tuesday 3rd October 14:06
Locoblade said:
scooby8272 said:
It is not a cossie Intsall m8 Its a Zetec Turbo.
I was refering to Road/Track use
Soz yep I remember now, still much of a muchness though, big old lump of pig-iron in the front either way
The bit about road/track use was kinda my point though, one of the big benefits of a BEC on track is the very light weight which means it will generally be quicker through the corners and later on the brakes. On overall laptime a more powerful CEC may make up the lost time on the straights but it still doesn't really give the same (just different) advantages as the BEC. There's also the sequential box and high revving nature, again two things that suit track driving that you don't get with a car engine (unless you spend a few £k on a sequential box).
Im certainly not saying that your car or CECs in general can't be great track cars, but something like yours is going to be significantly different to a BEC on track in the way it extracts a lap time and the way it can be driven, so I wouldnt really concur that it gives the best of both worlds any more than a BEC gives you the best of both worlds.
cheers
Chris
Edited by Locoblade on Tuesday 3rd October 14:06
* defends self from locost flack *
On my track time the only bike engines i have seen have been in my rear view mirror..........
Edited by scooby8272 on Tuesday 3rd October 22:02
That old chestnut 
Im sure you'll agree that 90% of kit cars on circuit are driven well within their limits though, so its not really a good barometer. I could say the same about BECs as you, very few I can remember have been any quicker than my car and the vast majority significantly slower. If I had a high powered CEC I'd probably assume its because BECs are slower in general, but as I also have a BEC (R1) its obviously not the case, and I could say exactly the same about the vast majority of car engine'd kit cars so there's two sides to every story. With everything else being equal though, your car certainly should be quicker than the majority of BECs on faster circuits because its got twice the power, but if we borrowed Bazzer's turbo Megabusa for example, as a fair comparison on power / cost, I suspect that in turn would be quicker still because it has all the advantages of a BEC, as well as huge horsepower.
Although its now dangerously close to evolving into the good old BEC/CEC debate of what's best / quickest, all I meant to light heartedly point out is that they're different with different pro's / cons and that there isnt really such thing as a best of both because most of the things that make any of our cars good on track, also make them not so good on the road and visca versa.
Im sure you'll agree that 90% of kit cars on circuit are driven well within their limits though, so its not really a good barometer. I could say the same about BECs as you, very few I can remember have been any quicker than my car and the vast majority significantly slower. If I had a high powered CEC I'd probably assume its because BECs are slower in general, but as I also have a BEC (R1) its obviously not the case, and I could say exactly the same about the vast majority of car engine'd kit cars so there's two sides to every story. With everything else being equal though, your car certainly should be quicker than the majority of BECs on faster circuits because its got twice the power, but if we borrowed Bazzer's turbo Megabusa for example, as a fair comparison on power / cost, I suspect that in turn would be quicker still because it has all the advantages of a BEC, as well as huge horsepower.
Although its now dangerously close to evolving into the good old BEC/CEC debate of what's best / quickest, all I meant to light heartedly point out is that they're different with different pro's / cons and that there isnt really such thing as a best of both because most of the things that make any of our cars good on track, also make them not so good on the road and visca versa.
Edited by Locoblade on Tuesday 3rd October 23:15
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