Westfield megabusa
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Nedz

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2,439 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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My 220bhp westfield megabusa.Great fun when the suns shining!

pistonchris

850 posts

209 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Thats really nice have you got any pictures of it on track?
How practical are they with a bike engine on the road?

Shaw Tarse

31,874 posts

231 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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OK, so more details & pics needed! biggrin

N88

1,314 posts

207 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Lovely!

Westy Pre-Lit

5,088 posts

231 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Want !

cullen

238 posts

233 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Needs a proper roll bar!

soad

34,549 posts

204 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Yellow? Tick
Two seater? Tick
Fast? Tick
Lightweight & low to the ground? Yes

Ticks all the boxes, one big WANT!!!

Nedz

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2,439 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Other side!


Ive owned this car for the past two summers now and it has been fantastic.
It is running a 2001 1300cc suzuki hayabusa engine which was built for this car by tts performance.
It is fitted with yoshimura cams,ecu and the head was ported and polished.It produced 221bhp at the crank when installed in the car.

Not sure exactly what the car weighs but im guessing around 500kgs which should give a pretty healthy power to weight ratio!

Performance,the previous owner(and builder) of the car took it to santa pod and claimed mid 11sec quarter mile times hitting 100mph in around 8 sec and i can certainly beleive it.

Bit tricky to drive at first,easily stalled,it is a bike transmission after all but like anything else you soon get the hang of it,just avoid hill starts if you can!

Some people often question the reliability of bike engined cars.This car has now covered around 14k miles the last 3k by me and apart from replacing a leaking radiator (£60) it has run without fault and im sure could take anything you could throw at it.

Maybe selling nxt year as i have my eye on a new road car and will certainly be needing the funds.

soad

34,549 posts

204 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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Thanks for the write-up, enjoy it whilst you can!

ambuletz

11,714 posts

209 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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what sort of mpg do you get out of it blah

Nedz

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2,439 posts

202 months

Thursday 4th November 2010
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ambuletz said:
what sort of mpg do you get out of it blah
Probably average around 20mpg normal road use. Can quite easily get through £40 of super unleaded in an afternoon though if really in the mood.

jdwoodbury

1,372 posts

234 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Really nice, I had an identical looking Westfield albeit with a Zetec...always fancied a bike engine though. Unfortunately no room at home for more play things.

dxbtiger

4,541 posts

201 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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That must be big smile everytime you take it out!

What can these be bought for price wise?

h4muf

2,070 posts

235 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Nice!

Good to see a fellow westfield owner on here smile

marky911

4,433 posts

247 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Nice!
Looks well presented.

SeanyD

3,445 posts

228 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Beautiful car, I'm keeping my eyes open for a bike powered road-legal Westy or similar in the next year or two, would love to hear more about yours (and others) experience, performance, reliability etc.

Nedz

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2,439 posts

202 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Another view.

Nedz

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202 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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dxbtiger said:
That must be big smile everytime you take it out!

What can these be bought for price wise?
Hayabusa powered westfields tend to start at around £10k,never seen one advertised for less,up to maybe £20k for a late example or something mad like a turbo/supercharged model.

Fireblade engined cars start at around £7k but obviously wont give the same performance.

Yazza54

20,312 posts

209 months

Friday 5th November 2010
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Can vouch for the reliability of bike engines too. I researched into them a bit before buying my R1 engined fury.... as you don't generally see high milage bikes. Joined the R1 forum and theres guys on there with up to 100K miles on their original engines!!!

Nice car mate!

Nedz

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202 months

Monday 8th November 2010
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Couple of track day pics[url]|http://thumbsnap.com/vdzcISSv

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