Man maths made me buy a Westfeild Seight
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MorganP104 said:
The car looks great, OP. You're sure to have a lot of fun with that!
If I may go slightly off-topic for a moment. Man maths is nowhere near as bad as woman maths. Here's a good example:
Woman buys handbag in sale for £150, which was originally priced at £250. Woman tells man she SAVED £100.
No she didn't! She SPENT £150!
That's exactly Mrs WR's reasoning...........If I may go slightly off-topic for a moment. Man maths is nowhere near as bad as woman maths. Here's a good example:
Woman buys handbag in sale for £150, which was originally priced at £250. Woman tells man she SAVED £100.
No she didn't! She SPENT £150!
SimonTheSailor said:
Had a John Eales 4.6 in a G33 for a few years - always scared me the first couple of times out of the garage in the spring !!
Pulled like a train and liked to rev quickly.
Apparently this is redlined at 6500 but there is no reason to go beyond 5000. The graph from the remap and RR session last year when it was detuned show an incredibly smooth power curve and a torue line that seems to peak at just over 2000 and stay there - seems like a hugely linear and tractable powerplant - Saturday and collection will reveal all Pulled like a train and liked to rev quickly.
Andy665 said:
Apparently this is redlined at 6500 but there is no reason to go beyond 5000. The graph from the remap and RR session last year when it was detuned show an incredibly smooth power curve and a torue line that seems to peak at just over 2000 and stay there - seems like a hugely linear and tractable powerplant - Saturday and collection will reveal all
Very very very very jealous.That is one fine example of a well loved Westie....
Hope to own one in the next 12/14 months.... hopefully i get my hands on one just like yours as its a stunner!
Collected the little beast yesterday - quite comical really. Fallen trees, high winds, driving rain, cold, the Leicestshire Hunt riding across the road in front of me with no warning, mud on tjhe roads etc, hardly ideal for my first acquaintance with the car.
Car performed faultessly but my goodness its a thirsty old beast, probably about 20mpg and bizzarely it does not feel as quick as its 300bhp, 358 lb ft of torque and 650kg would make you believe, its so linear, so undramatic and its only the speedo that gives the game away
Surprised at the hidden equipment it has - air conditioning if you lift your head up over the aeroscreen, heating just by pressing your leg against the transmission tunnel, automatically folding mirrors as soon as you go over 65mph
Plans for the next few weeks are a deep clean so that it looks as good as it is to drive
Car performed faultessly but my goodness its a thirsty old beast, probably about 20mpg and bizzarely it does not feel as quick as its 300bhp, 358 lb ft of torque and 650kg would make you believe, its so linear, so undramatic and its only the speedo that gives the game away
Surprised at the hidden equipment it has - air conditioning if you lift your head up over the aeroscreen, heating just by pressing your leg against the transmission tunnel, automatically folding mirrors as soon as you go over 65mph
Plans for the next few weeks are a deep clean so that it looks as good as it is to drive
Edited by Andy665 on Sunday 26th February 22:41
Managed to give the car its first quick wash this morning, first time I have actually seen it clean - wasn't clean when I viewed it as it had just got back from its MOT - even cleaner body condition than I expected.
Identified a few jobs I want to do:
Full machine polish
Repaint of front wishbones
Tidy up of interior - some paint chips on floor
All wheels off and clean of inner rims
Woke up silly early this morning (4am) so put the quiet to good use and went through the pile of invoices that came with the car, got them all in date order - all 127 of them and kept a running total of money spent on the thing - excluding consumables (tyres / oil etc) comes to over £31k - most definitely supporting the theory that was not a Westfield built to a tight budget
Hoping for a dry (ish) day tomorrow so I can get to the Midlands Breakfast Club in Oswestry
Identified a few jobs I want to do:
Full machine polish
Repaint of front wishbones
Tidy up of interior - some paint chips on floor
All wheels off and clean of inner rims
Woke up silly early this morning (4am) so put the quiet to good use and went through the pile of invoices that came with the car, got them all in date order - all 127 of them and kept a running total of money spent on the thing - excluding consumables (tyres / oil etc) comes to over £31k - most definitely supporting the theory that was not a Westfield built to a tight budget
Hoping for a dry (ish) day tomorrow so I can get to the Midlands Breakfast Club in Oswestry
Been awful weather and been really busy so not had much time to do anything meaningful with the Westfield since getting it home.
Managed to get out for about 30 minutes the weekend before last and noticed there was a clear bad earth on the rear lights so connections stripped down, cleaned, protected and put back.
Late afternoon today decided to pop down to the local petrol station and put some fuel in, a nice evening, the right mood and instead of a 10 minute trip it ended up being a 1 1/2 hour blat, managed to grab a couple of reasonable pics
It really is a car that once you're in it you just do not want to stop driving - the power and more specifically the delivery of the power is intoxicating, any gear, any speed and it just surges forward. One thing I have learned very quickly is always to be one gear higher than you think you need, the engine braking when changing down could very easily lock the rear end up
Hoping to get to the Loton Park hillclimb weather permitting this Sunday as its free entry for all and only 25 miles away, which may end up being a rather longer route home
Managed to get out for about 30 minutes the weekend before last and noticed there was a clear bad earth on the rear lights so connections stripped down, cleaned, protected and put back.
Late afternoon today decided to pop down to the local petrol station and put some fuel in, a nice evening, the right mood and instead of a 10 minute trip it ended up being a 1 1/2 hour blat, managed to grab a couple of reasonable pics
It really is a car that once you're in it you just do not want to stop driving - the power and more specifically the delivery of the power is intoxicating, any gear, any speed and it just surges forward. One thing I have learned very quickly is always to be one gear higher than you think you need, the engine braking when changing down could very easily lock the rear end up
Hoping to get to the Loton Park hillclimb weather permitting this Sunday as its free entry for all and only 25 miles away, which may end up being a rather longer route home
Had a proper run out on Sunday, meeting up with fellow members of the North West Kit Car Group at Loton Park hillclimb circuit
Starting to get the feel of the car now, been a long time since driving something like this and its not easy to remember that your ABS is your left foot, traction control is your right foot and that the steering wheel is merely something to hold on to as most of the steering can be done by the throttle
Mine has not got a front anti-roll bar fitted, one did come with the car but on talking to a couple of competitors at the hillclimb running Westfields I noticed that they ran without them too - apparently it stiffens up the front end too much.
Handling on mine seems very good, little of the understeer I thought may be there because of the V8 but I may tweak the Nitrons up a couple of notches, currently running on the softest setting and I'd like to tauten it up a small amount
Ran faultlessly over just over 100 miles of A and B roads, oil temp never above 85 degrees, oil pressure a healthy 70lbs + and water temp (a weakness of V8 Westfields) never above 78 degrees
The obligatory few pics
Starting to get the feel of the car now, been a long time since driving something like this and its not easy to remember that your ABS is your left foot, traction control is your right foot and that the steering wheel is merely something to hold on to as most of the steering can be done by the throttle
Mine has not got a front anti-roll bar fitted, one did come with the car but on talking to a couple of competitors at the hillclimb running Westfields I noticed that they ran without them too - apparently it stiffens up the front end too much.
Handling on mine seems very good, little of the understeer I thought may be there because of the V8 but I may tweak the Nitrons up a couple of notches, currently running on the softest setting and I'd like to tauten it up a small amount
Ran faultlessly over just over 100 miles of A and B roads, oil temp never above 85 degrees, oil pressure a healthy 70lbs + and water temp (a weakness of V8 Westfields) never above 78 degrees
The obligatory few pics
PurpleTurtle said:
Great car OP - I expect your lad there loves riding shotgun!!
Dare I ask what £££ you were able to acquire this for?
I had a budget of 12k for the right car and I had to go over it but not by that muchDare I ask what £££ you were able to acquire this for?
Always disliked the mirrors that were on it, did not look great and had an annoying habit of folding in on themselves above a certain speed which was not particularly helpful, especially with full harnesses fitted.
Found a new pair on EBay, was sceptical of the quality for the price but actually they are extremely good - couple of fresh holes and all fitted - no idea whether these will also fold back at sped but a planned trip to North Wales next Tuesday should provide the answer
Before
After
End of a few days of intensive car cleaning with BMW waxed, Merc fully machine polished and waxed and today was the Westfields turn in readiness for a North Wales trip on Tuesday
Front wheels off, cleaned and waxed, full clean and checkover of all suspension, bodywork clayed, prepped and topped off with a layer of wax, all levels checked, spares packed (just in case) - just keeping fingers crossed for a dry day
Front wheels off, cleaned and waxed, full clean and checkover of all suspension, bodywork clayed, prepped and topped off with a layer of wax, all levels checked, spares packed (just in case) - just keeping fingers crossed for a dry day
True bonding session with the car yesterday - was important for me to become totally comfortable with pressures, temperatures on a prolonged hard drive and to get feel for the balance of the car
7.15 am start and first 55 miles to Corwen on the A5 to meet up with the other cars for the day
E46 330i convertible
B5 S4 running just over 500bhp
Corrado 16V running 888's and the surprise of the day
Griffith 500
Route seemed to centre around the Shell fuel station on the A5 just outside Betws-y Coed as I needed to top up every 100 miles or so
First action was the top two legs of the EVO Triangle - the A543 from Pentrefoelas and the B4051 - not really worth doing the bottom section as its just the A5 so turned round and did it in the other direction
Said it before - whilst the EVO Triangle is good there are better roads out there and we then proceeded to drive them.
From the A5 (Cerrigydrudion) we took the B4501 to the A4212.
Turning right on the A4212 we took the road until it met the A470 at Trawsffyndd where we turned right to Ffestiniog.
From Ffestioniog we took a right on to the B4391 until it reached the A4212 where we turned round and went back until we reached the B4407 to the A5.
Reaching the A5 we took a left and went to Betws-y Coed for lunch.
After lunch we headed to Llandudno on the A470 and did a tour of the Great Orme before heading to the A55.
Quick blast on the A55 through the three tunnels - great noises from mine and the TVR before coming off at Bangor and joining the A4244 to Llanberis.
Meeting the A4086 we took a left and right up and down the Llanberis Pass - fantastic scenery but traffic always prevents a proper attack of the roads.
This took us back to the A5 and a right turn back to Corwen.
The day ended for the others but heading home B4401 down to the B4391 where turned left and took probably the best road of the day, clear roads, setting sun before hanging a right on to the B4580, followed by a left on the A490 and a left on to B4393 and B4398 bring me back on to the A5 at Knockin and a final 20 mile journey home
Hugely enjoyable day - the surprise being just how well a stock Corrado 16V (albeit running on 888's) kept up
Vital stats for the day
Breakages, damage, mishaps - nil
Speed camera vans seen - 3
Unmarked police cars spotted - 1 red Auris estate
Oil and water used by Westfield - nil
Mileage - for me (from Telford) - just over 300
Fuel used - approx. 19 gallons of Shells finest V Power Nitro
And proof that a car with no windscreen, heater etc can still prove comfortable to sleep in
7.15 am start and first 55 miles to Corwen on the A5 to meet up with the other cars for the day
E46 330i convertible
B5 S4 running just over 500bhp
Corrado 16V running 888's and the surprise of the day
Griffith 500
Route seemed to centre around the Shell fuel station on the A5 just outside Betws-y Coed as I needed to top up every 100 miles or so
First action was the top two legs of the EVO Triangle - the A543 from Pentrefoelas and the B4051 - not really worth doing the bottom section as its just the A5 so turned round and did it in the other direction
Said it before - whilst the EVO Triangle is good there are better roads out there and we then proceeded to drive them.
From the A5 (Cerrigydrudion) we took the B4501 to the A4212.
Turning right on the A4212 we took the road until it met the A470 at Trawsffyndd where we turned right to Ffestiniog.
From Ffestioniog we took a right on to the B4391 until it reached the A4212 where we turned round and went back until we reached the B4407 to the A5.
Reaching the A5 we took a left and went to Betws-y Coed for lunch.
After lunch we headed to Llandudno on the A470 and did a tour of the Great Orme before heading to the A55.
Quick blast on the A55 through the three tunnels - great noises from mine and the TVR before coming off at Bangor and joining the A4244 to Llanberis.
Meeting the A4086 we took a left and right up and down the Llanberis Pass - fantastic scenery but traffic always prevents a proper attack of the roads.
This took us back to the A5 and a right turn back to Corwen.
The day ended for the others but heading home B4401 down to the B4391 where turned left and took probably the best road of the day, clear roads, setting sun before hanging a right on to the B4580, followed by a left on the A490 and a left on to B4393 and B4398 bring me back on to the A5 at Knockin and a final 20 mile journey home
Hugely enjoyable day - the surprise being just how well a stock Corrado 16V (albeit running on 888's) kept up
Vital stats for the day
Breakages, damage, mishaps - nil
Speed camera vans seen - 3
Unmarked police cars spotted - 1 red Auris estate
Oil and water used by Westfield - nil
Mileage - for me (from Telford) - just over 300
Fuel used - approx. 19 gallons of Shells finest V Power Nitro
And proof that a car with no windscreen, heater etc can still prove comfortable to sleep in
Weekend of cleaning in prep for the National Kit Car show next weekend.
Saturday saw the removal of the seats to deep clean the cockpit and touch in some marks, no carpets to worry about but despite only being four bolts per set my arms are now ripped and bruised to hell, space is tight. All wheels removes, arches cleaned, wheels waxed and suspension cleaned up
Second set of new mirrors fitted, tiny but convex lenses give great field of view.
Swapped out the original and grubby 5 3/4" headlights for a shiny new pair of 7" units with LED DRLs - pretty essential in something as small as this
Saturday saw the removal of the seats to deep clean the cockpit and touch in some marks, no carpets to worry about but despite only being four bolts per set my arms are now ripped and bruised to hell, space is tight. All wheels removes, arches cleaned, wheels waxed and suspension cleaned up
Second set of new mirrors fitted, tiny but convex lenses give great field of view.
Swapped out the original and grubby 5 3/4" headlights for a shiny new pair of 7" units with LED DRLs - pretty essential in something as small as this
Edited by Andy665 on Sunday 23 April 21:49
Weekend of cleaning in prep for the National Ki Car show next weekend.
Saturday saw the removal of the seats to deep clean the cockpit and touch in some marks, no carpets to worry about but despite only being four bolts per set my arms are now ripped and bruised to hell, space is tight. All wheels removed, arches cleaned, wheels waxed and suspension cleaned up
Second set of new mirrors fitted, tiny but convex lenses give great field of view.
Swapped out the original and grubby 5 3/4" headlights for a shiny new pair of 7" units with LED DRLs - pretty essential in something as small as this
Saturday saw the removal of the seats to deep clean the cockpit and touch in some marks, no carpets to worry about but despite only being four bolts per set my arms are now ripped and bruised to hell, space is tight. All wheels removed, arches cleaned, wheels waxed and suspension cleaned up
Second set of new mirrors fitted, tiny but convex lenses give great field of view.
Swapped out the original and grubby 5 3/4" headlights for a shiny new pair of 7" units with LED DRLs - pretty essential in something as small as this
Edited by Andy665 on Sunday 23 April 21:57
Andy665 said:
Unmarked police cars spotted - 1 red Auris estate
Looks like a cracking day out, I love the roads in that area. Regarding the unmarked above, what made you think it was Plod? The reason I ask is that I have an Auris estate as my daily, it's not the kind of car I would expect to be an unmarked police car, but then I might just be surprised.
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