Westfield SE? or somthing else?
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Tempted with the red £5k SE in Essex featured in the PH classifieds - too much of computer newbie to do links - so can't show it here.
What to look out for? I've built several x-flows so know my way round the oily bits but have no idea about strengths and weaknesses of Westfields. I can see they are comparatively cheap compared to other kit cars - is there a reason for this?
Brief spec is 1700cc on 40's, no mention of what cam or head fited and I'm assuming it's still on standard distributor as well so I'm guessing power is around 90/110BHP. This will no doubt come to bits if I buy it and have lots of beer tokens spent on making it more unreliable....
Any idea what sort of 0-60 time that'd give assuming normal gearing?
Over to you chaps
What to look out for? I've built several x-flows so know my way round the oily bits but have no idea about strengths and weaknesses of Westfields. I can see they are comparatively cheap compared to other kit cars - is there a reason for this?
Brief spec is 1700cc on 40's, no mention of what cam or head fited and I'm assuming it's still on standard distributor as well so I'm guessing power is around 90/110BHP. This will no doubt come to bits if I buy it and have lots of beer tokens spent on making it more unreliable....
Any idea what sort of 0-60 time that'd give assuming normal gearing?
Over to you chaps
It looks like quite a nice car, but being a dealer sale it's not conspicuously cheap! I'd be expecting to pay a good grand less than that for a Crossflow SE, no matter how nice it is.
Remember that your looking at a 16 year old kit car... also the SE is a live axle and a 4 speed box is pretty basic spec. (it is a nice gearbox to use, mind - the spec of that car is very similar to my first Westfield - but you might find that not having a taller 5th gear makes high speed driving a bit tiresome).
THey're pretty simple cars, though, so as long as you check the chassis condition (very carefully, on a car that age, though if the mileage is correct it might have led a sheltered life) and make sure the mechanicals run sweetly and it drievs and steers tautly, with no knocks or clonks, you probably won't go too far wrong.
I can't say that the gills cut into the left hand side of the bonnet, or the tiny exhaust silencer are to my tastes, but you'll get details like that on any kit car.
Depending on final drive, I'd expect 0-60 to be around 6.5 seconds with that engine spec. Do remember that Sevens have really lousy aerodynamics, though, so although the 0-60 acceleration will be brisk, it will tail off rapidly above that and the car will be flat out at less than 110mph.
Remember that your looking at a 16 year old kit car... also the SE is a live axle and a 4 speed box is pretty basic spec. (it is a nice gearbox to use, mind - the spec of that car is very similar to my first Westfield - but you might find that not having a taller 5th gear makes high speed driving a bit tiresome).
THey're pretty simple cars, though, so as long as you check the chassis condition (very carefully, on a car that age, though if the mileage is correct it might have led a sheltered life) and make sure the mechanicals run sweetly and it drievs and steers tautly, with no knocks or clonks, you probably won't go too far wrong.
I can't say that the gills cut into the left hand side of the bonnet, or the tiny exhaust silencer are to my tastes, but you'll get details like that on any kit car.
Depending on final drive, I'd expect 0-60 to be around 6.5 seconds with that engine spec. Do remember that Sevens have really lousy aerodynamics, though, so although the 0-60 acceleration will be brisk, it will tail off rapidly above that and the car will be flat out at less than 110mph.
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