clarke5700

hello all ive been offered a cvh engined westfield for £1700 witch i think is a deal

it needs a rebuiled as its a bit smoky but ive got a 1.6 cvh engine in my garage

its a 1990 modal with the small headlights in dark green and is realy tydy

its a blokes at work who offered it to me hence the price he just wants it gon as he has bort a super7

but hear is my problem if i bort the car i would have to break my zetec turbo project to fund it and im not to sure so i thort i would ask you lot


HELP

lead_foot

iTrader: (1)

Have a good look over it with a fine tooth combe. A kit car is only as good as the builder.

clarke5700

the bloke at my work used to build and race them on the ile of man paul renalds he still holds the title in his class so i no its built right as ive worked with him for 3 years now

its just ive put 2 years work into my fez i dont no weather im doing the right thing

the west field is cheep as he owes me a favor but i luv my fez but im sure i would luv the west field

RaceFaceJase

Stick to your Fez as its your project and you are not picing up someone elses.....just my opinion tho...lol

Paul Eggleton

THe westie once sorted will dance rings around the fiesta though!

clarke5700

lol true but have you seen the price of a west field on ebay compaired to my fez?

clarke5700

ive been in a west field once and loved every bit of it but its letting my ford go

clarke5700

looks like this one but green. with the head lights ect

Chip

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Thats a bargain for a westy even if its a total shed.

Rip that shitty engine out and get a LET into it

3i_gaz

agree with chip deffo a bargain!!!!

get bike engine in it for mega cheap fun

RaceFaceJase

At least your Fez has a roof though....and in our country's moisture rich enviroment....I would go for a roof...

Jim Galbally

would be slow with a bike engine, an XE or LET would be cheaper and better imho

Chip

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I cant see the fuss about bike engines TBH

N/A most of them dont even make 100lbft of torque and your lucky to see over 150bhp


For the sake of 30KG extra or whatever, id much sooner have 300bhp and 300lbft from a LET!

rst in breaking

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sounds a great deal clarke but you have got to wiegh up how often you'd drive it in this country with the weather compared to your fez? try and work a deal with him if he's your mate?

JTECH James

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yb it

sbd16v

why much more expensive that a c20let for the required power you would want in a westy

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

Buy it, put it on the back burner for a few months and do stuff to i when you can afford it.

Chip

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Great, idea, much better than the LET I suggested as the YB is:
Heavier
More expensive
More peaky delivery
Less economical
Physically bigger


So just generally better all round

JTECH James

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if i did it, id want 500ponies

Jim Galbally

so built a 500bhp LET?

cossies arent the only 500bhp engines you know

and like fuck would you want a 500bhp westy

Chip

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Similar inital cost for both engines then.

So it just leaves you with something:
bigger
heavier
with worse power delivery
more expensive replacement parts



oh, and the exhaust on the drivers side where you dont want it

Ridgey

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lol at the slow comment if a bike engine was put in it.
Obviously never seen or been in a bike engined Westy, 1300cc susuki (sp?). One of the fastest car round track.

JTECH James

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how does anyone else know what i would want?

i personally would love a big power cossie westfield, i wouldnt give a shit if its more expensive, or harder to make, im sure id manage

a friend of mine produces/designs kit cars from scratch, we reckon 4x4 would be an option, with some work

Jim Galbally

seen loads, they were all slow... lol

thing about motorbikes is theyre very very light....

cars aren't

for a bike engined car to be any good it needs

1) proper powerful bike engine, ie hyabusa etc.
2) hardly any weight, ie carbon everything , proper stripped etc.

both of which cost a lot of money and wont be very much better than the the car engined car

clarke5700

im back had to meat the birds grandad strange

i wouldent be useing it as a daylee driver any way so the roof aint a problem i dont have much experence with vauxhall engines i no a little bout the let tho

and dont fancy building another zetec turbo

what sort of power would i see out of a let in standard form?

and finaly any one wanna buy a fresh zetec turbo

Jim Galbally

ok, are you suicidal? do you want to die? do you have NO fear?

if the answer to any of those is no, you dont want a 500bhp westy

i think polly_x's is only about 400 and i refuse to get in it

JTECH James

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all yes jim

but 4x4

clarke5700

lol what sort of power would you go for?

Rich_w

Guy I used to work with had a Westfield Sei8. bloody great Rover V8 in the thing. Noisy as hell, and like most Westies full of Cortina and Granada parts from the early 80s. No windscreen so he had to wear sunglasses or a crash helmet and a roof that he couldnt use as he couldnt get in easily with it on!

Thing I always thnk is that the original Lotus 7 design was sold to Caterham. Westfields are fake Caterhams for fat people who cant fit in a Caterham (which incidentally hold their value better) You also have to hate Caterham and Locost (and god knows who else) owners. As it seems to be ridiculously tribal! To the point that Westfield owners wont stop to help a broken down Caterham (and vice versa!)

If I wanted something fast and light for a weekend toy it would have Yamaha written down the side of it. And I dont mean a Piano

I say stick with your project for now. Westies haevnt hit the bottom of the market yet so once you;ve finished your car (and it will bug you if you dont) then look at values for a finished car which has adeecnt engine in it to start with. Im sure with the current financials you'll have the pick of some nice stuff in the new year.

polly_x

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If thats a genuine road registered Westfield and not been accident damaged or got some dodgy history, its mega mega cheap. Actually, even if it was a cheaper copy its still very cheap IMO.

BUY IT FOR THAT MONEY.

Jim - You pussy

Jtech - Westfield dont do a 4x4 model (Dax do)

clarke5700

mates rates

JTECH James

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i would make it 4x4 polly, make a new chassis is needed

Lee Ivatt

iTrader: (1)

Has it not crossed your mind to put the ZETEC TURBO in the westy?

just sell the fez with a cheap chv in it or even as an engineless car.

that way you dont looes out on the money you have spent on the engine.

Id dare say the westy would be worth more, or at least more sellable than the fez.

rst in breaking

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get some pics up clarke, another thing eing clarke,check your insurance on a kit car due to your age?

sbd16v

300bhp without any drama's and drive very nice

Chip

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Yep, been and seen, they are rubbish IMHO compared to something like pollyx's (which ive also been in)

I take YOU havent been in a 300bhp+ westy then?

PGT

like mine

Red16

Sounds like it'd be worth getting a loan from parents etc and buying it to sell on, personally i'd be waving goodbye to the fiesta and hello to the Westy

LHD220Turbo

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for £1500 i wouldnt even be worried; even if you dont want it; you could sell it on for double that i expect

surely someone could lend you £1500? credit card? small bank loan?

sometimes you just have to buy these things just to sell on for a profit

personally; id get shot of the fez and keep the westy

XRT_si

iTrader: (2)

Iam not sure if its very you mate, and if you sold your Fiesta, bought the Westy and then decided this you would be be back at square one (admittidly with more money).

But you dont want to go in circles like Bamo!