Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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I know the topend will never match up, but round a twisty track you should be all over 'em
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
Location: Leprechaun Land Drives : Zafira GSI
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can ya drive these on the road?
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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yes
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam Kindness
the SE/SEi will take most ford engines and the c20
i'll need wheels, tyres, susp (basicaly all the running gear)
drive shafts and box from doner car
0-60 in a 150bhp redtop id say low 5's to mid
Mate has a 2.1l pinto on twin 45 webbers with gearbox etc in his garage
MMMMmmmmmm let me think !!!
would be a goo little project
[Edited on 13-05-2004 by Half Pint]
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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if i was you id stay away from westfields,
my dad has built 3 kit cars now and he has opted against westfield due to the basic kit costing around 11k after youve added the coilovers, all trim, dash etc and you cant build a cheap westfield.
Look in my garage on the last car he built, then look on the stuart taylor website?? and raw engineering?? same car -yes because they loved the quality of the buold so much!!
Dax is going to have full cream leather interior and have a mad engine spec!!
Im now insured ont he locaorage yee haa
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Recaro1
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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mate at work just bought a westfield with a cosworth engine in. Has to be the scariest thing. Its does 0 - 60 in under 3 secs and he's beaten motorbikes quite a few bikes.
Goes of the clock, he reckons it does about 160+.
Really want one, but my old man has a caterham and does not like westfields at all.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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If you're putting the XE in, don't forget custom mounts and a RWD bellhousing. You might need a new pedal box as well or relocation of the servo if you're keeping it. Depends if the chassis is designed around doing this.
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
Location: POAH
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don;t see why adam just don;t buy a banger every 6 months any most things he gets his hands on last about that length of time 
[Edited on 13-05-2004 by vibrio]
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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if your going for any box get the sierra type 9, raw sell them with the diff and gear ratios changed thats why ours does 0-60 in like 3.5 seconds!
Look into dax, the build quality is much higher or sylvia, i have drove a supercharged 1.6 at donnington and that handled amazingly and went like hell
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Davey_boy
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Registered: 28th Apr 03
Location: Kingswinford, West Midlands
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quote:
Originally posted by Ned
They make Westfields about 3 miles form my house
They make them less than 1 mile from my house  
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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westfield....WTF? 
Adam, dont get a westfield, they are really poor quality for the money, plus they dont seem to handle right  Get a caterham or a Robin Hood, or a Dux if your looking into the kitcar side of things, all of them are better that the westfield 
Although, by the time your finished, it will cost you more than what you could get one off ebay...ie: 300BHP 'busa kit going on there for about 6k...would out run most things (cant think of anything faster 0-60 apart from a drag car) and its fairly cheap too 
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bradfincham
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Registered: 20th Sep 02
Location: East Of England Drives: Clio 172
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Robin hood are the worst to get mate, have you studied the chasis and the suspension geometry! I would always buy one with a strong racing background. And the westfield is good but i think for that money a dax is the way to go.
The cosworth are very undriveable i went out in the one from dax in harlow with gary the owner.
It has heaps of lag and boosts up right when you dont want it, good in a straight line, but the power is uncontrollable in bends
the bike engines are good if yoi wanna rev the shite outta them and push the car the whole time.
For me the s2000 on tb's will have lots of torque and top end power for the track!
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