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New Fun Weekend Toy
« on: March 26, 2014, 11:02:56 pm »
So since I got shot of the M135i, as I just wasn't using it and it was bleeding money. I decided I still wanted something to enjoy at the weekends.

It had to be RWD, cheap £/performance and pretty depreciation proof.

A mate of mine was looking at Westys since last year, and I've always been a huge fan of Lotus 7 style kit cars. A Caterham r500 was out the question due to very high prices, so I decided to look at Westys too.

I happened upon this car, it's a Mazda MX-5 based Westfield and as soon as I saw it with it's insanely high build quality, I had to have it. Loads of CF bits on it, rebuilt engine. Everything still looks new in spite of it's 2010 build completion. It had covered around 9500 miles when I purchased it, and was still in winter storage.









It's a lot of fun. :)
« Last Edit: March 27, 2014, 09:19:55 am by Deako »
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 11:10:24 pm »
That looks brilliant fun!! I bet you can't wait for summer and dry roads!  :party:
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2014, 11:32:02 pm »
Now that's cool and I bet loads of fun

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2014, 11:38:31 pm »
I would love to have something like this as a weekend toy! What's power/weight?
I'm sure you will have a lot of fun in that :happy2:

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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2014, 11:41:57 pm »
Was it built by a man named Keith, with a beard, in his shed?


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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2014, 12:47:14 am »
Looks very fun...roll on the summer :driver:


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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2014, 08:00:30 am »
I would love to have something like this as a weekend toy! What's power/weight?
I'm sure you will have a lot of fun in that :happy2:

It's about 570kg and 130bhp, as the 1800 MX-5 lump is standard at the moment. Head and cams are on the cards, Blink Motorsport say 160bhp for Stage 1 and then with throttle bodies about 185bhp.

Even with 130bhp it's still 0-60 in around 5 seconds.

Was it built by a man named Keith, with a beard, in his shed?



Lol. No, it was built in a very large she'd attached to a garage by a man named Rick and his father. Neither of them are beardy. Rick worked for a team supplying cooling systems for F1 teams, this Westy has a lovely alloy radiator that would have been destined for a Lola originally.
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2014, 08:08:06 am »
Nice mate. Wack a supercharger on it :wink:

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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2014, 08:18:58 am »
That looks a great weekend toy. I too am a fan on the Lotus 7 kit cars.

I know what I'll be googling today - MX5 based kit cars!  :driver:

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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2014, 09:21:03 am »
That looks a great weekend toy. I too am a fan on the Lotus 7 kit cars.

I know what I'll be googling today - MX5 based kit cars!  :driver:

You can buy the MX-5 SDV kit from Westfield for a reasonable amount of cash. Then just a donor vehicle required. I had contemplated building one, but it'd take me years with the spare time I get.
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2014, 09:29:42 am »
Great purchase!

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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2014, 10:05:15 am »
Great purchase!

 :happy2:

Cheers Mike. Don't feel quite so guilty with the wife about this being sat in the garage unused for a couple of weeks at a time either. Haha!!

M135i was still the best all round car I have ever owned. Fantastic machine!!

I'm thinking if the engine ever blows, I will do a 1.8 20v throttle bodied replacement lump.
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2014, 10:13:25 am »
2.3 Duratecs are cheap and silly too  :happy2:

Although I imagine it really won't need it for a while, it'll go like a stabbed rat as it is. I'm a little bit jealous, that day I had lashing Caterhams made me realise just how awesome these things are in terms of feel, enjoyment and skill required.
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2014, 10:54:30 am »
 :happy2: Nice

A mate of mine owned both a bike engine westfield and zetec engine westfield at different times, the bike engine one tried killing him a few times (my god it was so quick though!!!!!!)  he always said the car engine based westfields were a much nicer drive! the bike engine ones are just toooooo light!   enjoy!!  :happy2:
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Re: New Fun Weekend Toy
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2014, 10:57:22 pm »
Looks good and i bet it's loads of fun too, unless you accidentally hit a pot hole of which there are always many to choose from  :laugh: