MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Deako on March 26, 2014, 11:02:56 pm
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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.
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It's a lot of fun. :)
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That looks brilliant fun!! I bet you can't wait for summer and dry roads! :party:
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Now that's cool and I bet loads of fun
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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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Was it built by a man named Keith, with a beard, in his shed?
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Looks very fun...roll on the summer :driver:
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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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Nice mate. Wack a supercharger on it :wink:
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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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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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Great purchase!
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Great purchase!
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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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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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: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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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:
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Brilliant they are awesome I had one for a couple of weeks I wouldn't get out of the thing - or couldn't get out the thing I can't remember ........
At 70mph the window flexed so much it was nearly hitting me on the face, pedal tunnel in a propper v shape and so close together you need to take your shoes off !
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Awesome performance for the money, I had a 230bhp n/a cosworth Yb powered one and sold it. Do regret it a bit but couldn't really justify it with a young family :-(
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I want to build one stupid ??? Why is it on an M plate if it was built in 2010
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Rapido.......
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZtFUJHFV0&feature=youtu.be
The Build: http://passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/254591-frijj-the-white-westy-im-declaring-it-finished.html
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I want to build one stupid ??? Why is it on an M plate if it was built in 2010
The age of a build/kit car is determined by the age of the majority of parts fitted from the donor car, therefore I'd imagine the donor mx5 was a 94 car :happy2:
Iirc there's a 'percentage' rule regarding whether a kit car can be awarded a new registration, if the age of the donor parts can not be determined or there are not enough parts used from one car then it will have to go on a 'Q' plate..
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Have you gone sideways in it yet?
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I want to build one stupid ??? Why is it on an M plate if it was built in 2010
The age of a build/kit car is determined by the age of the majority of parts fitted from the donor car, therefore I'd imagine the donor mx5 was a 94 car :happy2:
Iirc there's a 'percentage' rule regarding whether a kit car can be awarded a new registration, if the age of the donor parts can not be determined or there are not enough parts used from one car then it will have to go on a 'Q' plate..
Correct. :happy2: Although this one could actually go on a 60 plate apparently.
It will be going on my cherished plate anyway.
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Have you gone sideways in it yet?
Yes. A little. But I'm still getting used to it. :driver:
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Looks awesome - must be quite a handful!
I remember my only experience of a Westfield was a passenger ride on a dark night in Modena - it was hot, low, but a lot of fun. It was a 2l Ford Duratec (I think), but went well!
We were on a driving trip and the tour went back to the UK via the Nurburgring - you should have seen the faces of the guys we got talking to in the Pistenklause (they'd been on a similar trip in their Evo's & Impreza's) when the chap in the Westfield said he'd driven from the UK, to the Stevio pass, to Modena and then back. They were amazed.
Pretty hardcore dedication (and not sure I'd want to do the drive in one), but it shows they can be reliable!
Enjoy your new car Deako!
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Looks awesome - must be quite a handful!
I remember my only experience of a Westfield was a passenger ride on a dark night in Modena - it was hot, low, but a lot of fun. It was a 2l Ford Duratec (I think), but went well!
We were on a driving trip and the tour went back to the UK via the Nurburgring - you should have seen the faces of the guys we got talking to in the Pistenklause (they'd been on a similar trip in their Evo's & Impreza's) when the chap in the Westfield said he'd driven from the UK, to the Stevio pass, to Modena and then back. They were amazed.
Pretty hardcore dedication (and not sure I'd want to do the drive in one), but it shows they can be reliable!
Enjoy your new car Deako!
Cheers. Plenty do big touring drives. Some ingenuity is required for baggage. :)