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14th Feb 06 at 02:18

aye aye....

been looking at westie on ebay and autotrader. like so...

1997 WESTFIELD SEI Sprint Hillclimb car,
4,000 miles, Westfield SEi Wide Chassis. Sprint & Hillclimb (not road legal). 2ltr Vauxhall 16v, 175 bhp, Ford 5-spd box, ltd slp diff, Hoosier slicks, rain tyres. Fully enclosed alloy trailer. Ready to race!. £8,500

Anyone know whats involved in switching one running say ford gear over to VX?

What other platforms cater for VX in kit form? I.E. the mounts etc? Is it just a case of swapping out mounts to swap engine types, as i know most run ford RWD trans.

Brad?

I have caterham and westfield price lists and brochures at home, but not much use just now

The idea would be to swap over my 2.1 into a kit car, and maybe pop a 20let into the preped shell i have.

and sell the 205, ken

[Edited on 14-02-2006 by AK]

[Edited on 15-02-2006 by AK]

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14th Feb 06 at 02:27

Most run Ford Sierra transmission, you can get bellhousings that allow you to fit a Vauxhall engine straight onto this nice and easily.

Basically, whatever kit car you get you are more than likely to be using Sierra transmission. Kit cars aren't really designed for any specific engine, however most will be doesigned with Ford or Vauxhall engines in mind. However a good choice for engine now days is somethig Jap like a V-Tec as they are a bot newer and tunable. Duratec engines are a prety popular choice too.

I'd say do it, your engine would be perfect for a track day kit car as it is almost a full race spec engine

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14th Feb 06 at 02:35

i know about the trans etc....

Its just the question about what engines fit

What needs changed if i bought a cheap ford engined one etc

Ian

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14th Feb 06 at 02:37

Mounts, bell housing, fuelling? Ignition?

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14th Feb 06 at 02:40

i.e. do they have a universal chassis with mounts welded/bolted on for specific engine fitment... or as the chassis slightly diff in any way

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14th Feb 06 at 02:43

ignition sys from my car...... ECU, may need a new loom

need new exhaust manifold.

Ian

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14th Feb 06 at 02:43

There's usually enough clearance in the chassis. My mate is putting an XE in a Robin Hood 2B and it physically fits although the plating around the pedals etc. is a bit tighter.

Ian

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14th Feb 06 at 02:44

Few images missing on this site, but this is how he sorted the exhaust:

http://www.kitcarbuilder.co.uk/exhaust.htm

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14th Feb 06 at 04:29

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk

3CorsaMeal

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14th Feb 06 at 09:21

Brad knows loads about em, i think most use a ford box

Edd

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14th Feb 06 at 09:33

brad will know, they are using an s2k engine with a ford box iirc

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14th Feb 06 at 10:14

bradns using a type 9 box and a one off bellhousing iirc

SBd make 2 diffrent bellhousings for type 9 to xe, a 0 and 7 degree one

expensive but worth it

or just for get the whole vaux thing and YB it

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14th Feb 06 at 20:04

na..... i have a suitable engine...

I'd like to build the kit up over a period.... then plop the white corsa's engine in

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14th Feb 06 at 20:07

Have a chat to westfield AK, as there ideal as you know

on question though, have you acutuly got enough time to build one ??? as your never here, what about buying a complete rolling chassis etc

[Edited on 14-02-2006 by jr]

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14th Feb 06 at 20:22

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14th Feb 06 at 20:26

bell housing

NS mount

OS mount

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14th Feb 06 at 20:28

quote:
Originally posted by jr
Have a chat to westfield AK, as there ideal as you know

on question though, have you acutuly got enough time to build one ??? as your never here, what about buying a complete rolling chassis etc

[Edited on 14-02-2006 by jr]

hence the questions about how easy it would be to switch from one engine to another

time - who knows

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14th Feb 06 at 20:28

how easy to make do the mounts look

take it thats the SBD bell housing

TNM

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14th Feb 06 at 20:33

My uncle worked for lotus back in the day building engines for 7's.

Was one of their top 5 engine builders.

Moved down to Kent and set up building 7's for people from kits.

He could tell you more about them than most people at lotus there days

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14th Feb 06 at 20:36

does he still live in Kent tim ?

TNM

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14th Feb 06 at 20:57

quote:
Originally posted by jr
does he still live in Kent tim ?

He does in deed.

Beckenham

Still got a garage there

Does lots of old sports cars these days.
Hes even got a FF1600 sat some where.

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14th Feb 06 at 20:58

http://www.stuart-taylor.co.uk/locoblade.html

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14th Feb 06 at 21:09

oooooooooooooooo

http://www.robinhoodengineering.co.uk/Bolteon.htm

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14th Feb 06 at 21:10

quote:
Originally posted by TNM

quote:
Originally posted by jr
does he still live in Kent tim ?

He does in deed.

Beckenham

Still got a garage there

Does lots of old sports cars these days.
Hes even got a FF1600 sat some where.

intresting as i work just up the road

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14th Feb 06 at 21:11

quote:
Originally posted by AK
oooooooooooooooo

http://www.robinhoodengineering.co.uk/Bolteon.htm

only problem is robin hood have a poor reputation

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