Just been out in my Nephews ...
12 April 2009, 09:56 PM
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Just been out in my Nephews ...
... Westfield ... scared the cr4p out of me!!
I honest to god thought the front was about to lift off - and we think Scoobies are fast!!
I honest to god thought the front was about to lift off - and we think Scoobies are fast!!
12 April 2009, 10:01 PM
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I'd love to have the time to build something like that, I'm thinking about a 2 litre vauxhall redtop on throttle bodies running about 200bhp in a lightweight westfield 7 shell
My wife thinks it's just a mid-life crisis, but so was the scooby
My wife thinks it's just a mid-life crisis, but so was the scooby
12 April 2009, 10:14 PM
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I've seen the Robin Hood from about £1500 for a self build, but you get what you pay for. I might look at some incomplete projects later in the year. I'll have to stop spending on the scoob to save the cash though
12 April 2009, 10:55 PM
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Always wanted a Dax Rush. Money and time always got in the way though 
Either of these two would do just nicely
totalheadturners.com : Dax Rush
Kit Cars : Dax Rush Cosworth Turbo
Either of these two would do just nicely
totalheadturners.com : Dax Rush
Kit Cars : Dax Rush Cosworth Turbo
13 April 2009, 12:17 AM
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why not just get a civic typr r engine? if you want more power just supercharge it to 300bhp....
13 April 2009, 12:25 AM
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I'd love to build one, not too fussed about driving one...not since being a passenger in one that spun onto the grass at the bottom of Clay Hill, Oulton Park...the tyre wall suddenly looks a lot harder when there's nothing between you and it!
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13 April 2009, 09:23 AM
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Being down so low and with so little wrapped around you seems to heighten the perception of speed, but there's no denying, cars like these are quick. I love the fact that you have to drive these cars, no driver aids or 4WD to cover inadequacy. When I was in my mates Atom 300+ on track the Scoobs in our way looked cumbersome, heavy and very slow indeed. After each pass they disappeared from our mirrors within one corner. Another big plus is that he bought the Atom for £40.5k (high spec) and ran it for two years, then sold it for £39k. £1500 to run one of the fastest, most thrilling cars on the planet for two whole years 
Finding £40k to spunk on a toy in the first place is difficult, but it's borderline free motoring when you consider the residuals. Probably cheaper than catching the bus
Finding £40k to spunk on a toy in the first place is difficult, but it's borderline free motoring when you consider the residuals. Probably cheaper than catching the bus
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13 April 2009, 10:23 AM
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Actually scratch that - the first time you opened the throttle you'd experience a brief period of joy, confusion, terror, pain and death.
13 April 2009, 10:33 AM
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13 April 2009, 10:59 AM
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13 April 2009, 11:22 AM
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I did actually have to be assisted out of it ...... I was instructed NOT to use the windscreen as a lever, it would have buckled!!
I felt really vulnerable in it - especially with a 23 year invincible lad at the wheel!!
It shows, beyond all doubt, that top speed really counts for nothing .. it's how you get there that matters!!
I felt really vulnerable in it - especially with a 23 year invincible lad at the wheel!!
It shows, beyond all doubt, that top speed really counts for nothing .. it's how you get there that matters!!
13 April 2009, 01:05 PM
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only been driven in a Westfield on the road but have driven a Caterham on a track. not sure the differences between the two, but they were both great.kind of like a go-kart with a hyperspace pedal
13 April 2009, 03:01 PM
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LETS aren't as reliable as XE's.
My mate's got an MK indy with a fireblade engine in it. It's as quick as my 270bhp Classic once it's moving and cost him £6k to buy it second hand. By god though, it FEELS faster when you're in it. All noise and wind, revs to 13k, sequential box (No reverse! we had to get out and push it to do a 3 point turn!)
Loved it!
My mate's got an MK indy with a fireblade engine in it. It's as quick as my 270bhp Classic once it's moving and cost him £6k to buy it second hand. By god though, it FEELS faster when you're in it. All noise and wind, revs to 13k, sequential box (No reverse! we had to get out and push it to do a 3 point turn!)
Loved it!
13 April 2009, 07:49 PM
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where's Jon Felstead these days?
13 April 2009, 08:13 PM
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I had a Westy for 2 years - it was definitely the 'fun car' while the scooby was the everyday runabout. 150bhp or so from a 2.0 XE engine and a throttle response that no turbo car can ever come close to.
It spent half its life in bits in the garage, mind...
It spent half its life in bits in the garage, mind...
13 April 2009, 08:24 PM
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Was speaking to some who said putting any turbo engine in one of these is daft as when the boost comes in you end up facing the way you came, high end power not torque seems to be what suits these, not big gobs of torque.
13 April 2009, 08:51 PM
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I'd agree, you simply don't need fat gobs of torque in one of these cars, they don't have the rear end grip for it anyway. Something like a Honda VTEC is perfect.
Of course, that doesn't stop people putting Cosworth turbo engines in them - and it doesn't mean I'd say 'no' to one of the 3.9 litre V8's they do either
Of course, that doesn't stop people putting Cosworth turbo engines in them - and it doesn't mean I'd say 'no' to one of the 3.9 litre V8's they do either
13 April 2009, 09:04 PM
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I'd agree, you simply don't need fat gobs of torque in one of these cars, they don't have the rear end grip for it anyway. Something like a Honda VTEC is perfect.
Of course, that doesn't stop people putting Cosworth turbo engines in them - and it doesn't mean I'd say 'no' to one of the 3.9 litre V8's they do either
Of course, that doesn't stop people putting Cosworth turbo engines in them - and it doesn't mean I'd say 'no' to one of the 3.9 litre V8's they do either
