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Introduction
Having had my Westfield SEiW Zetec for ten years I decided it
was looking a little tired and required a bit of a freshening
up. What followed was a complete stripdown of the car to a bare
chassis and rebuild from the ground up.
From this
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To this
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The transformation from tired ugly duckling into lively youthful
swan took six months but the end result had me over the moon...
From this
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To this
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Technical Specification Summary
| Chassis: | 1995 Westfield SEi wide highly modfied with extra bracing. Full FIA spec T45 rollcage by Caged. |
| Bodywork: | Westfield lightweight race tub, bonnet and nosecone. Fluke Motorsport body pack - panelling, carbon/kevlar sidescreens, aeroscreen, wings, floor. Painted BMW Mini Indie Blue by P&T Byfleet |
| Engine: | Dunnell 2.0 Zetec, Crossle race
spec on Webber 45 carbs with Dunnel water rail. Brise Alternator, Brise
Starter motor, Radtec 4 core aluminium radiator, Mocal 16 row oil
cooler, Mocal remote filter setup, Think Automotive swaged ends on
aeroquip hosing, Red top 40 gel battery
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| Transmission: | BGH close ratio Pro gearbox, Quaife Caterham quickshift, Dunnel heavy duty race clutch cover and plate, Sierra 4x4 3.9 LSD
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| Interior: | Fluke Motorsport interior pack - carbon-fibre panelled 2mm pre-preg floor, carbon-fibre interior panelling in 1mm pre-preg (riveted and bonded by P&T Byfleet), carbon-fibre pre-preg dashboard, carbon-fibre pre-preg and aluminium honeycomb boot cover, carbon-fibre sill protectors, carbon-fibre chassis rail protectors, carbon/kevlar lightweight high back race seats,
Duralit switchgear, FIA cutout switch, Luke 3" 6 point harnesses,
Racetec capillary gauges, Westfield led fuel gauge, VDO 10,000rpm tacho
and ODO. |
| Suspension: | Westfield aero section front
widetrack wishbones, Avo 1.9 ID dampers, modified Westfield anti-roll
bar kit (front and rear), rear, Westfield rear wishbones modified for
ARB pickup.
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| Braking: | Fluke motorsport 260mm lightweight discs and bell kit,
Westfield aluminium hubs, Wilwood Powerlite 4 pot calipers with
Polymatrix A race pads, Castrol SRF fluid, Standard escort Mk3 discs
and Mintex 1155 pads in Sierra caliper on the rear.
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| Wheels: |
Minator 6j and 7j x13 with Yokohama 048r tyres
Minator 6j and 7j x13 with Avon race wets
Compomotive ML 6j and 8j x13 Avon FF zetec slicks.
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| Performance: | Total weight, 535kg.
Total power, 225bhp. |
| Future plans: |
Plumbed in Extinguisher System to fit, and upgrade
of shocks to Nitron 2 way adjustable |
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