Westfield 11 Builder

Spaz, this is a bit o/t, but what are the codes for your paint? I am getting near the bodywork stage in my Westfield 11 build and I am planning to paint the car in the same '60's Lotus colors as yours. It looks like the yellow is a perfect match, but it is hard to tell in the photos if the green is correct. How does it look in the sunlight? BTW, my car is yellow with a green interior and will have green trim, it's just a generic yellow gelcoat now.

Great news, did you get your exemption this year? I was lucky enough to be 3rd in line @ the DMV on Jan.2 this year. IIRC my # was 2009006. the last guy in line got #2009497. I arrived at about 4:30AM and it was all done and the last slot allocated by 10AM (doors opened @ 8:00AM). What a great system! I am exempt smog and the windshield rule! It required jumping through some hoops, but at least there is a mechanism for cars like ours to be legalised.

I like the upgrade, but I am having trouble with the post #'s within the individual threads: everything is listed in reverse order. That is, on page 5/the last page, the bottom entry is post #1 and to see the newest entry I have to go to page 1. This is the reverse of what occurs at any other forum, is it due to a setting problem in my profile? I looked, but didn't see anything about a reverse order setting.

I don't know how many came over in the 1980's, but Tom the importer told me a week or so ago that he had sold 20 kits in the past 2 or 3 years.

I know Jan well and have driven his 11 several times as well as helping him in his garage. He was the one who guided me through the registration process too.

I was able to get into the shop today and measure the engine height. From the bottom of the Speedwell oil pan to the top of the roller rockers is 20.75 inches. You can add a bit more for the valve cover, mine is at the welder getting the filler cap and breather reattached after alteration to provide more clearance. Todays job was to rivet the stock access plate down by the drivers footwell permanently closed. I am using a Datsun 5-speed so I made a new one a bit lower and farther forward to suit the oil fill plug on the Datsun, this one will attach with 10-32 screws and floating nut plates. I was an aircraft tech for many years, last job was flight testing the C-17. I was on ship 1 from the day they laid the floor rails in the jig, through first flight (we launched her and night shift received her at Edwards) on to the end of the test program. I wasn't too happy with the quality of the metalwork on the Westfield kit so I removed all the panels and re-did things to my liking. While the sheetmetal was off I coated it all with Lizardskin heat and soundproofing leaving only the exterior pod in bare metal. The right pod id attached with rivnuts and screws now so I can have access to the extended range fuel tank I built. The stock tank is only 5 gallons and now with the addition I have just over 8 gallons. I lined the inside of the pod with Kevlar fabric using epoxy resin to help prevent punctures in case of an accident. The suspension is all nickel plated and clearcoated with POR 15. I also enclosed the belly of the car with sheetmetal and built a duct to take air from the inlet through the radiator and dump it out the belly. This should help prevent the bonnet from lifting at the rear edge at high speed, I hope. My latest hold-up has been an interference issue between the structure of the pedal box and the float bowl of the rear SU carb. I was using a 4 inch zero degree Maniflow inlet but it's just too long. APT, who built my engine shortened the intake by bolting my header and intake to an old head and trimming and welding. I just got home to find the box on my doorstep, so tomorrow I will bolt it up and hope it fits. If so the engine and tranny will come out so I can have access to finish bending up the brake lines. Last Jan. I was able to get the car registered in CA using the exemption, so now I don't have to worry about smog and other stuff like not having a windshield or wipers. This has been a long strange trip from my delivery back in Dec. of 2006: the first kit arrived damaged and it took 3 months for the shipper to settle and for me to get another chassis and body. Then I moved my shop from my side yard, under a canopy to a rented garage. Then my 85 year-old Mother began to show signs of increasing dementia. This required us to rent a place in Tucson and start spending a lot of time there, when we realised that we were hardly ever in CA I moved the shop again, this time to AZ. At least now I can work on it most every day, which I do, 2 to 3 hours if possible.

I can get the top to bottom dimension tomorrow, but I will say that I have to modify my stock stamped steel valve cover since the filler cap keeps the bonnet from closing. I think I need about a 1/2 inch. There is no way a Mazda engine will fit without altering the hood with a power bulge. Not to be too argumenitive, but isn't an 11 just a 7 with a streamlined body shell? I will try to get some pictures....

I had APT in Riverside CA build me a 1380cc A-series engine. I wanted 100HP on 87 octane and the dyno sheets showed 97HP so I am happy with the results. There is sufficient headroom to take this up to around 150HP at a later date. I am also running a Datsun 5-speed with 15" wire wheels and Dunlop bias-ply racing rubber.

As you can tell from my name I am constructing a Westfield 11. I just found this site and was curious if you all looked upon the 11 as a form of 7? IMHO they are much alike in the chassis area, seems like the big change was the enclosed bodywork.