Torqueman Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hello! New on this forum. Here is a presentation of my Westfield, built in 2000. Chassis and body: Westfield. Engine: Saab 2,3 from 9-5 Gearbox: BMW 525 TD Diff: Ford 7,5" with Quiafe ATB ARB Front & rear from Siltech racing http://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v1965/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30233954_1546.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 That's beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Wow, I agree with slngsht, that's a beautiful car! I want to see more pictures especially the engine bay. Kudos to you sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Beautiful car, love the color. How did you go about mating the Saab engine to the BMW transmission? Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 That's beautiful Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Wow, I agree with slngsht, that's a beautiful car! I want to see more pictures especially the engine bay. Kudos to you sir. Your Megabusa looks stunning to:) the "Busa" is a perfect track car;) Some pictures of engine bay will come up shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Beautiful car, love the color. How did you go about mating the Saab engine to the BMW transmission? Skip Hi Skip! Cut off 10 cm of the original Saab bellhouse and mate it to the BMW´s bellhouse. This was made by a company over here that makes BMW gearboxes to fit Volvos, Saabs, Audi etc. I have distroyed 2 Type 9(Ford) reinforced boxes. The ZF box from the BMW will cope with around 700 turbo bhp in a heavyer car, so I hope it will do the woork in my Westy with aproximate 350 bhp. The box will go in to the car at any moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Nice looking car! How does the size of the BMW box compare to the Type 9? Also, how do you like the Siltech ARBs? I've been toying with buying those for a while. Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi Skip! Cut off 10 cm of the original Saab bellhouse and mate it to the BMW´s bellhouse. This was made by a company over here that makes BMW gearboxes to fit Volvos, Saabs, Audi etc. I have distroyed 2 Type 9(Ford) reinforced boxes. The ZF box from the BMW will cope with around 700 turbo bhp in a heavyer car, so I hope it will do the woork in my Westy with aproximate 350 bhp. The box will go in to the car at any moment. How about posting some pictures of the bellhousing as well as the rest of the drive train? I like to see how people go about doing things the factories didn't design for. Skip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Nice looking car! How does the size of the BMW box compare to the Type 9? Also, how do you like the Siltech ARBs? I've been toying with buying those for a while. Thanks, John The BMW box is shorter but wider and is a tigth fit in the transmission tunnel. I guess that the weigth is more or less like the type 9. I will put them on the scale for comparison. Some pictures will come up soon. Regarding the siltech Arbs, they are god quality and I can recomend them. Dennis from Siltech is very helpfull to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Ok, some pictures of engine bay:http://photos-b.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2407/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30293505_4785486.jpghttp://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2407/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30293506_3853911.jpghttp://photos-d.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2407/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30293507_4194119.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Stunning engine bay you have there! That is the most heat wrap I've ever seen, but it is indeed required to keep the heat from melting everything. Now that you have teased us with the pics we wanted can we get video too? *grin* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Stunning engine bay you have there! That is the most heat wrap I've ever seen, but it is indeed required to keep the heat from melting everything. Now that you have teased us with the pics we wanted can we get video too? *grin* Yes the heat wrap is really needed... I don´t have any good videos:mad: But this season, me and a couple of guys with similar cars will make one, so give me a couple of months and we will upload it. Have you seen this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Torqueman, Yes, I've seen that video. I love watching Libell use his FlatShifter system, but I cringed at the thought of one of the Sevens hitting those gravel piles at speed. Seriously, how long would it have taken the grounds keeper to spread the gravel out before they raced? The wind turbines are a nice touch too. I sure hope my paddleshift works 1/2 as good as Libell's car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Torqueman, Yes, I've seen that video. I love watching Libell use his FlatShifter system, but I cringed at the thought of one of the Sevens hitting those gravel piles at speed. Seriously, how long would it have taken the grounds keeper to spread the gravel out before they raced? The wind turbines are a nice touch too. I sure hope my paddleshift works 1/2 as good as Libell's car. Agree with the gravel piles. I think that this was filmed early in the season and track was not fully prepared yet. I drove there my self on another ocation and had to sign a paper that it´s all on my own risk. Here is another wideo with some interesting cars: This guys are lappnig slower than Libell and company. Dont know if the Carrera GT was giving it all but the Honda guy seems to try quite hard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqueman Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Here we go, the Bmw box is just under 35Kg and the Type 9 just above 37kg with aluminium bellhousing. http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2572/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30296432_7622800.jpgphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2572/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30296433_6025386.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Torqueman Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2572/36/11/1164567354/n1164567354_30296431_7480042.jpg What a .... why does not the other pictures come up?? Will try later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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