westy turbo Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Hi there people,and am happy to be part of the USA7 community!!!:cheers: wanted to share with you my Westfield as it was(and it never is ) complete almost a year back,has an OPEL/VAUXHALL/GM turbo engine. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/WESTY/we2.jpg http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/WESTY/interior.jpg http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/WESTY/P1190229.jpg
powderbrake Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Welcome, great looking car! You place is waaaay to clean for a seven owner.
westy turbo Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 Engine produce 275 at 0.45bar and 395 at 1.05 as its a "small" but not laggy turbo 2876 with smaller housing so its handy its all forged and on standalone ecu. http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/WESTY/PA144878.jpg http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/Tympaki%2022%20maiou%202011/110522Tympaki1004-XL.jpg
scannon Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Fantastic car! Do you have a video with sound? I'd like to hear what it sounds like when that waste gate dumps to atmosphere. Any problem with blistering the paint around the exit port in the bonnet?
bsimon Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 Welcome! It's always good to see another VX. There's getting to be quite a number of us. :cheers: Was that a turbo C20LET or did you start with an XE? Steel crank?
Croc Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 What an impressive looking build! Like Skip (Scannon) above, I would be curious to hear how you managed heat without melting the body work.
westy turbo Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 Yeah started as an XE,stock crank as they can take the abuse bonnet is insulated underneeth and also the downpipe is wrapped,so for now is OK.
westy turbo Posted June 9, 2011 Author Posted June 9, 2011 Thatsmy first run on an old airport,and actuall first "run" as that day it was a "super special" of a loccal rally.you will hear the grind on the gear changes,cause the synchros on second and third need to be replaced,the vid is on 0.45 bar http://youtu.be/FOX4Hskbk-w
Kitcat Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 In auto-X'ing around here, the courses are set up using small orange cones. Typically no damage is done if the car hits a cone (or "cones"). Your course was set up with stacks of tires. Had you "coned", your car mite have been smashed up.
yellowss7 Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Mike, I don't think Westy is from Kansas, so may not befamiliar with Autox. Tom
Hank Posted June 10, 2011 Posted June 10, 2011 Hot damn that's a fine car! Does the wastegate gases cause the bonnet to yellow? I had to put a turndown on my Busa muffler to keep the side of the car from yellowing.
westy turbo Posted June 10, 2011 Author Posted June 10, 2011 no yellow yet,just the black color of the gas,i quess a longer track day as far as time might turn it yellow but the noise of the external,pay's back the body shop cost,i just cant have enough of it tbh.
westy turbo Posted June 11, 2011 Author Posted June 11, 2011 first attempt on strip engine has 0.45 on first and 2nd and 0.65 on the rest 3,on worn michelin radials,spin really hard on 1st even on glue and with 7psi on them, et 12:00 http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o217/tigraturbo/?action=view¤t=MOV01191.mp4
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