Author Archives: Dom

A new home for the turbo engine

I didn’t get any joy selling the engine and turbo conversion kit complete, largely because I didn’t try. It’s tricky to sell something that isn’t advertised. Still, there was only one thing for it. If nobody wanted to give the … Continue reading

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My thoughts on owning a ‘big power’ Westfield

With a few years of a 340bhp Westfield under my belt, I’ve found myself more and more hinting others against such levels of power. I did have the word “advising” rather than hinting in there, but that’s not fair as … Continue reading

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Front anti roll bar for Mazda SDV

Whilst discussing suspension upgrades with Blink, they suggested that the Playskool anti roll bars are good bits of kit and certainly recommended for track use. I’d just missed out on a Westfield ST-3 ARB sold on the forum, so I … Continue reading

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Wilwood Powerlite Upgrade

Pretty much a year late to the day this one – sorry. There’s a couple of upgrades I need to document but we’ll go in chronological order and start with the brakes. With the increase in power, and the Mintex … Continue reading

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Forged engine build – mapping

So with running in done it was time to prepare the car for being mapped. I drained the old oil out and set about replacing bits and bobs… somehow not dropping them into the oil. First off was the injectors. … Continue reading

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