Reyland powered Westfield project

[mk1_salami]

Nice project. I'd love a shot

 

[Berger]

Noice!

About £500 of Samco hosing there knowing their prices!

Had to rebuild pretty much the whole car, hope it was a lot cheaper than just buying a new one to begin with!

 

[86JR]

Christ. Chips car scared me silly when i drove it, T34 .63, 30 odd psi, in a car thats about 2x the weight of that caterham. That thing is going to be silly quick!

 

[Ish]

ok... Maria is cooking dinner.... so I am gonna have a glass of wine and update the thread!

as Chip said. Stu is just a TOTAL legend for doing this all for me!!! :god:

Ok... as Mentioned the budget build idea kinda got a bit forgotten and as the car got more and more cooler under the bonnet and nicer spec I decided to get a new dashboard and dials which I promised myself I wouldn't but as Stu said... it kinda deserved it. I kinda liked the old dash and the way it look but obviously being over 10years old it was a bit tired... so we decided to keep it similar but with all new bits!

This was how the old dash looked.

and a close up after I picked all the paint off the speedo surround... (I was going for the rustic look

I LOVED the old style gauges and they are SOOOO much easier to read at a glance out on track than the millions of SPA gauges I had in the Sierra.

So I got some new ones!

Old dash out!!!

trial fitting the Carbon dash...

cutting the holes!

gauges going in

pics dont do the finished article justice! it looks awesome!! WELL PLEASED!

Stu you da man!

and MARIA.... this needed to be done... as if you look the old boost gauge only read to 1.5 bar... so these mods were NEEDED!

 

[Ish]

sooo... more engine bay updates. We started off with this...

and that was just not good enough for stu!

so bit by bit he has gone around the whole bay doing cool little bits and bobs... functional of course but sweet looking and beautifully installed...


Fuel reg

new battery, coil packs, ignition amps and and all mounted on carbon instead of that horrible ally...

 

[Ish]

Stu made a bracket to secure the Battery....

He will have a carbonfibre coffin this boy

Last monday we took a trip down to Proalloy as stu decided we needed a custom rad... custom header tank, breather and also the intercooler modded... oh and as the cam cover FINALLY came back from Rainbum, we took that down there so it could have a breather pipe put in

Stu explains what he wants and draws Wayne pretty pictures....

whilst Alex modded the cover

He whacked his heeeead... but the end result was perfect! Stu was well pleased and so was I!

incidently with all the bits missing at the front... poor Yorik was loking a little sorry for himself!

 

[Ish]

Rocker cover could now be fitted with the Ghey shiny bolts stu made me buy

Things were really started to look almost there now!

In fact... as Stu now had also wired in the ECU and engine and loom we could check to see of the new Collins doofloopy worked... which it did!!!

 

[Ish]

Stu had also been mega busy around the back... in fact the rear end took the most time but I know its something he was really proud of!

The old rear looked like this..

but obviously this had to be changed as we had fitted the new RAC cage, which TOTALLY stiffens the whole rear and is far far safer...

oh and Maria wrecked that carbon bit at national day anyway

I wanted to have a boot still for my sandwiches and stuff :cry so stu set about making a 'Lee proof' one!

one huge piece of carbon was all neatly cut and trimmed up

then holes cut and trimmed for the other bars to go through

This took a LONG time!!! but the final result is awesome. looks so good it the flesh and I have a really simple hinged boot!

 

[Ish]

So.... on Saturday morning Stu popped down to ProAlloy on his bike as the boys had worked at their normal ridiculous speed and all the custom stuff was ready to be picked up! Big gay Wayne and Alex you guys rock! :god:

oh and the intercooler... hmmm... not sure the bike was really the best choice of transport!

Stu wasted no time in started to fut them up

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[Ish]

oh yes... and check out by new leads!

Stu sat and had to make them all shorter! the legend!!!!

 

[Ish]

I'll add more tomorrow.

 

[Westyfield2]

Proper car!

 

[Gaijin]

He's back

Awesome thread

 

[TaKeN]

Bloomin eck.. how anyone can just throw money at a car like that is beyond me

 

[Ish]

Wait until you see how the car progresses through the build. This was supposed to be a 'budget' track car lol!

 

[~>Dg<~]

haha acceleration on this should be fun watch your trousers for stains

awesome !

 

[Ish]

Yorik is pretty much done now!!!

old suspension in a box....

as spunky new widetrack wishbones and Protec dampers have been fitted. And the light mounts and wheel arch bones have been powder coated as I am getting a bit bufty....

Boost pipes and intake pipes all finished now as well! Actuator has been modded and fitted as well...

still loving my Proalloy radiator

Turbo feed and oil filter fitted

dash all wired in... and it looks cooool when all lit up

Stu also started to make a shroud thingy to make sure as much air into the intercooler as possible... he just texted me as it now has a lid and is finished!

Soooo, with all this done.... we thought we would go for a little test drive

it goes ok

 

[Ish]

To be fair though Chip... Stu REALLY didn't fancy fitting the Cambelt! they give him the willies apparently

Some pics... stus photography and his nerdberry are sadly not as good as his car building skills!

LOVE this one! I wanna run him like this!!!

 

[Ish]

New brake calipers and discs all round being bought as we speak... :banana:

DESPERATELY need some kinda boost control...

I have a Blitz one that I bought for Sierra... but no **** could ever get it working as no one had any experience of them! If you can chip that would be great?

Its a Blitz SBC DC

Would love you LONG time if you could get that working!

Its in the blackhole that is Martoons workshop at the moment. Will get him to post it. OR we could meet there and play with it on his rollers I guess?

would like 2 settings! 1.5 bar and 2 bar. Thats not much to ask is it!!!!!

ALSO on the to do list...

plumbed in fire extinguiser.
new seats maybe... mine are comfy but look poo
new wheels


Rear diff. Gripper needed I reckon. Cossie LSDs are just **** arent they?

water injection is going to be needed in the summer so will need that done as well....


PROPERLY in love with it! just great great great great fun little car.

 

[Ish]

Right well, lets get this going again. Today saw the ordering of:

1. New bigger 285mm Front Discs
2. New bigger 253mm Rear Discs
3. New 4 pot Lightweight Calipers all round
4. New Lightweight Seats
5. New Steering Rack, Track Rod Ends and Rack Mounts
6. New Boost Controller
7. Aquamist Water Injection Kit
8. New Lightweight Rear Shocks
9. New Pads all round
10. New Braided brake lines all round
11. Plumber in fire extinguisher system
12. New Handbrake cables
13. New lightweight Alloy Front Hubs and Wheel Bearings

Here is a familiar sight! BRUM back in my garage for some upgrades!

Here is what is left of the rear brakes after Bedford

Both mine and his go in for custom full cages in 2 weeks too.

Will let Lee do the talking from now on!