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COMPLETE KIT CAR CKC ARCHIVES VTEC WESTIE This was considered cool once! Quicker than you’d believe WWW.COMPLETEKITCAR.CO.UK JANUARY 2016 – ISSUE 109 NEW DNA BMW Z3 based replica of classic California JANUARY 2016 £4.75 Issue 109 On sale 11 December to 7 January BUILD DRIVE ENJOY • BUILD DRIVE ENJOY • BUILD DRIVE ENJOY • BUILD DRIVE ENJOY • BUILD DRIVE ENJOY Healy Enigma HEALY ENIGMA Folding hard-top, mod cons, room for golf clubs • Dutton Surf Is this a kit car that out-Mercs an SLK? • What Were They Thinking? INSIDE! 18-page guide to... Finishing, upgrading & using your kit car • Reader’s Westfield Mega S2000 in 2016 • DNA 4Thirty Build • Wheel offsets explained Bobbing Along... www.completekitcar.co.uk Dutton Surf on the water! RACE DIARIES • NEW PRODUCTS • INDUSTRY AND CLUB NEWS • OUR CARS • SHOW REPORTS • EVENTS DIARY OFFSETS DIARIES DNA BUILD Understanding Updates from DNA 4Thirty build what wheel offset our regular kit that proves bodykits you need car builders deserve more credit Reader’s Car: Westfi eld Mega S2000 Like us on /CKCMagazine East meets WEST hen I arrive at the farm that Bill Bourne calls home and work, the gleaming Westfi eld Mega S2000 that was the subject of the reader’s Wbuild story in last month’s issue is nosing out of the single garage in which it was built. The 65 registration plate backs up the freshly-built shine of the car: it’s brand new. Even those hard-to-reach-and-clean places are bereft of any fl ecks of dust and the Toyo R888 tyres still have the tell-tale markings that suggest they’ve barely turned. This is a car whose story is yet to be told. As you’ll know if you read part one last month, Bill is no stranger to kit car building. He has owned several Seven-inspired roadsters before and built one of them – an MK Indy – himself. The theme that has been common amongst all of them is competition use. Bill has been involved in motorsport since the 30 | January 2016 Issue 109 www.completekitcar.co.uk Follow us on @CKCMagazine Following last month’s build story, we take a closer look at Bill Bourne’s Westfield Mega S2000 – the first privately built version of the car we’ve seen. Words and pictures: Adam Wilkins www.completekitcar.co.uk January 2016 Issue 109 | 31 Reader’s Car: Westfi eld Mega S2000 Like us on /CKCMagazine I built this Name: Bill Bourne Age: 51 Occupation: Farmer First car: Mk1 Ford Escort 1300GT (don’t forget the GT!) Fastest car you’ve been in: Bentley EXP Speed 8 Le Mans racer... unfortunately it wasn’t running at the time! Favourite tool: Rivnut tool Favourite thing about the car: Effortless speed Honda S2000 engine sits well back in the engine bay for the best possible weight distribution. mid-1990s, and derives much more when we visit. It also explains why there’s the Westfi eld package is that everything enjoyment from hillclimbing than he does a cross-braced MSA specifi cation roll-over is available off-the-shelf from the road driving. “I’m not really into blatting bar on the car, and various performance- manufacturer. It meant that he could on the road,” he says, which goes some related upgrades such as the wide-track pick and choose the specifi cation as the way to explaining why there’s under 100 front suspension. build progressed, safe in the knowledge miles showing on the Westfi eld’s odometer For Bill, a big part of the appeal of that everything would fi t together with 32 | January 2016 Issue 109 www.completekitcar.co.uk Follow us on @CKCMagazine Westfi eld’s interior trim packages are comprehensive and well fi nished. Top quality job. minimal fabrication. from the V8-engined SEiGHT. The most obvious option to the casual Inside the car, things are as minimal as onlooker is the FW bodywork in place of you’d expect of a machine with such focus. Westfi eld’s more conventional styling. It Trim is almost entirely abesent – although only applies to the rear of the Mega S2000 the Westfi eld bucket seats will provide though; because the Honda engine is very comfort – and the bare carbon fi bre tall, it has to use the nosecone and bonnet dashboard hosts a digital instrument read- out and a neat row of rocker switches... and not much else. Despite the track bias, Bill is considering adding weather gear to the car for those ocassional road miles. The one thing that didn’t come from Westfi eld was the Honda S2000 engine and gearbox. As soon as Bill found out that it was an option for the Westfi eld, there was no question of using any other engine and he sourced the parts on eBay, already stripped from a written-off S2000. “It’s just brilliant,” says Bill. “I’m surprised nobody has used the S2000 as the basis of a body conversion.” The S2000 motor looks the part in the engine bay and, despite being quite a large Bill Bourne could be persuaded to sell the Westfi eld, despite its recent completion. unit, it looks right in the Westfi eld. This is primarly because the company redesigned the chassis to suit, altering the bulkhead to sit the engine as far back as possible for optimum weight distribution. The result is that it absolutely fi lls the engine back at its rearmost part, but it sits completely behind the front axle line. Ahead of the engine, there’s lots of fresh air. When our own Ian Stent drove the 240bhp Mega S2000 in our April 2013 issue (73), he declared it not only the fastest production Westfi eld we’d ever driven but also the best and as much a benchmark for Tech spec this generation as the Rover V8 engined SEiGHT was in the 1990s. Engine: Honda S2000, 240bhp. Despite all the power, Bill is hungry for Gearbox: Honda S2000 6-speed. more and is considering the addition of Suspension: Front – Double wishbones (wide track), Protech coil-over dampers, a supercharger to make it even quicker aluminium uprights. Rear – Double wishbones, Protech coil-over dampers, aluminium uprights. up the hillclimb courses. Well... that is Brakes: Front – Vented discs with four-pot calipers. Rear – Discs. assuming it’s going to stay in the Bourne Useful contacts Wheels and tyres: 13in Team Dynamics Pro Race alloys, 205/60 Toyo Proxes garage long-term. With a few other projects R888 tyres all-round. on the go, he’s not closed to the idea of Kit: Westfi eld Sportscars, Kingswinford, West Interior: Sport Turbo seats, digital dashboard with lap-timing capability, Midlands. T: 01384 400077. selling the car if he’s offered the right Mountney steering wheel. E: info@westfi eld-sportscars.co.uk price. If you’re interested, contact Bill on Exterior: FW rear bodywork, V8 bonnet, MSA approved roll-over bar, Honda W: www.westfi eld-sportscars.co.uk [email protected] . So this car’s future is badging, aero fuel cap, carbon fi bre exhaust silencer. still to be written, but it could be by you. www.completekitcar.co.uk January 2016 Issue 109 | 33 Westfield Ad FP – May 2014:CKC FP 15/4/14 20:52 Page 1 HONDA'S LEGENDARY 2 LITRE VTEC ENGINE AND 6 SPEED GEARBOX “It’s the best Westfi eld we’ve driven, ever” Ian Stent Editor Complete Kit Car Magazine COMPLETE KIT LESS ENGINE,WHEELS GEARBOX & TYRES MEGA S2000 KIT £13,999 STARTER KITS FROM Call us on £4,250 01384 400077 or email: sales@westfi eld-sportscars.co.uk Model shown may include optional extras. All Prices include VAT.