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THE CKC TEAM Editor Adam Wilkins Roving Reporter Ian Stent Welcome PICK UP Technical Editor John Dickens e’re so familiar with the sevenesque form works well in a kit car. THE NEXT ISSUE that it was a surprise, when creating this But that doesn’t erode the FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER Columnists Gary Axon month’s cover, that the new West eld Sport signi cance of West eld now Richard Heseltine 250 looked unusually fresh. Why should it, adopting the Ecoboost.  e Contributors Jeroen Booij, when to all intents and purposes it looks just like any other gures speak for themselves, James Horsley, Ed Morton, Chris WWest eld from the last decade or more? with 252bhp and 366lb ft making themselves Pickering, Peter Rosenthal, Martin Scott Perhaps, I wondered, it’s because we haven’t had a known... putting its Ford engine forebears in the

Running Reporters Stuart ruceones, Seven-style car on the cover for a while. Cries from readers shade. West eld has even found a way to keep the Jason Burrage, John Clements, Paul of there being too many Sevens (and Cobras) have made car a ordable. It’s a range-topper, so ‘a ordable’ is a Curran, Trevor Crout, Rob Davenhall, us sensitive to over-doing them. Even I was surpised that relative term, but you get the idea. Andy Green, Chris Haysom, Ian Jackson, the last time we had a sevenesque roadster on the cover A few months before that electric West eld, the cover Vivienne Lodge, Ross Maynard, was well over two years ago. It was another West eld, but car was that Mega S2000, a car whose impression is still Ed Morton, Jon Page rather a di erent one being electric powered. felt in this o ce. Stent puts the new car into that context Race Diarists Ian Chapman, Two years ago, that looked like the future – and it in his rst drive in this issue. John Pick, Alisdair Suttie, still does.  e new Sport 250 is very much now, though. Jack Walton Its Ford Ecoboost engine is the latest in a line of Blue Oval four-pots that have been the staple of kit car power. Graphic Designer Sarah Scrimshaw ADAM WILKINS Sidevalve, Cross ow, Pinto, Zetec, Duratec... and now E: [email protected] Editor Ecoboost have always been popular amongst specialist cars. Proof Reader Andy Bliss It’s not the rst Ecoboost powered kit car, of course. @AdamWilkins_  e Vortex V2 has already shown us that the package Advertising Manager Karen O’Riordan [email protected] T: 0330 1234 885. E: [email protected]

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004 Contents.indd 4 02/09/2016 09:10 BUILD 38 68 NCF ARCTIC BUILD Matt Fox-Spencer needed a daily workhorse so built a Suzuki Vitara based NCF Arctic.

76 OUR CARS Martin is forced to  nd innovative ways to keep his ageing Rickman Space Ranger on the road.

83 TOT ROD AND TRAILER Paul Howes built a mini Cobra for his granddaughter – and then a trailer to transport it! DRIVE 44 90 RUNNING REPORTS 14 KNEBWORTH SHOW Our Running Reporters have been making good Over 20 kit car owners joined us at the Knebworth progress over the summer months. classic car show. Here’s what we saw.

96 DIY WHEEL ALIGNMENT 16 LOTUS FESTIVAL Martin Scott shows you how to set your kit car’s Spotting kit form Lotuses at the Lotus Festival... as tracking on your driveway at home. well as the more modern o erings from Hethel.

18 SOUTH EAST EVENTS Gary Axon went kit car spotting at a number of classic car events in the south east of England.

SUBSCRIBE 20 SILVERSTONE CLASSIC Amid the priceless historic racers, we found plenty & SAVE of kit cars at the brilliant Silverstone Classic. Save money and ENJOY subscribe to CKC 32 WESTFIELD SPORT 250 6 NEWS see page 95 An exclusive  rst drive of the new Ford Ecoboost New cars from MEV and Caterham, and the rest of powered West eld Sport 250. the industry round-up from the last four weeks.

38 ROAD TRIP: LE MANS CLASSIC 13 NEW PRODUCTS Pete Edney reports on a convoy of Ferrari replicas  e latest kit for you, your car and your garage. making their way to and from Le Sarthe. Tempted by any of this lot?

44 INTERVIEW: AUTOTUNE 24 CLUBS & LIFESTYLE Chatting to the family behind the longest Tell us what you’ve been doing with your kit car established kit car still owned by its founders. and we’ll tell the world. It all goes on here.

50 DJC V-STORM 29 MISPLACED ENTHUSIAM: AXON  e Subaru powered V-Storm is back and better Gary welcomes the fact that kit cars are now than ever. Stent drives it  rst. welcomed at many classic car events.

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e are now beginning to get the measure of Ford’s chart-topping Ecoboost engine. Developed for use outside of the company’s regular models by WFord’s performance Ford Racing division, the engine’s loom and management system RELENTLESS have been stripped of the paraphernalia If we were in charge of estfield’s model naming department, its latest needed on a complex production car, so offering would be the Sport , because there’s onl one wa to that the turbocharged 2.0-litre engine can describe the performance delivered b its .litre Ford coboost engine… be slotted into… well, almost anything! ’elentless. And it seems the rest of the world is loving it. With 250bhp straight out of the box, Words and pictures: Ian Stent it’s a performance titan and is nding its way into seemingly every new niche performance .

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Although a few others in the kit industry bonnet. It’s a car speci cally designed for have already used the Ecoboost engine, that engine and gearbox combination, with it’s signi cant when the largest kit car suspension, brakes and everything else manufacturer in the UK decides to use it optimised for the package. It’s exactly what for its latest range-topping model. West eld CKC Running Reporter, Vivienne Lodge, is Sportscars does not, and cannot, simply currently building in her garage at home. modify a few bits and bobs and ‘sort of’ But for some years it has been a dierent nd a way of using a new engine. Although situation for West eld when it comes to a it’s important to remember that you can still range-topping halo model. CKC voted the buy a basic body/chassis kit from West eld company’s Honda Type-R powered Mega to use with your old Sierra donor car, the S2000 the best West eld we’d ever driven company has long focused on oering a when we reviewed it in 2013. Using a brand new kit-in-a-box solution. Its Classic Honda S2000 engine and gearbox solution Special Edition has every last nut and bolt with 240bhp, the new model was (and you need to build a road-ready car with remains) exceptional but… West eld cannot coboost engine isn’t a looker, but that won’t bother ou when ou brand new Ford Zetec engine under the source brand new engines from Honda when ou open it up... it’s intense

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and cannot therefore oer a brand new on a power graph. While both deliver a comprehensive kit package. Instead, it has similar amount of bhp (Honda 240/Ford oered the Mega S2000 as a complete kit 250) from here on everything else is quite (or basic starter kit), less the vital internal distinct. While the Honda’s power comes organs. In reality, this is unlikely to be a deal at 8600rpm, the Ford is done and dusted breaker for most CKC readers who are used shortly after 6000rpm. And when it comes to sourcing parts. But it you are a potential to torque gures, the dierences are even customer who’s looking for something brand more dramatic. Where the Honda struggles new, with the back-up of a factory warranty to muster 160ft lb of grunt, the Ecoboost and have perhaps been considering products twists its way to a frankly insane 270ft lb. In from alternative manufacturers (maybe real world driving, torque can be king. Time based in the Crawley area of the UK?), then to nd out. it might be a problem. e West eld Sport e new Sport 250 looks like… virtually 250 is the company’s answer. every other West eld! is example uses the Packaging a modern turbocharged, ‘Classic’ front nose with the ‘V8’ bonnet previously transverse located engine into bulge providing vital extra headroom, while a rear-wheel drive sevenesque kit car isn’t out back you’ll nd the modern easy, but thankfully West eld already FW rear bodywork. It’s a good looking has previous form in this area. Its Small combo, particularly with the optional Series Type Approved Sport Turbo uses a wide-track front suspension and real carbon modern 1.6-litre Vauxhall turbo engine, front wheelarches. so much of the experience learned here But there are some subtle features has been transferred across to the Sport here too, most signi cantly for the 250. It means West eld understands the occupants being the taller windscreen (and intercooler demands, the heat management correspondingly tall side screens). It’s so requirements, and how to utilise a Mazda understated you might not notice it, until MX-5 gearbox to transfer power to the back you compare and contrast with a regular wheels. At £24,999 for a complete kit (a oering. Further options include the Sport more basic kit package is likely to follow), Turbo seats along with fancy harnesses, the Sport 250 is a big step up a new digital dash option, a limited slip from the Classic Special Edition, but the dierential out back, West eld branded factory reckons the premium over a similar front and rear brake calipers, track day spec (with a second-hand engine) Honda dampers and wider 8in rear wheels (visibly based Mega S2000 is only around £2000. dished if you compare them to the fronts). What’s more, sourcing your own used But for all these changes, this is still very Ecoboost engine is something West eld much a regular looking West eld. However, Whether you prefer a will be looking to accommodate in due the same cannot be said for the drive! Type R or the latest Ford course, bringing the price dierential Hop in and the Sport Turbo seats are as down even further. brilliant as I remember. ey are a £325 Ecoboost matters not one jot… e arguments relating to turbo versus upgrade on the spec sheet that you need naturally aspirated will rage on, and the to tick. e wider seat harnesses are less both work magni cently under dierences between the Honda and Ford exciting and take longer to fasten than the the bonnet of a West eld solutions are particularly stark when viewed regular option, but if you are considering

Above: New AIM digital dash unit opens with estfield logo before reverting to a well designed display.

Right: 4-pot calipers and vented discs scrub off speed with assurance.

Left: Driving position is excellent.

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regular track days they could prove useful. Detractors of the turbo philosophy With the engine red, the new AIMS inevitably point to the laggy way power is digital dash unit comes up with a large delivered… press the throttle, wait for the West eld logo before settling into one of revs to build and then bang, it’s all delivered two dierent dash con gurations. It’s a unit in one tricky-to-control whoosh of bhp. But I like, as it remains easy to read and tells that’s not the way the Ecoboost goes about you all you need to know at a glance. I’d its work. Power builds swiftly from less than like to see it sunk into the dash rather than 2000rpm, dialling out almost any sensation attached to the surface though (something of turbo lag. Instead, what you need to the careful builder could easily achieve). watch is the mountainous torque delivery. A e noise of the Ecoboost at tickover wall of twisting grunt is also unleashed from is a deep, slightly breathless burble that is less than 2000rpm, building to a tsunami familiar to any turbocharged installation. of heavyweight hitting power just 1000 revs But from the moment you move o from later… it’s all done by 3000rpm. What that a standstill you are now in Ecoboost means in real terms is that when combined land… a place where whooshes, whistles with the 250bhp power delivery, the and chunters are a constant and loud West eld Sport 250 has an almost unhinged companion, whether pootling through town level of overtaking ability. is isn’t a car or pressing on through the lanes. It was the where you need to be careful with gear same with our recent drive of the mid- selection to get the best from it. In third, engined Vortex V2, only now the sounds are fourth or fth gear you can be out and past coming from ahead and engulf you as they anything seemingly instantaneously… no Sport Turbo seat upgrade worth ever penn. ulk harnesses worth it wash back over the car… crikey it’s vocal! delay, no build-up, no messing. But you for track da users.

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TECH SPEC need to be on your game.  e Sport 250 weighs next to nothing and even with super WESTFIELD SPORT 250 ENGINE AS TESTED: 2.0-litre Ford sticky R888R Toyo rubber on each corner Ecoboost, 252bhp, the laws of physics are plainly evident. Get 270ft lb ENGINE OPTIONS: too carefree with the throttle and a free Only the 2.0-litre is lesson in the art of drifting will be yours. currently an option But this isn’t a di cult car to drive. within the Ecoboost e te Westfi eld You just need to recalibrate your right es e te foot usage… and then the Sport 250 is an engine options. extraordinary tool. CHASSIS: Multi- tubular spaceframe Massive sledgehammer acceleration is chassis. a given, but so too the familiar traits that SUSPENSION: Double wishbones, outboard we loved so much with the game-changing Protech coil-over Mega S2000 – there’s prodigious grip from dampers, cast alloy the rubber, taught handling, predictable uprights. STEERING: Westfi eld weighty steering and superlative gear rack and column. changes through the Mazda transmission BRAKES: Front – (surely the best inline transmission currently 4-pot calipers and vented discs. on the market?). If I’m being picky, then Rear – calipers with the ride feels a tad rm over slow speed solid discs, handbrake facility, no servo. bumps and the steering could be a little PRICE: £24,999 more feelsome… both could be down to the inclusive VAT as new Toyo R888R rubber which West eld is Power graph shows the earl deliver of power and mountain of torue… complete brand new kit. using for the rst time. Add the two together for big fun. CONTACT: Westfi eld Having a windscreen on a car shouldn’t Sportscars, be signi cant, but with few other the brakes or anything else… other than visually challenged, torque creating, forced Kingswinford, West Midlands DY6 8XF. manufacturers within this sector bothering the engine. As we are now beginning to induction spectacle of the thoroughly T: 01384 400077. with one, it’s worth emphasising just how realise, Ford’s latest engine is a bit of an modern Ford Ecoboost.  ere’s no question E slesestfi eld sportscars.co.uk relaxing it is to drive a car with a full screen. animal. While its power and torque are there’s a place for both, on the amusement W estfi eld Along with well-designed side screens, undoubtedly headline grabbing, it’s the scale each scores an emphatic 10. But it’s sportscars.co.uk wind bu eting it largely banished, which character of this turbocharged loony that rather like comparing the nest classical allows you to concentrate on piloting really makes a statement. It’s an attention- music with the experience of being at this rocketship. What’s more, there is seeking adolescent that demands centre Glastonbury, of analogue versus digital. the obvious safety advantage of having stage at every moment.  ere is no mute While I adore my vinyl, I wouldn’t be laminated glass in front of you should a button with an Ecoboost under the without Spotify… stone  y up from the car in front – I like bonnet. It is, as I suggested in the All of which means there are no losers in that. Most tellingly, West eld has tted a introduction, relentless. this game, only winners. West eld now has screen to this car because it knows most of Compared to the Mega S2000, potential both options covered (and can vitally o er its customers end up going this way.  ere’s West eld customers have two utterly the previously elusive complete kit-in-a-box Below: atest demo a lesson there for others. di erent and intriguing options to choose option). So whether you prefer a Type R or uses a mixture of But experiencing the new Sport 250 is from. In one corner is the visually pretty, the latest Ford Ecoboost doesn’t matter… bodwork options. certainly not de ned by its practicality, naturally aspirated, stratospheric revving both work magni cently under the bonnet F rear works the sophistication of the ride, e ciency of Honda Type R while opposite it is the of a West eld. n particularl well.

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