I bought this westfield megabusa 1300cc , full race spec with all the whistles and bells allready fitted, frysumped nitrons 4 pots nitrons, freelander diff etc.  this car is In gel coat black. car had been stood for 3 years parked on top of  a 2 post ramp and has only done 500 miles from new!! . After getting the car Taxed and mot'd first job was to strip the car down ready for a colour change. I changed the bonnet catches for the key type, so other than repairing the holes the bodywork was a straight forward sand down. I hired a friends booth for the afternoon, the colour I used was the house of colour green/ silver-grey. Paintjob turned out good although I must say I'm a little disappointed in the colour, It doesn't flip as much as i'd hoped. When finished the car was rebuilt adding esp carbon effect rear lights. I have fitted a Geartronics gear indicator as its hard to work out what peg you are in sometimes!

Pics of car when painted.

After doing a couple of track-days at Croft it became apparent that the standard westfield set up with the oil cooling system has problems it is mounted behind the water rad and this way gets the hot air and isn't very efficient in its cooling, My solution was to remove the oil-cooler take off from the oil filter and instead take a feed from the dry sump scavenge pump to a 18 row mocul cooler mounted in the nose cone and return the cooled oil to the tank. extra holes cut into the nosecone and a shield around the radiator ensuring all cool air has to pass through the rad. I also replaced the Polo rad with a larger Golf radiator.

Pics of harewood hill climb and Croft.

After a couple of over ambitious laps on a track day I invested in a roll cage (just in case) It is the westfield supplied cage and came unassembled so I cut it to fit and got it welded up locally I sprayed it satin black for the time being.

To get the best out of the handling I have had the car corner weight set up, giving as close to 50/50 set up as we could get, weight with fuel, water and oil came in at 495kgs. All the settings were changed, front wheels were set at 1 degree neg camber , track was set at 1mm tow out, the rear was set 1mm toe in. brake pads changed to Mintex 1144 as the hawk pads were very aggressive and dusty. to get around the tightening noise regs at circuits like Croft I exchanged the westfield silencer for a Wunoff 6" re-pack able silencer.

I've never bonded with the grey/green colour I painted the car in originally , so Christmas 2005 once again the car was stripped down, there was a fair bit of chipping to the sides and rear arches, other than this again it is a straight forward sand down, colour chose this time is extreme blue/ green , again in my pals booth the car is first painted in basecoat black, the extreme paint is applied in 3 full even coats, 2 coats of clear-coat with elastic flex additive. The car is air dried over night as fibre glass can distort in the heat of a bake. this time I decide to colour code the cage also. the image wheels are painted black and a set of Toyo 888s fitted for the road. A set of mud flaps constructed to try and save the new paint...

Rest of 2006 including a cool trackday in december is spent doing trackdays at cadwell/croft and Elvington, no mods to the car and other than repacking the exhaust to quietening it down and routine maintaining the car runs spot on.

The car is now starting to look untidy around the body, the rear arches have a couple of light cracks where I had a coming together with some cones, the front edges of the panels are stonechipped :-( I did think of re-spraying it to make it mint but as I plan to use the car for its purpose this year it seems a little pointless.

January 2007 I registered for the Westfield speed series, other than fit a timing strut and fia cut out switch the car is pretty much ready to go.

First track day of 2007 Is Elvington, weather was fine , I had recently changed to 16/53 slicks and I found the turn in much better as well as the overall feel of the car.

Next track day was Teeside go-cart track and it was a hoot. Anti roll bar repaired car went well, I spent a lot of time sideways and came to the conclusion that 16/53 tyres are not man enough for the rear so I've ordered some wider ones.

The last 6 months or so the car has been getting brake travel, not sure what it is, Ive switched to a mintex 1166 race pad front and 1144 for the rears, the brakes now feel awesome but Im still loosing the pedal and after a hard 20mins on track I'm having to come in and bleed the air out the front calipers. I'm not sure If im boiling the fluid or If I have a leak somewhere, Ive checked all unions and changed to a high temp fluid and this is not making any difference.

I've replaced the reverse gearbox with a new one for no reason really as the old one was fine but It was cheap enough and the old one did the same money on good old ebay so why not :-))

To get around my brake woes I have replaced the ap single master cylinder with a twin bias set up, more or less a straight swap, I also raised the reservoir tas high as possible so they are the highest point. after a 5 week break from driving the car.
Harewood hill climb was next, decent day weather was good. Oulton Park the next Wednesday, fantastic circuit and a track I will be returning to.
Croft the following Sunday a hot day and new slicks sees me lapping at 1.31 which is as quick as I ever have so a good day. on a roll the following weekend we head down to Donington, I've invested in a piper enclosed airbox to quieten down the induction noise, It is a lot quieter but the car is a lot slower, It struggles to pull at high revs, I will only be using this where noise is a major issue.
I've also fitted a new 7" silencer but this still isn't enough to get under their 98db drive by regs. I short shifted for a few sessions but discovering where the sound meter is was a great help. Donington is a cracking circuit but to strict for noise for bike engined cars so I cant see me returning. on the plus side my Brakes have had a very good test now, I'm not sure if it was raising the reservoirs or replacing the MC. anyway they are spot on so I'm happy :-))

Westfield no. 3

. . August 2007 . Ive bought this Megabusa from Terry Everall , this car was the original factory development car, in 2000 it held the 0-100-0 record, since then Terry got the standard 1300cc engine reworked by Carl at Extreme Engines, a new stroked crank was fitted giving an extra 200cc"s straight away then the block was sent away and bored 48cc gicing a new 1548cc capacity, uprated cams , flowed head as well as other mods gives this engine a quoted 252bhp with ram air , Im not sure how accurate these figures are but its A lump quicker/torquier than the standard busa engine !!! . terry used this car for sprints / hillclimbs , so soon as I got It there was quite a few things I had to change as I plan to use it as a track car and rather than doing a couple of minutes I plan on being on track for 1/2 hour a a time.

picture of new car when i picked it up.

Im not keen on the megabusa stickers and the all yellow is a bit much so I paint the corners black leaving the front edge of the nose to help with stone chips a good machine polish gets the bodywork looking spanking again!

before changing anything I do a day at cadwell Park , I have a mare with gear selection, missing on the upchange, brakes are not up to what I expected and a snapped antiroll bar sends me into the gravel trap just missing the barriers! hot oil temps forces early bath so I  load on trailer and come  home!

first job is replace the oil cooler with one the same size as the radiator , I used a 30 row mocal which is more than man for the job.Ive changed the cooling rad from a polo to a golf one as its slightly larger so should also help.  Ive removed the paddle change and revert back to the gearstick, Ive also sent the trickshifter back to the manufacturer to be rebuilt, this sees the gears being spot on never missing up or down with the benefit of full throttle clutchless upshifts and down shifts. the rear rims have been sent away to image to get an extra 2" put in so I can run wider rear tyres.

Ive bit the bullet and invested in a full roll cage, Ive gone fr a bespoke caged cage made from lightweight t45, car now feels stiffer andI feel safer so its a win - win situation.

Ive added some cannards , a pair of csr front wings and fitted an stainless floor to help with downforce and to smooth out the air flow at sped, Ive also cut and flared the body to let the air out to stop the parachute effect

Last time at Croft the pulled me for induction  noise so I have had to invest in a reverie airbox (carbon fibre) Ive also fitted the carbon nose duct to give the engine ram effect, this supposedly increases power, it  really quietens down the noise. Whil Im on I replace the old mainfold with a new westfield supplied one. Ive had the car fully corner weighted by Luke Algar and weight with michelin Slicks and cxr rims comes out at 499kg.

One last trackday at cadwell Park for 2007 , we have some wet conditions and I have a few detours onto the green stuff, car goes well but my new westfield supplied exhaust manifold cracks and snaps off at the 2-1, Anyway weather is changing so its parked up till next year.Only winter mods Ive done is to fit a MHC front splitter, idea is to stop the air from getting under the nose causing lift.

Feb 2008, I go and sit my ards test at Croft, was quite straight forward written exam I score 100% and the 20mins on track with an instructor goes well.

The car now has to be prepped ready to race, Ive fitted a plumbed in fire extinguisher (£100) with pull activation, one on the dash and the other on the boot lid. I"ve fitted a transponder and fully fireproofed the bulkhead and boot area. A few other bits and pieces and the car shouldnt be far away.

March 2008, Ive decided to fit stiffer spring rates, increasing the front from 250lbs to 320lbs and the rear from 150 up to 200lbs. Another trip to Lukes to get the corner weights sorted again, this time I reduce the rake by 5mm. Ive also gone for a wider/taller rear slick to help on top speed, March 5th  I do a trackday at Croft cool day temps around 5degrees so wasnt expecting any good grip and although Im sure the car is slower due to the tyres running cool,  Im quite amazed to see me lapping at 1.29.8 on road tyres and 1.28.9 on slicks, something has improved, either the aero mods , springs , new tyres or the instruction when I did the ards test..