C20LET Westfield Project

[Nemesis]

sorry, was thinking fwd lol, totally forgot about the 4x4 ones.

They make front wheel drive ones?

[coolamasta]

WOW! Thats bloody nice Neil, fair play, always liked kit cars/caterhams/westfields etc and want to build one one day myself so will defiantly be watching progress!

Deffo see the advantages of going coil packs though, gotta be worth doing if you have to get it re-mapped and everything anyway, plus you don't have the great big distributer sticking out the side so you gain some more space and can mount engine back a bit more if need be

[coolamasta]

They make front wheel drive ones?

Nooooooo

[chip]

They make front wheel drive ones?

No they dont, he misread your question and gave you the answer to if they did FWD ones, which is a NO.


They are nearly all rwd, with some 4wd ones available from Dax

[rodgerq]

is it COP for the seperate coils on the sm4 or what?

rodgerq

[rodgerq]

ps the 4wd dax must be some tool!!!!

rodgerq

[chip]

ps the 4wd dax must be some tool!!!!

rodgerq

Ive been in one, certainly an impressive car, but TBH I would sooner have a RWD one personally, but if you want to do wet lap times I would imagine it is quicker.

[Tathan]

Is it Cossie 4wd on them?

[chip]

Yes. it is YB powered and cossie gearbox etc mate IIRc

[Tathan]

Not really the kind of thing you can spec your own to I'd imagine... Too many variables with 4wd lol.

[Neil Adams]

I think you're right and from what I gather the earlier 4x4 Dax's handled pretty poorly - great in a straight line and off the line but had very poor lock through the corners. I've heard this has been improved upon now.

[Brett]

good to hear the old cars gonna live on Neil, and that the westy is yellow, its by far the best colourlmaolmao

looks like youve got plenty to be cracking on with, I cant wait to see this!

[CraigGreen]

Yes. it is YB powered and cossie gearbox etc mate IIRc

possibly the easiest way to use a LET & rid ones self of the GM Txb issues.. (DAX) lmao

[Anthony]

Brilliant mate, thats gonna be loads of fun once complete.
How much has the car cost all in then? not including your engine obviously.

Regards

[Neil Adams]

So far it has cost £6,575

£6,125 for the Rolling Chasis etc (This can be cheaper if you don't want 4 pots / lower floor pan / FW Bodystyle)

I bought my own Cossie box and Sierra 4x4 LSD for £450.

Essentials from this point are Fuel tank, pipes and pump. Prop, loom, interior - (steering wheel, seats, instruments, switches, carpet) roll bar, clutch, rad, SVA trim, lights, exhaust. I'll also need intercooler and boost pipes and an alternative sump solution.

...Blimey that doesn't sound too much now that I've written it down. there's bound to be more that I've forgotten though

[vxlgsi]

Superb, that chassis looks the dogs danglies...

I have half a chassis and cossie 4x4 running gear at thw workshop, it will get built one day.. lol

[Rob77]

This looks to be a very interesting project!

What sort of power / spec will the LET be running?

I helped my friend build a Cosworth powered Lluego (spelling?) over the last year, and that thing puts out just under 450bhp, which is absolutely insane!

Rob.

[vxlgsi]

This looks to be a very interesting project!

What sort of power / spec will the LET be running?

I helped my friend build a Cosworth powered Lluego (spelling?) over the last year, and that thing puts out just under 450bhp, which is absolutely insane!

Rob.

450!!!! that is mental.

[Tomk]

glad to see u finaly got it mate, will be good when its done.. hows it going to be registered mate> on a Q or as an 07?? will have to pop round n have a little peak sometime... chris

[novarallycar]

Are you going to westfield for all the parts, if not i can recommend vehicle wiring products for the loom, was around £150 all in and very easy to install. mates up to sierra switchgear.
I put one in a Blade engined MK indy. Had great fun building it and more so driving it.

A bit OT here but i don't think the 4x4 dax uses cossie running gear as the front wheels are in front of the engine block. teh only 4x4 ones i knew of were twin bike engined or using a fairly specialist diff arrangement. maybe wrong though, i'd love to get a look at one though to see what goes in to it.

[Rob77]

The only 4x4 Dax I have ever seen was a V8 engined jobbie, not amazingly quick though... (Engine too heavy I guess - spoiling the main feature of this style car; power to weight ratio)

[rob_lee_1]

Loved your astra mate but this is summit else! awesome!

[CraigGreen]

A bit OT here but i don't think the 4x4 dax uses cossie running gear as the front wheels are in front of the engine block. teh only 4x4 ones i knew of were twin bike engined or using a fairly specialist diff arrangement. maybe wrong though, i'd love to get a look at one though to see what goes in to it.

I'm pretty sure the DAX uses Cossie running gear on the 4x4.

[vxlgsi]

I'm pretty sure the DAX uses Cossie running gear on the 4x4.

Yep your right they do..

[Neil Adams]

Here's a link to a video of a Cossie powered Dax Rush - I don't think it's 4x4 but it goes quite well!

Click me