OT - Which engine for westfield
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I've managed to pickup a half finished westfield for peanuts, at the moment there is a k series engine in it. I'm going to pull this engine out, what would you recomend I fit?

hyabusa
fireblade
blackbird
Vauxhall XE
Pinto
Zetec
or something else??

I'm trying to consider cost, weight and power

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What's wrong with a K?

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Last time I was at Cadwell I had a ride in one with a stock 1.6 k-series engine.

'kin hell it was fast...

I'd love a bike engined one, but I think for the road something with more torque would be more fun most of the time.

I'd personally love to build one with an all alloy Peugeot Mi16 engine in it, but for cost, availability, and amount of tuning parts available, I'd probably go Vauxhall XE.

How about putting it in the back of the workshop, and finishing the mini....



But if i had a choice - XE....

Yep, i'd go XE too,

I had a 16v astra GTE for a bit, and can vouch they are a vertually indistructable lump!

Mi 16 would be good as they are lighter than an XE (if you get an ally block one) but theres the bell housing to sort out.

But if the K series is already in there.......

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I'd also go for the K series, very light engines.

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

My mate simon had a megablade thats the way i personally would go just for a sequential gearbox

ignoring the money part i would love to fit a s2000 lump into one, but other thahn that i would probably be inclined to stick with the k, assuming theres nothing wrong with it.....

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

don't the caterhams use the zetec lumps? I heard they were very tunable...

I know nothing about k-series though.

I'd love a caterham/westfield style car. Looked for one a while back and was amazed at how much they go for!

On 05/06/2006 13:28:40 TurboDave said:

How about putting it in the back of the workshop, and finishing the mini....



But if i had a choice - XE....

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The mods I have seen recently to the K is to stroke it to a 1.9, this apparently works very well and I have seen claimed upto about 240bananas.

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standard vvc "K" is around 160 banans. I got owned off a vvc metro recently, and my car isnt that slow.





but im biased.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

hmmm maybe I'll stick with the K series then. I've not picked the car up yet, I'll keep you posted.

What do you think would be a fair price to pay for a rolling chassis, with new alloys and tyres, new avo coil overs, new brakes, steering rack, uprights etc?

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I was sure that the 1.9 I saw was stroked, I didn't pay to much attention though. As far as head gaskets go the problem was fixed ages ago. They had a problem, but if it has been replaced by the propper new gasket it should not be a problem.

I was not aware that the K was ever a 1.6? It only came in 1.1, 1.4 and 1.8. All the Rover 1.6 engines were a honda unit. If you have built one though, Peter, that confuses me.

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Don't get me wrong, the K series is a good engine, it certainly delayed the inevitable demise of the Rover group.

But as for the best 4 cyl engine ever?

The BMW E30 M3 engine, or maybe more latterly the Honda S2000 engines do it for me.

Edited by Tom Fenton on 5th Jun, 2006.

There have been many discussions on that 'chav car' site (who's name i've forgotten) about the K-series head gasket issues, and the current gaskets/dowel pins that appear to have alleviated the problems once-and-for-all.

If you do a search for C20toilet you'll find them LOL!


I had overlooked the engine already being in there - and hence a flywheel, clutch, trans and engine mounts also being there...
Deffo get a 1600K IMO.

I suspect It'll also be easier to find a 1600K in good health than a XE that is in good health - compared to one that APPEARS to be in good health (untill you start taking it past 5000rpm and it throws oil out of the breathers, no matter what mods you do to stop it)...

Edited by turbodave16v on 5th Jun, 2006.

does anyone know the quickest qay to indentify which size k series I have?

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magic, thanks peter, I'll check it out

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duratec gets my vote as being very light and quite powerful, my dad has a zetec i.8 and that can keep up with many a motorbike

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i also make things

i love coming home to chrome

What? A Yamaha C90?

You'll struggle to find a duratec, and then struggle more to mate it to a transmission.

there was a vvc'd k series metro racing JF on sunday that had about 200 bananas iirc put this in a RWD wahoo. the head gaskets are prone to going and the heads can warp quit easily but spares are plentiful and cheap and to be honest head gasket isnt a big job. if all or most of the bits for this engine are there id stick with that.

for other ideas how about a toyota 4A-GE

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

also engin enumber, will start K14, K16 or k18 indicating the capacity, jsut incase its suffered HGF and had another head lobbed on.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.