What you will find here: Intended to display minor modifications to my Westfield SEi, this blog now witnesses the two year rebuild (and more) after a major crash in October 2011. Have fun and feel free to add a comment at the end of any post.
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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Daytrip

 
Short trip to Lorraine/France, a mere 50km from home but already some vacation feeling.
Cheers.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Feet position


Conversion to floor mounted pedals generated an unwanted drawback: the feet position was not ideal. To hit the pedal as supposed to, I had to heel off. Now I added a small pedestal to allow the ball of the foot to push the pedal at the right height.
Cheers.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Exhaust manifold heat management

The big exhaust manifold produces a lot of heat. Most of it finds its way to the driver's feet and legs. With the narrow body and the gearbox sitting midship, summer drives closely resemble a sauna trip. Adding this panel helps to derive hot air from the engine compartment to the outside. The opening is there since the rebuild and is not original (like so many things on my car). Test drives show improvement, but I'm also tempted to add more heat insulation.
Cheers.