Westfield Tuning Tips and Modifications
Maximise your Westfields driving pleasure
Westfield car tuning tips and advice. We have a wide range of tuning articles covering all models of Westfield from small bike engined cars to large V and turbocharged engines. Following our tuning tips you will avoid many of the common mistakes and actually achieve the car setup you desire turning your Westfield into a Super 7 beater. Please join the forum for model specific questions and answers and to meet other owners and see what modifications they have done.
TorqueCars started providing Westfield tuning advice, car performance part and car modification tips and pointers back in 2003 and have grown from strength to strength with a fast growing membership of all types of cars including many, Westfield owners. We are currently one of the fastest growing car tuning clubs around and certainly one of the friendliest.
Our Westfield tuning features with performance tips and information on peformance parts for your car get updated so for the hottest Westfield tuning,performance part and modification advice, tips and pointers please check back regularly. We strongly recommend that you join our Westfield forums and swap tuning ideas with like minded Westfield owners in the tuning forums.
If you are have a Westfield tuning project underway we would love to hear about it, the Gallery section in the forum contains some interesting Westfield projects already. Scroll down the page to see our latest tuning articles for your Westfield.
Safety Mods
"Play it safe."
When one starts modifying a car, little thought is usually given to the safety of the car.
Manufacturers spend millions to ensure our cars are safe for the occupants and those outside the car.
Each country has its own list of regulations that even the DIY car tuner has to comply with. They usually relate to the construction of the car.… Read More...
Improve safety and braking of your car Read More...
Flywheel lightening and its impact on engine performance.
"No Fly(wheels) on us."
Lightening the flywheel – the flywheel works in a similar way to the wheel in the toy cars you used to rev up and release and let it zoom off. The heavy wheel located between the engine and the gearbox builds up rotational force with speed and momentum.
Effectively storing the energy and helping the car resist changes in engine speed – good for cruising at a steady speed but bad when you need a fast engine response. … Read More...
Flywheel lightening & performance gains from lighter flywheels Read More...
Superchargers offer the promise of substantial power gains with very few drawbacks. So lets look at the growing popularity of supercharger kits and see what its all about.
A supercharger is quite simply an air compressor which helps push more air into an engine. These are driven by a belt from the engine effectively creating pull on the engine sapping up to 30% of the engines power. Read More...
Superchargers – A guide to supercharger kits benefits vs disadvantages Read More...
The valves are like the doorways into the engine and control the flow of the intake air and fuel and then after combustion they control the exit of the exhaust gases.
As you can guess the valve springs work incredibly hard, and as you increase the power of your engine the valve choice is vital.
TorqueCars will now take a look at the many considerations taken into account when selecting valve springs. Read More...
High performance valve springs Read More...Car Tuning
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