You and your car history.

[Ian.G]

Been here for ages but never really mentioned anything about me.

Always had a soft spot for quick cars...learnt to drive at the age of 10 on my grandads farm in both a reliant regal and mini estate van.

When I passed my test I was a student so drove a round in a rusty old metro city X (its funny - that car was the same age as my hachi).

First real performance car was a Renault 19 16V - just loved that revvy engine and I guess is partly why the 4A-GE motor is now one of my faves.

After this I had a series of 3 heavily modified Impreza Turbos and seriously got bitten by the trackday bug. I've been doing trackdays for the last 8 years or so and have no intention of stopping.

My last subaru was the 'special' P1 WR which was based on the JDM STI V Type R. I spent a small fortune on this car (as I did with all the subarus - if I hadn't owned them I would have had enough cash to buy a 2 year old 911 turbo LOL). Will massive Alcon brakes, 18" wheels, suspension and some HKS bits for the engine. She was a beaut.



After a while I got totally bored with the 4wd beasts and not to mention shocked by just how much it was costing per trackday (worked it out at roughly £750 a time - not good when you do a lot). A good friend with an even more modified subaru was thinking the same thing so we decided to join our efforts an build a Westfield XTR2 powered by the Hayabusa motor. This was the first time either of us had embarked on building an entire car - it was great fun and we learnt a great deal as you can imagine. Our car was road legal - but lighter and quicker than the works race cars LOL.



Since then we sold the XTR2 to make way for the XTR4 which is powered by the audi TT 20v Turbo engine - very reliable and low-maintenance so you can just concentrate on driving.




(thats me waiting for the next victim to get strapped in)

Really still enjoy the XTR4 - its just gobsmacking to drive and is much much quicker than any other car I've driven with low weight and high power/weight ratio. The downforce the car generates is amazing and even in our moddest hands is usually the quickest thing at the trackday. No driver aids other than the sole of your right foot.

The hachi is a toy to hopefully improve my sliding and drifting abilities - its also something I can 'tamper' with and hopefully keep the car running and in good condition for a long long time to come.

All praise the almighty hachi the car that trains the driver.