Hill climbs

[vtecing]

This thread is for all hill climb events, car set up etc.

I have just recently taken up hill climbing. I am hoping to have a go at all the local events, such as;
Mt cotton hill climb
Noosa historic hill climb
Cootha classic
Speed on the tweed

Please post up your times

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[vtecing]

Got my first Hill Climb comming on on 03.04.11 at mt cotton

[stndrd]

you should come down to melbourne and try out the haunted hills track. scary but alot of fun. if you have watched videos of the track, there is a section of the road, that in video's, looks like it doesn't drop off that much, but when you are there physically, it drops a good 3-5m at least (and they call it the ''oh shit'' corner lmao)

[vtecing]

Sounds like fun :D

[Lukey]

haunted hills in about 15min drive for me to get to :D

[vtecing]

Dude, just looked up that haunted hill track, looks effing awesome!

[stndrd]

yeah man its a blast and a half. i have to do a few things to my civic before i get out there but im craving badly

[vtecing]

post up photos once you have been there

[stndrd]

yeah i will bro. still another couple of months off. trying to decide whether i order spoon monoblocks or just stick with my dc4 calipers/project mu pads/dba 4000 rotors

[vtecing]

Run ur standard brakes, then u will see what difference the new ones make

[Vvvtec]

Got my first Hill Climb comming on on 03.04.11 at mt cotton

The 3rd of April, thats my birthday :) I might try come watch actually, I live like 7 minutes from the track!

[DC2-PWR]

The 3rd of April, thats my birthday :) I might try come watch actually, I live like 7 minutes from the track!

Your birthday??!! I'll be definetly comming too watch with you.

[vtecing]

Yeah i used to live about 7 minutes from there, just near vally way. Now its more like 1hr 15min :( But I am closer to the Noosa Hill Climb now :D

[EG9]

I just wanted to second the motion, Haunted Hills is awesome!

The bit where you come over the crest/right hander where the car gets really light then you drop down into "oh shit" corner is just the best!

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk122/slimey_limey/240508/DSC01879.jpg

[fuzionz]

Searched up Haunted Hills, Looks crazy.
Does anyone how the address?

[Lukey]

Searched up Haunted Hills, Looks crazy.
Does anyone how the address?

google maps this

Bill Schulz Drive, Newborough, Victoria

[fuzionz]

google maps this

Bill Schulz Drive, Newborough, Victoria

Thx mate

[.k.]

any kind of specific setup for the mt cotton hillclimb vtecing? i am intrigued haha

[vtecing]

All you need is a cams license.
Vehicle requirements: fire extinguisher, blue triangle to mark battery location and road worthy condition
Also for any cams event you will need to ring your ctp insurer and get a rally extension for the day(s) of the event. Cost is $10 or free with suncorp.
Mt cotton event costs $90 for both sat and sun. Usually get about 3 runs per day to my understanding

[iijjee]

I want to know if Brian broke his record again at Mountainview in Grafton two weeks ago!?! I will be renewing my CAMS licence but I'm not confident that I'll see any events in NNSW this year owing to building a house before December!!! Looking forward to trying out my new swaybar setup... Maybe in August at Mt Panorama! Now that's a hillclimb track!

[intacivic16v]

hey guys it was the first run with the cage at grafton a few weeks ago. i only got the car back 3 days before the event so it was a massive rush. it took a few runs to get the sespension set up with the cage but i ended up getting a 50.94 so not a pb but unofficially beat the 1600 cc and 2000cc records again, so i am really really looking forward to the state title this year. 12th of june i think it is.

When you guys say haunted hills are you talking about the morwell hill climb??? if so i think the australian titles are there this year... if anyone know what the dates are for that i would love to know because i'll be there with bells on.

and was it mt cotton on the 3th of april? cus i should try and get there again as well, better check the calender for other commitments

[EG9]

When you guys say haunted hills are you talking about the morwell hill climb??? if so i think the australian titles are there this year... if anyone know what the dates are for that i would love to know because i'll be there with bells on.

Yeah, it's also refered to as Morwell although the new track is closer to Moe.

Try this website http://vichillclimb.com.au/, should list the Nationals at Haunted Hills. I just tried to check it but the site was down, maybe try it later.

On a side note how much weight did the cage add to your car? I've been considering fitting one (bolt in, not welded though).

[vtecing]

Yes mt cotton is on 2-3.04.11 entries close end of next week

[intacivic16v]

Cool i'll sus it out, I grew up in that area so I've still got heaps of family down there, which will make the trip cheaper. The guys that made the cage estimated 40kg for my full cage which was welded in. I haven't weight the car since though

[vtecing]

Yea same, I have family down there I will b staying with. I actually used to live three streets away, not ne more :(

[intacivic16v]

Sorry family in victoria. The entries close today for mt cotton apparently I'm going to try and enter tonight. Fingers crossed

[vtecing]

Howd u go

[intacivic16v]

entry sent off then and e-mail. i guess i'll wait to hear back from them tomorrow. There was room apparently

[vtecing]

Yeh they told me not many ppl enterd in the point scoring. I had to hassle them to give me any information and they never call back. Took about a week for the money to come out of my bank.

I will now b competing both days too

[intacivic16v]

Is it practice sat and timed sunday? Or do time count both days?

[vtecing]

Not sure tbh, this is my first time. But I think ur right

[Vvvtec]

Not sure tbh, this is my first time. But I think ur right

What car are you entering man? The teg? Or have you got something else up your sleeve?

[vtecing]

Lol what else could I have up my sleeve? Yeh, im running my carby civic... Lol

[Vvvtec]

That's why i asked... Lol.

[integragsi96]

when is the mt cotton hill climb?
i may come watch...

[vtecing]

2-3.4.11 im staying there from fri night then heading home sunday arv. If you come down sunday we can drive back together

[integragsi96]

hmm we'll see mate!
how far is it from here?

[vtecing]

1hr 15min

[integragsi96]

mayybe..lets see mang

[intacivic16v]

Sounds like I'm in, they recon there might be an entry list up on the mg car club website late next week

[vtecing]

Sweet will check it out

[vtecing]

Hoping the weather is fine for this weekend. Weather reports have been all over the place

[intacivic16v]

Yeah I recon, it's not the safest track in the dry let alone the wet haha. Last time I was up there watching an evo worth over 100k rolled over 5-6 times, totaled it

[vtecing]

Hey I noticed there is a honda civic on the entry list is that u? Im number 77

[Cooker]

Heres a vid of me at a hillclimb in W.A.
I mounted the camera to high so the damn rear view mirror is in the way haha
My car is setup for circuit so it was way to stiff for this hillclimb with the car not being very compliant on bumps and crashing around alot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGbiNFavF_o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGbiNFavF_o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[vtecing]

That is a really wide track. You look like your doing some break neck speeds. Usually in car footage looks a lot slower than you are really going, but that looked fast!

Track also made me think its the kind of place youd have to watch out for koalas lol

[Lukey]

that tracks really flat too but the looks from the video

[vtecing]

most hill climb videos look flat, because the camera is always pointing to the front of the car

[intacivic16v]

Hey I noticed there is a honda civic on the entry list is that u? Im number 77

Yeah that's me I'm in pit 57, not sure what car number, fingers crossed 28. Hey any idea what time everything kicks off on sat?

[vtecing]

Ur number 287. need to be there for scrutiny at 10am sat, runs start noon. Runs start 8.30 sun but if your car leaves the event sat night it needs to be scrutineered again sun morning, doesnt say what time but I would assume another 2 hrs earlier again. I will be there early sat morn to walk the track and absorb as much as I can being my first time.

[intacivic16v]

Yeah that's exactly what I was going to do to. I've raced there once 8 years ago when I was just starting to race. Should be a good weekend

[vtecing]

Photos and videos can be found here (http://theheartofracing.weebly.com/)

Well done Brian, very good time. You matched the same time as the XU1 and I said to dad, what do you think about that? lol

[intacivic16v]

Yeah cheers, was a good event. Very sketchy in the wet though haha I was a bit edgy on my run after the mini hit the tree haha. Congrads on improving ever run, awsome time for your first time there and on street tyre's. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's times

[vtecing]

Oh btw, I think your tyre gauge might be off, I checked when I got home and I had about 39psi all round

[intacivic16v]

Dam that means I was running higher tyre pressures than I normally do... Not sure yet but I think my quickest time was 49.3, with a missed gear.. Dam it I was devoed when I did that lol, I may have got a 48 otherwise..

[vtecing]

Yeah, u looked quick. My pb was 56.17 hoping for a 55 next time. I would b happy with a 55 with my stock setup on street tyres.

[RandyRhydah]

Get some more courage late braking and shift into second i think you can piss in a quicker then 55 second. Does look like a pretty scary track to be going flat out though, i thought lakeside was ballsy.

[vtecing]

I didnt get out of second gear until after the finish line. First corner stays in 1st gear, and I was braking pretty late, locked the wheels a couple times.

[RandyRhydah]

Yeah i just watched the in car.. must be that its such a narrow track is is deceptive.

[intacivic16v]

Yeah, u looked quick. My pb was 56.17 hoping for a 55 next time. I would b happy with a 55 with my stock setup on street tyres.

Man you will get a 55 the next time there. That's a great effort on road tyres and a stock car well done. I had a look at the splits and that missed cost just under half a second ... Haha. I bloody would have got a 48.. Haha dam it.

[intacivic16v]

Get some more courage late braking and shift into second i think you can piss in a quicker then 55 second. Does look like a pr

etty scary track to be going flat out though, i thought lakeside was ballsy.
Yeah its a different track hey. All the corners have things you can hit on them and they now have strange bumps and change in camber on the road. Apparently its been getting worse and worse the last few years. The the root system and soil must be moving under the track. If your not smooth then have the chance getting a wheel off and having a big moment. But if your only smooth you won't break any records. I attack it aggressivly a few times and had a few near miss's, but got away with and dropped the times

[vtecing]

Where did u see the splits?

[intacivic16v]

On the mg car club website

[vtecing]

Link? I cant find it

[Cooker]

That is a really wide track. You look like your doing some break neck speeds. Usually in car footage looks a lot slower than you are really going, but that looked fast!

Thanks buddy, yer I always try drive 110%, sometimes scary haha
Will b doing another hillclimb next month on a narrow track like the one you just did.
Congrats on your result.

[vtecing]

Oh I found them. Mine are all pretty progressive

[bennet654]

i did haunted hills in my dc5r and it was epic! finally a circuit/event that suits hondas :)

[intacivic16v]

i did haunted hills in my dc5r and it was epic! finally a circuit/event that suits hondas :)
Man great to hear, did you get any footage? Man I hope I can make it to australian titles there this year.. Fingers crossed

[Lukey]

if you guys ever go to haunted hills let me know ill come spectate since i only live 15mins away

[intacivic16v]

Does anyone know when the australian titles are on down there?

[EG9]

finally a circuit/event that suits hondas :)

Yeah, I know, it's good to do an event where the little Hondas are consistantly up there in the top of the results.

Got any times for your DC5R?

[jdm_boost]

The top left corner on the haunted hills hill climb was pretty hair, I ran an practice with the MR2 Australia club not long ago. Luckily there was no casualties, the year before was a bit of metal carnage with some cars still off the road.

[stndrd]

bennet654 i think i may have seen you at haunted hills before. ive only been done there the once (never raced) and there was a white dc5r and two s2k's (one silver & one supercharged blue one) tho this was back in late '09 or early last year so it may not have been you

[vtecing]

Noosa hill climb july 2&3

http://www.mgccq.org.au/entry.htm

[iijjee]

I'm off to Mountainview in Grafton this w'end! Anyone else flying the H flag! Weather looks good... cool and sunny! Still hunting some stiffer springs if anyone as some for an EG!

[intacivic16v]

I won't be heading down this weekend, saving the car for state titles there next month. 12th june, my crx record has stood since 2008, about time it gets broken again I think

[iijjee]

Great track (although a summer's rain and no rubber from other meets), great day and 64 cars competing. Only one Honda since Brian has his car in cotton wool til June! Very slippery and dusty - exacerbated by the smooth, flat surface - which made for some tail out action! Results not emailed to us yet but another class win for my second drive at Mountainview. Lots of amazing cars and lots of funny first-timers. Not an easy track but sooooo satisfying when you start to pick some lines and link some corners. Suits the smaller car! Will post again when the results are out. Ran a PB at least...

[intacivic16v]

Hope my suggestions helped you on the weekend. Bring on states..

[intacivic16v]

State titles this weekend gone, sat practice very cold no rain, broke record twice with a best time of 51.4. Sunday competition day, very very wet best time of 64.4 class win due to no other class competitors beat half the class above me. 11th outright out of 53 cars. If only it was a dry day

[iijjee]

Does that mean no new record?

[intacivic16v]

yeah no new record again.. Lol oh well I guess there is always next year. I was kind I thinking of building a b20 for next year.seewhat happens

[iijjee]

Nah! Stay in your class! Or build a 2.1L B20!

Seriously, though, that would be a fun package in a car that must weigh less than 890kg even with you driving it!

You should take it to Lakeside or QR or even WP for a track day first. Are you headed up Mt Panorama in August?

[intacivic16v]

yeah I would love to get it to more places, money with the new business is the hardest thing, I don't get much play money haha I'm trying to get into the improved production circuit racing championship in queensland as well. Which of the 2 bathurst hillclimb tracks will that be on, the one that goes reverse up the track and finish's at lovers leap or is it the other quick one. Or are than doing one on sat and the other on sunday?

I would love to go to that I've got unfinished business there. I was ment to be in the 2008 australian hillclimb championships there. Some douch bag smashed my crx up 6 weeks before the race, and the guyi beat at grafton that year won the class and broke the record that year.. Haha

[iijjee]

Imp Prod would be a blast. Remember watching some US prod races in late nineties wher there were SiR2 EGs, ITR's, BMW 325i's and some other higher pewered nissans and yankie cars. The guy in the EG (yellow) would lose out off the line, chase cars down in the corners, lose a position down the straights and then make up 10 car lengths under brakes and pick 2 cars off!! Awesome racing! The BMW's and ITR's usually held down the top spot but the EG seemed to cut fastest lap times on occasions! Love to see that stuff again!

[Lukey]

anyone going to haunted hills on sunday?

[fatboyz39]

anyone done the Huntley Hill Climb?

[Riced_Civic]

anyone going to haunted hills on sunday?

whos organizing the event?????

[Lukey]

whos organizing the event?????

dunno i just seen it on the news on friday nite

[nigs]

:( I wanna get in on this action.
Last time I checked Mt Cootha climb was 2 years ago. They only allowed classics or if you were in a EVO or WRX club....kinda lame.

Anyone know how to get in?

[Sexc86]

These events looks incredibly fun ! cant wait to give them a go :D:D

[intacivic16v]

Did you race on the weekend at kempsy iijjee? I'm thinking of entering the next state event at ringwood park at the end of the month, I should have done kempsy, but I realised it was on to late.. Haha

[iijjee]

In Lismore tonight! Swapping my wheels and susp next wk for some coilovers. Also found my trailing arm bushes are completely collapsed, which won't have helped the oversteer issues ive had at mountainview. Having them replaced with the good (blue!) stuff, whatever it's called! Looking to race again in the next two months or so! My car was on blocks all last week! The state event was pretty competitive. I've never not finished first up there but my best time would have placed me 5th on the weekend in the 1600-2000cc Imp Prod class I usually race in! Still, the winner of that class - yes a racing VW Bug! - was only 0.8 of a sec faster than my best.

[iijjee]

Cooperabung prob doesn't suit our cars really! More of a turbo track! It's really a quarter mile up the hill, pretty straight and then two difficult turns and over the finish line!

[intacivic16v]

I bet the car that won that class was a orange beetle driven by heath campbell. My pb at grafton is quicker than his hehe. I was stiring him up at grafton, good fella.
Man you are going to love coilovers, just make sure the softest setting isn't to hard.

Yeah have thought that track was a but of a drag strip.

[iijjee]

Campbell indeed! He holds the track record too, i think!

What are your coilovers' springrates, front and rear? I've had teins twice b4 and they were firm but so predictable! How much do the dampener settings affect handling, as opposed to ride?//?

[intacivic16v]

Not 100% sure on my spring rates, they are jic dc2 coil overs. I changed the rear springs to a softer set that tyrone with the wrx from grafton had, that made it heaps better, not sure what they are, I've never tested them. The guys I've been pit crewing for lately have been teaching me the dampner side of things a but lately. fingers crossed I get the car to the next ip queensland circuit racing meeting so they help with my car set up before I race them.. Haha

[iijjee]

Heading to Mountainview next month - 14/8. Also planning to do Mt Panorama on the 28th! If I can get there and back on Sunday!!!

Might try leaving my rear sway off when I finally get to fit these coils! I don't want to be 'drifting' up the hill!

[cph3r]

anyone going to haunted hills on sunday?
Why Sunday? I take Haunted Hills to and from work every day =D
I know the track you speak of, itching to get out there for a day myself.

[Lukey]

Why Sunday? I take Haunted Hills to and from work every day =D
I know the track you speak of, itching to get out there for a day myself.

tracks known as haunted hills, and there was a race day on that weekend i posted and wanted to see if anyone was going

[pat88c]

Did you race on the weekend at kempsy iijjee? I'm thinking of entering the next state event at ringwood park at the end of the month, I should have done kempsy, but I realised it was on to late.. Haha

Hey
i aminterest catch up at ringwood park hill climb ask some questions and see how honda's go doing hill climbing
i am thinking of focus on build a hill climb ed9 crx over track car as most events in NSW state series are in Newcastle area conpaired to down south

Thanks
pat

[intacivic16v]

hey mate looks like I won't be doing many more hill climbs this year, looks like I will be competing in the final 2 rounds of the improved production circuit racing series. Before you do to much to your crx check the legal regulations for the class you want to enter. If you ever want to enter a state round you will need a log book and last time I checked with the log book guys you can't log book a crx in the Improved production class because it was sold in auatralia as a 2seater. If you just want to enter local stuff your all good, but if you break any records they usually won't count, (that had happened to me a few times, that'd why I have log booked the car now. Crx's are a great base to work with. The wheel base is a100mm shorter than the civic hatch of the same year. Which means the car will tend to slide into a corner a little when set up right, which then allows for a earlier acceleration point and greater corner exit speed. When I changed from acrx to civic hatch it took more than a year of set up to get the hatch quicker, that was with issuing everything swapped from the crx shell. Man send me a message If you want I'm happy to help if I can, the more competitive hondas the better

QUOTE=pat88c;3051360]Hey
i aminterest catch up at ringwood park hill climb ask some questions and see how honda's go doing hill climbing
i am thinking of focus on build a hill climb ed9 crx over track car as most events in NSW state series are in Newcastle area conpaired to down south

Thanks
pat[/QUOTE]

[intacivic16v]

Heading to Mountainview next month - 14/8. Also planning to do Mt Panorama on the 28th! If I can get there and back on Sunday!!!

Might try leaving my rear sway off when I finally get to fit these coils! I don't want to be 'drifting' up the hill!


Rear sway bar off for sure, and lower your rear tyre's to 27, 28 psi, sorry ian looks like I won't make that meeting.

[intacivic16v]

By the way I found some awsome cameras the other day, i'll buy some soon and put up some footage. If I make a bulk order i'll let you guys know

[pat88c]

that something i didn't know about the crx and another reason to go over to ed civic

i was improved production circuit and found that the crx wasn't legal as it two seater and the state hill climb is base off similar rules

Where would be best place to find the rules for NSW state series regulations? EDIT found page
as at the moment i still in early days of change improving the car, i could very easily change to ed civic shell if need

thanks for information too
pat

Edit Just had quick look over the regulations i can run my crx in Road registered Non logbooked cars Under 2500
But that will limit me in what i ant to do long term
As per this link
http://www.cams.com.au/en/States/NSW_and_ACT/~/media/Files/Sport/Regulations/NSW/2011%20NSW%20Hillclimb%20Championship%20Sporting%2 0Regulations.ashx

Would you think it better to start off in a ED civic hatch shell than keep play with ed9 crx?
As it opens me up to race in improve Production Sports if i choose to try something different long term

[intacivic16v]

Man you should be able to run your car in improved production road registered 0-1600 if they run that class our up to 2000. The strange thing is my old crx was log booked as a road registered car. But the guys are now saying that it shouldn't have been allowed in. I honestly believe that my crx was a much quicker car than what I have now. If I had of put the same time into the crx I'm sure it would have smashed the civic. But then you would be limited by what you can race in later. A mate of mine has just through all that with a crx, he has decided to sell the car now and build a corolla.

[intacivic16v]

was just searching through some old grafton times. The year after the crx got destroyed and the 88 civic wasn't ready yet I needed to drive in the first meeting for that year for championship reasons and I ran my stock 1995 sohc vti civic I ended up putting my coilovers in and running with old semi slicks and got a 55.35 in the under 2L racecar class.lol thing I ened up getting 6th out of 10 as well

[iijjee]

That's not a bad time. Are you sure you don't roll back 50cm on the start line before dropping the clutch?? Local rules and all that!?! I would love to drive around the track slowly one day and spot some markers and try some lines. Have only run up the hill at Mountainview 8 times to date! Your times are pretty depressing for the trailered cars with big brakes, turbos and tyres that can't break into the 56's! Like the Soarer I've seen up there! Got a feeling most people's 'old tyres' are better than my setup! Donate today!

Can't get to Grafton on the 14th anymore but will try for the next round there. I really have that track in mind when I'm setting up my car. Want it to be chuckable and balanced. Can't afford rear tyres yet so will still be a compromised handling package. Have the K-sports in now and hoping to get some wheel-time soon. Haven't been around a corner really yet! Very happy with the 10mm increase in ride height (so I don't whack every imperfection on the road!) and there seems to be far less body roll. Haven't put my rear sway back on yet and not sure I'll need it. Still have option of refitting my Whiteline solid front sway if I am still getting oversteer. Also just replaced my trailing arm bushes with nolathane as the old rubber ones were barely attached and obviously doing nothing. Looking to enter the Cooperabung hillclimb this Sunday and then see if I can get to Mt Panorama on the 28th.

[beeza]

Hi Ian! Great to hear the civic's going strong! :)

I thought the public couldn't drive Bathurst?

I know what U mean about road height,the bush roads are hectic sometimes!

[iijjee]

Hey! Yeah Mt Panorama hillclimb just called the Esses - a run from the start of Conrod Straight up the wrong way to Skyline on top of the mountain. 750 metres long, 88 metres up! Still trying to justify 17 hour round trip for just 4 or 5 mins hard driving though! Starting to talk myself out of it now I think! There must be 15 hillclimb courses between the Mid North Coast and Bathurst!

[beeza]

Ah gotcha mate!

Yeah,that's a lotta effort for little reward.

BUT,I do know about your Wakefield effort :)

[iijjee]

Yeah, that was epic enough! Maybe I should go back there when I can afford some rear semis and with the better susp setup I might drop some real time around there - especially if it's not a stinking hot day!

One day!

[beeza]

Sounds good! :)

[dai-16t]

Buladelah hillclimb towards the end of september.
Think I will enter this.
http://myalllakesmotorsportsclub.jigsy.com/

[iijjee]

Got any track maps for Bulahdelah, dai-16t??? Found the website but no info about track length, etc.

[iijjee]

Just checked out your build thread! I'd come just to see this thing run! My car is really the antithesis of yours! Plop in a bigger donk and change the bits that make it get the power to the ground and leave the rest as it was! Your car is more - peel back everything to it's bare minimum and pick the most uncomplicated, high class, reliable and aesthetically correct solution to reach the ultimate iteration of its kind! You must be pretty excited to see it running the way it was designed to. What tyres are charged with the responsibility of getting all that power to the ground?!? You should have entered Superlap! What H car fanatic wouldn't want to get a gawk at this beast! Have you tracked it anywhere yet?

[dai-16t]

Thanks for the good words iijjee. Yes am happy it is running. It is actually having the boost control better set up as I type this. Multi postion knob with three setings, wet/road/ideal.
Tyres at the moment are dunlop full slicks(200/580/15) which are a circuit tyre but I am hunting down a super soft in a size that will fit the car for hill climbs. Any ideas?

Um it has only been to the track once for a shake down(wakefield). That was really just a shake down. After a build like that there were some things that had to be rectified. Front splitter needed some rods(done), modified boost control(done), better rear end set up(kinda done), slight temp issue when comming off track(done) etc.

It was un-timed testing and even if there were times they would demonatrate the cars potential as speeds could not go over 130k's due to the splitter eating the tarmac lol.

[dai-16t]

r.e superlap....not enough track time to set the car up and also entries were filled up in four hours. That is what i had heard. Next year I would not mind to try it.

[iijjee]

I'm not the right person to give tyre advice for slick tyres. If it was semi's I'd suggest the Dunlops or Advans like mine - or even the Hankooks that seem to have cleaned up this yr at Superlap. Need a circuit racer for that kind of knowledge! Power to weight wise I can't see why you could get your car into the 1:05 range at WP. Even better if you drive as well as you vision!

[EG9]

I took the baby seat out of the car and went up to 'Haunted Hills' on Sunday, did the figure 8 circuit for the first time.

Tyres weren't ideal for the conditions... 3 year old semi slicks, a little on the worn side.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZTP79A82E

[Glocker]

I took the baby seat out of the car and went up to 'Haunted Hills' on Sunday, did the figure 8 circuit for the first time.

Tyres weren't ideal for the conditions... 3 year old semi slicks, a little on the worn side.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZTP79A82E

omg full eg9 interior? u are my hero.

[Lukey]

hill climb at haunted hill again this weekend i think for aus championships?

i should build a car for it, its local track for me :D

[EG9]

Here's another video (same day) from the outside loop...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7qezjy0QNI&t=11s

[iijjee]

Had an awesome weekend at MountainView hillclimb track in Grafton a few w'ends ago. Still racing in the road-reg class U2L and not yet into the same time bracket as the best un-reg club cars in the U2L cars. Especially Brian's little rocket ED/EF.

But on the day, my little EG finished ahead of all other reg cars and 8th outright out of 58 competing cars. Two new front advan A050s and coilovers helped - as well as more laps of this awesome little track! Still a couple of seconds or three off the 4wd EVO's and Sti's.

Hoping to get 2 more tyres one day and figuring out both the track and the coilover settings to bust another second off my 52.10 time.

If I ever figure out how to upload vids I have both in-car and Dad-cam trackside footage of my best lap!!!

[vtecing]

that looks like a wicked track!

[iijjee]

Just went to a great hillclimb on a kart track in Coffs Harbour over the weekend. Raleigh Raceway! Great turn out! Great weather... First time on track so still only been round 5 times! Would like to perfect a few corners I almost got!!!

Time - 44.80

Won the Under 2L class and against 17 cars finished 2.78 seconds ahead of 2nd place.
Came home 6th overall out of 65 cars!
First car with doors! Or rego! Or non-slicks! Or rear downforce wing!

Tight track that suits a car that has handling balance. Top time in Over 2L was an HSV in 46.66.
Was really happy as all I set out to do on the day was get close to the rally WRX (45.24), R33GTR (45.89) and the Targa Tas Skoda Octavia RS (46.33).

All those guys from up the Tweed and NNSW should put this one on their lists! Great, wide track with plenty of run off!

[iijjee]

Will try and post footage from my in-car iPhone! Not sure how! Try this.....


https://vimeo.com/user12765976/videos

[Adamjoeldavis]

Look at Legend of the Lakes Hillcimb in South Australia, Mount Gambier (450kms from Melbourne, 550kms from Adelaide) on Youtube

I am doing it in my Civic this year, I love the track cause you are just going up, not up down up down, all corners are ethier blind, or negative camber (but dont look left... it is a very big drop into the lake hahaha! around 50 to 150meters to the lake from the top) and theres a hairpin at the top always heaps of people coming over doing it and also watching it, maybe around 400+ people come and watch it each day, and around 150+ competitors this year, last year it was 128 entries and was 100% filled in 3 days.

I believe theres more rooms for entries, if this got you interested a bit, got to www.seacsa.com

Worth wild doing it! :D

[EG9]

Look at Legend of the Lakes Hillcimb in South Australia, Mount Gambier (450kms from Melbourne, 550kms from Adelaide) on Youtube

I am doing it in my Civic this year, I love the track cause you are just going up, not up down up down, all corners are ethier blind, or negative camber (but dont look left... it is a very big drop into the lake hahaha! around 50 to 150meters to the lake from the top) and theres a hairpin at the top always heaps of people coming over doing it and also watching it, maybe around 400+ people come and watch it each day, and around 150+ competitors this year, last year it was 128 entries and was 100% filled in 3 days.

I believe theres more rooms for entries, if this got you interested a bit, got to www.seacsa.com

Worth wild doing it! :D

Hey, how did you go?

[intacivic16v]

http://youtu.be/KHay2tQlqTo

after not racing at the grafton hillclimb for 2 years, i decided it was time to have another go, after breaking the old class record of 52.23 six times over the weekend i managed to get a pb of 50.84
improved procustion class 0-1600cc.

Heres a run from the front bar.

[intacivic16v]

http://youtu.be/vYGHL6b-3eE

new Australian record, new Australian class champion.

[Jasemas]

Gratz on the record win!

[chez00]

great run, well done.

[iijjee]

Tricky track! Looks like a fairly committed effort, Brian! Congrats!

[Statikflow]

Try out springwood.

[intacivic16v]

Thanks fellas. Tricky track for sure. What you can't see in the footage is how bumpy it is and the off camber sections. I'm not a huge fan of the track, but it was the Australian titles so I had to give it a go. I wish they held it at Grafton it would be good to see what some quick 1600cc ip cars could get down there

[EG9]

Just in case anyone is interested... some good venues.

http://www.hillclimbvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Natures-Organics-2015-Victorian-Hill-Climb-Championship-Calendar-v2.jpg

[IEVAQ8]

Just in case anyone is interested... some good venues.

http://www.hillclimbvic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Natures-Organics-2015-Victorian-Hill-Climb-Championship-Calendar-v2.jpg

interesting...

[devourer]

im a slow poke :(