Round 1 grafton Hill climb (new video's up now29/3/08)

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 08:58 PM

Hey fellas just thought that i would post up that the first round of the 2008 Grafton Hillclimb Championships will be on the 2nd of March. It would be great to see some hondas there be back me up in the FWD department. hehe

This should be the link of the in car footage so you can get a look at the track
www.youtube.com/v/mXsp-n9cYik&rel=1

All spectators welcome the more the better, if you want to race all you need is a cams licence and to be a member of a cams club, can do it there on the day if you need to.

**95civic** · 06-02-2008 09:31 PM

I wont be making this one, but once I have my car up and running, and can get the funds i will be up for these interstate events. CANT WAIT!

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 09:39 PM

Man that would be great to see some more honda's there, how far away would you be coming from?

**95civic** · 06-02-2008 09:40 PM

I be driving up from melb

I know its a long way but I love driving new tracks! - Engine going in next week so I will hopefully be up and running for the 2nd or 3rd round of the Vic state series

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 09:44 PM

F@#K me that would be a huge drive, about 2 days worth hehe, Have you ever raced at the Morwell hill climb, I own a house down there, i've been thinking of making a trip down there when they have a race on down there

**95civic** · 06-02-2008 09:47 PM

No I havent driven there yet... I have only driven on the main tracks round vic. They raced their last meeting at that track last weekend I believe. They are building a new track as we speak...

What kind of suspension set up are you running?

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 09:49 PM

Mate just to give you a idea of when there are events on at Grafton.

Grafton round 1: March 2nd
Grafton round 2: May18th
NSW State title round at Grafton: 8th June
Grafton round 3: August 17th
Grafton round 4: October 19th

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 09:52 PM

Yeah i heard that they were changing that track, i thought that they had already done it though.

I'm running JIC coilovers at the moment, only the road version though, they are a little softer than the race ones standard, so it is better for the hillclimb set up. Do you race a EG? I'm in the middle of building a new engine as well, what have you built for you car?

Originally Posted by 95civic

No I havent driven there yet... I have only driven on the main tracks round vic. They raced their last meeting at that track last weekend I believe. They are building a new track as we speak...

What kind of suspension set up are you running?

**95civic** · 06-02-2008 09:56 PM

Nah not my eg...

This is my new toy...
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79948

**intacivic16v** · 06-02-2008 10:08 PM

Man that should be pretty good when you get it sorted out, hows the weight of the new engine compare to the original engine? Are you thinking of changing the break set up on the car? are they a torchon front suspension set up? (my spelling is so shit house hehe)

**95civic** · 06-02-2008 10:12 PM

Engine is heavier by a fair bit.... I am not going to change the brakes as yet, the drive shafts fit the 1st gen hubs so i will leave them for now. I can do a 4x100 conversion pretty easily if needed... For these kind of events i most likely wont need reqar brakes anyway.... wait and see what happens....

**intacivic16v** · 07-02-2008 09:38 AM

it will be interesting to see how much the extra weight puts the balance of the car out, i did a vtec conversion to my crx last year and it changed the balance a fair bit. that was why i changed over to the coilovers, so i could make the front end stiffer to take the extra weight