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 Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Sun, 20 April 2003 11:30
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And what a fun day it was !
many 4ag and 4agze powered clubmand open wheelers and a few corollas even competing - and all of them chewed and spat out alot of the rotaries and mini's that were also competing 
there was a very nice little 75 ish coloolla hatch competing - had a 4agze in it - and it was fun to watch roar up the hill :0 had a peek at it when it was back in the pits and was surprised to see how at home a 4agze looks in that engine bay 
Quite a few clubmans with silvertops and quad throttle bodies too competing - they do sound very nice but still the duel weber 45 fed enginessounded better or the creamiest of the lot - a GTHO falcon XY GT - HOLy HELL did it roar
PS beware of suspicious looking VW beetles around the hills - they were the surprise of the day - not only did the two competing LOOK STOCK - they were outhandling their porsche big brothers AND outrunning them - Beetles with BALLS! Scary !
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I supported Toymods
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melbourne.victoria.austra...
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Sun, 20 April 2003 23:10
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where was that on stu?
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Sun, 20 April 2003 23:57
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Mt Leura?
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Coffs
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May 2002
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Mon, 21 April 2003 04:09
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How did the rotaries go??
I have been to the hill climbs in Grafton a couple of times.
Heaps of fun to watch.
Some really nice old skool corollas with big flared guards to cover the massive wheels.
SW20 MR2, Mini,AE92, Swifts, Civic's etc etc
Got some photos if anyone wants some.
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Colac, Victoria
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Mon, 21 April 2003 11:59
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Over near Adelaide Greg , A friend of mine has a lot of involvment in the classic adelaide rally + historical racing and stuff and invited me over for the weekend - was great day - Mount Comobine i think the place is called - purpose built hillclimb track ..
Also went to The mallalla Historical racing meet - and watched xy Falcon Gt's flog the absolute PANTS off everything - there is NOTHING and i mean NOTHING that compares with the sound of a 351 GT falcon topping 230+kmh along a straight 
Re the Hillclimbs - and rotaries - the rotors didnt impress much to be honest - only ine series 2 RX7 with a turbo was up there with the likes of the mini's and cortinas in that class..
The EVo 6's were very impressive - and hammered up the hill but the Skyline r33 GTR was the one i wanted to see do the hhill - Instead it got light over a crest - and went thru two armco's onto the return road - a very costly weekend for that person !
The VW beetles were the most impressive as per previous post - How in the hell they got them to handle so well and go so hard ( they FLOGGED the rotor powered cars and lower class mini's and escorts ) amazed me ..
In something like hillclimbs it seems power spread and power to ground is more important than over all revviness - ( hence why rotors didnt do good )
the 4agze's and 20 valves did very well - so any of you guys with worked sprinters that think they handle well should look into this sort of club event - IMHO a stripped 4agze/gte/20 valve Sprinter would hammer in this class of racing.
Lots of fun too for the whole family and the only thing that can go wrong is you off the track - not run into another car or get taken out by anoher driver
Giant tomato - Im going to make an effort to see when the MT leura climbs are on if your interested in saying gudday - Camperdowns only 25 mins drive from my house - might be a good idea for a cruise/racing meet if others are interested
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Eskilstuna, Sweden
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May 2002
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Colac, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Mon, 21 April 2003 12:46
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see - i told ya !! 
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Barossa valley SA
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January 2003
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Mon, 21 April 2003 13:12
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That wasn't the Collingrove hillclimb was it, that was on the weekend? from Adelaide you would have come through the hills, through Birdwood and Mount Pleasant and all the other little towns up there.
last time they had a meet there it was a small car thing and I think the fastest time posted by the time I left was an orange rotary powered beetle 
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Vic
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Re: Went to the Hillclimbs today
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Tue, 22 April 2003 13:42
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I plan on doing the Mt leura hillclimb at some stage this year.
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Wed, 23 April 2003 01:52
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I have only ever spectated at hillclimbs - Mt Leura would be fun. Does anyone know when it's on? If so could someone host/post the supp regs that would be great!
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Colac, Victoria
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Wed, 23 April 2003 06:55
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that was the event ! collinsworth - and no rotorbeetles this time - just 3 rx7's and an rx3 coupe
all beetles were VW or subaru powered
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Coffs
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Wed, 23 April 2003 14:18
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The track that i went to was a Go-Kart track aswell so it wasn't that big. The top speed would of only been about 140km's max so Torque was a big issue. Lots of V8's.
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Barossa valley SA
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Wed, 23 April 2003 16:19
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Pity I didn't know you were going, I would have come out for a chat, it's only about 10 minutes away from where I live in Angaston.
I was going to go but I was too busy working on my car.
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Adelaide
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January 2003
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Sat, 26 April 2003 23:37
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Yeah a few mates and i went to the Collingrove hillclimb on easter weekend, it was a 3 day event. Nice turn out of cars, from open wheelers, escorts, cortinas. A XYGT Falcon a mustang and a couple of other V8's that were suprising on the tight track but couldnt keep up with the smaller 4's though, looks and sounds quick but slow times. Heaps of minis and that and a couple of rollas.
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ballarat
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April 2003
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Wed, 30 April 2003 02:56
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| gianttomato wrote on Wed, 23 April 2003 11:52 |
I have only ever spectated at hillclimbs - Mt Leura would be fun. Does anyone know when it's on? If so could someone host/post the supp regs that would be great!
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See Ford Four Car Club http://www.ffcc.asn.au Supp Regs probly later this year
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