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Old 01-25-13 | 10:06 AM
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Great, we need more rotards on the hill! Turbo will be interesting for classing since rotaries get a displacement multiplier and turbos do as well.

I'm making the most of the cold weather. It's going to help me knock out the rest of the sound deadening.


Put it back together enough to roll and she's chilling outside until tonight. Then I attack with a hammer.
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Oh and I sold my Miata.... Next up is a down payment on a new car and order the E-Prod widebody kit from AWR.
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Old 01-25-13 | 07:27 PM
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Thank God for cold weather. Chilling the car was a good choice. This took 1.5 hours and 1 beer (Heavy Seas Peg Leg Stout)





20.5 pounds including the box. So we'll say 20 pounds.
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20lbs?? Did you remove ALLLLLL of it? Man... when my buddy did that to his 88, he said it came out to 100lbs..... How the EF did he get to 100lbs...
Old 01-26-13 | 09:44 AM
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20lbs?? Did you remove ALLLLLL of it? Man... when my buddy did that to his 88, he said it came out to 100lbs..... How the EF did he get to 100lbs...
maybe it was wet
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There's no way there is 100 lbs of sound deadening in one of these. Maybe he was including a sopping-wet carpet too.
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the rubber mats under the rear carpet are fairly heavy... but no way they're 80 lbs.

I'm actually surprised you got 20 lbs out of the sound deadening...
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Do you think it being a GXL may have meant thicker application? This stuff was REALLY thick compared to what I've dealt with in other vehicles.
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keep the updates coming! i have always wanted to do hill climb events but unfortunately im stuck in flat fl where the highest land mass in the entire state is the city landfill dump aka mt. trashmore. this place isn't good for hill climb lol. so instead im building for autocross, but isn't hte same i now. but fun enough for now i guess.
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There's no way there is 100 lbs of sound deadening in one of these. Maybe he was including a sopping-wet carpet too.
or decades of hardened cig ashes.
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Placed an order with J-Auto for some toe links and camber bar.
Old 02-12-13 | 03:53 AM
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Placed an order with J-Auto for some toe links and camber bar.
Awesome! Didnt know it was you until just now. I've been checking in on this thread to see your progress/updates and now I can't wait to see these parts on your car and in action! Thank you for your order
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Waiting on a couple things from RacingBeat before I dig into the rear suspension.
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Davies-Craig Alloy EWP and controller incoming. Big chunk of the rear-mount radiator puzzle is solved.
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Boom.


Got my new exhaust studs installed and test-fit the RacingBeat race header. Also removed the air pump and installed the block-off plate.Waiting on my new IR 2135Ti impact gun to come so I can remove the rest of the rear suspension and install my goodies.


Have an aluminum pulley setup I need to install. Need to dig up a couple electric fans too. Will likely do the rear-mount radiator during the summer while I have a little down time in July.
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BOOM. Back on track now.
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Hi Dave,

Thought I would say hi to a fellow rotor head and hillclimber.
I run the hills in Pa with the PHA and in a first gen in ITS.
I will try to check in to see what you are doing from time to time.
I do the PHA website, check out our hills there. Pahillclimb.org
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I hope it's OK to push the PHA a little?
Here is a picture of my car at Weatherly last fall.
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Haha push away! Butch always has great things to say about your events and I look forward to coming out to a couple when the car is more complete.

Our collection of first gen IT7 guys has been growing. I think we're up to four now.
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Originally Posted by Mazdahead
I hope it's OK to push the PHA a little?
Here is a picture of my car at Weatherly last fall.
nice, I've been meaning to make it up to a PA hill climb.

hopefully this isn't too off topic, but what's required safety wise for hill climbs? You need a SCCA legal roll bar at minimum don't you? bolt in ok? (autopower)
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PHA hillclimbs

If you are running IT7 and following SCCA rules you should be legal.
If you have a purpose built hillclimb machine check the Time Trial Rules below.
If you want to find out more about SCCA compliance follow this link:
Rules | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
If you want to see what safety equipment and other requirements look here:
Driver Checklist | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
If you would like to join our forum, chat with other drivers go here:
Forum | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
There is room at most of our events for new drivers and cars.
The tough part will probably be making it by Friday nite for tech inspection.
After dark we are usually enjoying our favorite beverages so stop by and say hi.
Hope to see you at one of our hills!
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Originally Posted by Mazdahead
If you are running IT7 and following SCCA rules you should be legal.
If you have a purpose built hillclimb machine check the Time Trial Rules below.
If you want to find out more about SCCA compliance follow this link:
Rules | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
If you want to see what safety equipment and other requirements look here:
Driver Checklist | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
If you would like to join our forum, chat with other drivers go here:
Forum | Pennsyvlania Hillclimb Association
There is room at most of our events for new drivers and cars.
The tough part will probably be making it by Friday nite for tech inspection.
After dark we are usually enjoying our favorite beverages so stop by and say hi.
Hope to see you at one of our hills!
It's actually an SSM class solo car that I've been prepping for HPDEs...

autopower roll bar, 6 point harnesses and some sparco sprint Vs....

I'll look into the rules to make sure it's legal.

Thanks.
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Our rules are here: New England Hillclimb Association (NEHA) - Rules & Regulations
Some bolt-in cages work, some don't. I believe our rules line up pretty closely with PA.


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