Knox Mountain Hill Climb

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Frank Ewald
BC

Oct 23, 2010
Knox Mountain Hill Climb

Some of you have seen my NX1600 with the GTi-R engine swap. This past weekend I placed second in SPX 3 class at the Knox Mountain Hill Climb. Had a lot of fun on a course that is more challenging than video portrays. The car that beat me was a 71 Camaro with a twin turbo built motor and a driver who has driven the hill multiple times. This was my first time at the event. There's still a lot of work that needs to be done, but the car is getting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xUHErIVIvY

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London Ontario

Dec 23, 2009

nice!  Looking good Frank.

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Frank Ewald
BC

Oct 23, 2010

Thanks, Lynx. I'm looking forward to getting a few more things sorted and then really having a working car!

 

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London Ontario

Dec 23, 2009

get those back tires powered yet?

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Frank Ewald
BC

Oct 23, 2010

Lynx wrote:

get those back tires powered yet?

LOL! I just don't see that happening (... in the near future!) ... as the teething challenges with the engine swap alone have taken me years to sort out. Sometimes it seems like the saying 1 step forward and 2 steps backwards is very fitting.

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Red Deer, Leduc....

Oct 2, 2008

I was there and did see you run!  Well done hanging onto the Camaro....that thing had balls!!

I went from a 530WHP GTR to a 220HP GTi-R, but I'm still smiling....

http://gtircanada.blogspot.com/

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Frank Ewald
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Oct 23, 2010

wingnut wrote:

I was there and did see you run!  Well done hanging onto the Camaro....that thing had balls!!

Wingnut, Too bad we didn't connect.

After the event I found the cause of my spongy brake pedal - a leaking rear caliper. It was hard to hang with that Camaro when I was worried about not stopping for the corners. So now next year! I was 44th overall - but 19th fastest through the speed trap. 73 cars entered. 

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/4522/NX-GTi-R-Hill-Climb-Edition.aspx

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/4530/The-Cars-of-Knox-Mountain-Hill-Climb.aspx