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Sutton Hillclimb. Anyone Do It?

D.I.Y. Mik

By D.I.Y. Mik,
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D.I.Y. Mik

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I am joining the SDMA to get onto the track for the first time and get my cams L2s licence.

Also to learn how to ready the car for trackdays, as i want to drive at Wakefield one day.

Is anyone here doing it or have done it before?

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I'm going to check it out tomorrow.. Dave (rx7) has convinced me to at least do that.. haha. It's got a good reputation so I plan on seeing it myself :)

I've done 1 Trackday, at Wakefield, which taught me a lot about car control and once I had the instructor onboard, racing lines.

As for prep, an oil change before and after is advisable, and for SDMA, you would want high tyre pressures as you have little opportunity to warm them up. Brakes would be more of an issue at Wakefield, higher speeds and harder stops (cooked my oem pads at Wakefield), but youd want to do regular brake bleeds.

That's all the advice I can give, but I'll be there tomorrow :)

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I've been thinking about getting into sutton hill climb for the exact same reasons as you. I have a few mates that do it and it looks like heaps of fun. I won't be there tomorrow though as ill be fitting my new pads and rotors so ill be ready for the next hill climb :D

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Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham

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been out once, back when the car was first built.

I wasnt too big on it as above, six 50sec odd runs. + there is/was like an hours wait between each run.

wound mind going back and getting some proper numbers now though... :)

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Been a couple of times (every now and again). Not a big fan either. Four 50+ second runs for $90 feels like a lot of money. I wish there were practice days with reduced numbers. And they frown on drifting.....

Wakefield is much better value for money, however the track is so fully booked out these days.

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Also to learn how to ready the car for trackdays, as i want to drive at Wakefield one day.

I agree with others that four to five sessions lasting only 50 seconds each for an entire day "racing" just does not give a good return on investment of either time or money. Hillclimb 4-5 minutes on track for say 9 hours investment inc travel time, v six 10 min sessions for 11 hours investment inc travel time

Not to say it's a bad thing to do, quite fun. But so's go karting and that's a lot cheaper.

As for helping with track prep for wakefield, they are really different things. Come to a SAUNSW trackday, they are your best way and very newb friendly (about 30-40% newbs). Comparing Hillclimb to track day. Braking is totally different, hill climb you want soft brake pads that brake from cold, track day you want long lasting brakes that work when hot, same goes for tyres etc. My first hillclimb I nearly ended up in the trees as the brake pads were track ones, fine by the end of the lap. Basically a hillclimb take a normal car, a track day you really need some harder wearing parts.

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D.I.Y. Mik

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Hmmm interesting,

didnt know it was $90 for the day.... does make it a little expensive, and no practice days isnt good.

I think ill try it anyway, the car is suitable (pads, tyres).

Ps: Kat the new pic shows the pearl. nice.

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Thankyou! That's also why I like it. That and finally had a nice pic with my TE37s! :D

I was going to head out to this but I dragged the fur babies around the lake instead now have to go do some domestic duties!

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