Uphill Racers: The History of British Speed Hill Climbing

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supercharged hybrid Hayabusa engine with K8 bottom end, K6 head and Rotrex supercharger, producing 347 BHP. Built, set up, mapped and maintained by RLM

The car is mechanically A1 and has had only two owners from new. It has not had a lot of use being stored for several years before the present owner bought it in 2020 and has used it in the 2020 and 2021 hillclimb seasons. Dash2 instrument panel displaying engine revs, change lights, road speed, gears, oil pressure (with low pressure warning light), oil temperature, water temperature, alternator charging. The instrument is programmable (connection cable and manual supplied). This chassis is the Marlboro liveried Tiga Racing car in which Eje Elgh won the 1979 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo and finished ninth overall in the championship, powered by a BMW engine. Minilite 5.5J wheels with Avon ZZS 155/55 x 13 tyres - plus 2 spare Avon ZZS tyres. These are really good and are the expensive control tyres for the Caterham racing series.The car came to the UK in in the early 2000s, and is well-known to the Alpine Owners Club. Granted FIA papers in 2007 it was then campaigned in hillclimbs and sprints, including the Brighton Speed Trials and events at Prescott, Goodwood and in the Channel Islands. In 2012 the car was withdrawn from active competition and an engine rebuild and full body restoration was carried out, before the current owner (a classic car mechanic) bought it as a partly completed project. The most known hillclimb races are the Gurnigelrennen, the course en côte Ayent – Anzère, the course en côte St. Ursanne – Les Rangiers, and the historic Klausen Hill Climb known as the Klausenpassrennen. Ludovico Scarfiotti clinched the European hillclimb championship at Ollon-Villars on August 30, 1965, driving a Dino Ferrari 2-litre. [9] See also [ edit ] Rose jointed 5/8 inch front anti roll bar - adjustable front lever arm dampers just fitted - lowered from springs - negative camber trunnion joints - Peter May Engineering extra arm front damper kit - 8 leaves removed as was done in period from the rear quarter elliptic springs to dampen suspension - rose jointed rear traction rods - converted to use AVO adjustable rear vertical telescopic dampers - panhard rod - car corner weighted by previous and set up by previous owner - handles really well. Balanced prop shaft with recent new universal joints.

fitting a Peter Burgess gasflowed and polished cylinder head with bigger valves, and a Kent 719SP camshaftThe car has recently undergone re-build from the chassis up. The chassis has been re jigged & powder coated and fitted with a new floor pan and bulkhead. This 55F model dates from 1983 and received a full chassis and engine rebuild four years ago before being put in dry storage.

Hillclimb races were held in México in the 1960s and 1970s in places like El Chico, Puebla and Lagunas de Zempoala.Hillclimbs in continental Europe are usually held on courses which are several kilometres long, taking advantage of the available hills and mountains including the Alps. The most prestigious competition is the FIA European Hill Climb Championship. Well known & highly competitive car, well maintained and in excellent condition (a few marks on the bodywork). Won the Curborough Championship outright in 2013, many class wins in the Midland Speed Championship. PILBEAM MP92 (carbon tub) Sports Racing car with 7.3 litre Steve Schmidt Racing of Indianapolis all alloy Chevrolet V8 Race Engine and Hewland NLT 6 speed sequential gearbox. Recognised as one of the most powerful sports racers ever to have competed in speed events, the SPA Judd is a fabulous piece of engineering which started life as a 2.8 litre Hart powered car in the early 90s. Original owner David Render used the car in hills and sprints before selling it on to Ferrari & Lancia enthusiast Christian Mineeff. Christian then had the car completely reworked and converted to F1 power with a 3.5 litre Judd CV power plant. Aero developments by Gould Engineering in the late 1990s made this car the fastest sports racer on the hills bar none. Subsequently owned by Matthew Harrison and Chris Cannell, the car has most recently been campaigned with some success by Tom Brown and Steve Cunningham. Powered by a mighty ex Leyton House Judd CV 3.5 litre F1 engine, which still runs F1 cams and sounds utterly superb! In 2008 it was converted to Historic FF2000 specification where it has raced ever since including some outings in the Dutch Monoposto series and HSCC events.