Pikes Peak Int. Hill Climb Turbo E30 Build

[IronFreak]

I think his car was right at 2400lbs. without driver last year, I wonder where it's sitting now with all the cf replacing steel.

[iwantspeed]

Very excited to see an update in this thread.

Good luck this weekend.

[Nsquared97]

Buddy of mine sent me a small blurb Jalopnik(?) did on it, we need updates man!

[team9]

I hope the OP will update on how 2013 went, but here are the results compared to last year.

2012 - 11:35.387
Time Attack class: 4th out of 21
30th overall

2013 - 12:41.824
Time Attack class: 9th out of 20
88th overall

[dmoney(AB)]

I want the front fenders!

[Zodow]

Hey all, sorry for the silence. I didn't have much free time for the last two months as i was slaving away on the beast.

Im gonna see if I can find some time tomorrow to go through the pics and videos I have and post up some more details of the updates to the car/ race day stuff.
Until then here's a quick overview of the last two months/ race week:

Did way too much for my own good in the last two months lol. Decided to do a CF/kevlar widebody/ custom 5 lug / brakes/ 10 inch rims about a month away from the race. Did a few other things like beefier axles, E85 conversion, CF dash and a few safety things.

The weight was reduced by about 120 lbs but we added about 20 for the fire suppression and a few other things so were at 2350 with a 1/2 tank.

Race week was nuts. We were working to the last min to get it all done (mostly cosmetic stuff like wetsanding/clearing the body) We did get a chance to test it out with all the new stuff thrown on but battled fuel issues after a few hours of testing so I never really got to push the new set up :(

Unfortunately I found out the hard way that my brakes weren't doing so well on pikes peak and I had an off on qualifying day.


Could have been way way worse, glad I went off as fast as I did or a lot more damage would have happened. We got it all back together and fixed for the last day of practice and were ready to race.

Unfortunately I had to start at the back of the time attack group because of not getting a qualifying run, so weather was not ideal, although I hear I missed some crazy hail. Instead of hail, most of my run was in the rain and even had some thick fog in places like bottomless pit and cog cut ( not great places to have fog).

Overall I'm pretty happy that I made it to the top again even if I was slower by over a min this year. Maybe next year I can get a dry run in :)

I will update soon!

[s4mt3k]

I love this thread! Very inspiring. I hope you get a chance to post pics/info from all your recent mods.

[unevolved]

Those foggy shots look terrifying.

[IronFreak]

You = more balls then me. I'm making the trip next year, you need a hand in the pits let me know!!!

[yeaseth]

Awesome awesome write up and build

[Zodow]

Here is the race day video before I get back into the build.



I stayed on the Hoosier A6's again thinking I would luck out like last year... Reports varied as to where it was raining/how much and it seemed alot like the last years reports... I could also still see the entire mountain from the start line... Only to find it rained almost the whole way up lol. It also was a lot colder this year and felt like I couldn't warm up the tires and couldn't carry as much speed through turns like last year.

I'm sure I could have done better with the rains this year but still would have been behind last years time. Still thrilled we made it and didn't muck it up!

[chance]

That fog is terrifying!

You have any video of the off?

[team9]

You'll probably go into this later when you give specs on your CF body panels, but I am curious how much wider did you make your front bumper as compared to stock?

[stinkydriverx]

Such a good thread... Can't wait to get the newest update!

[evandael]

so do you outright tell the tailor he needs to add space to your race suit for your balls?

jesus dude.. a 400+ hp e30 on A6's in the rain/fog..