D Beddows
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 12:00 AM |
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Sprint/Hillclimb Regulations
Can anyone give me a clue as to what are or where to find the regs regarding road going kit cars and modified kit cars in the world of
sprinting/hillclimbing. I've looked everywhere I can think of on the web (local car club championships, hill climb and sprintforums, build sites
etc etc) and it seems to be a closely guarded secret! - circuit racing regs are widely available so why these are so hard to come by I have no idea?!
The most up to date edition of the Blue Book I have is from 2002 (which isn't much use) and I don't realy want to pay the MSA £25 for 2
pages worth of relevant information and 100 pages of adverts.
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Mark.
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 08:03 AM |
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Well from what I've seen down here...anything goes and they just go nuts up hill.
Obviously bit more to it than that but the cars range from naff old astras to full blown Pilbeam single seat hooligan things with V8 motors(insane!!)
The bikes are awesome to watch especially the converted 2 stroke crossers sideyways with rear tyre crying it's eyes out ooooo luvvvly.
Best car I have seen was an R6 powered Jedi..wow did that thing go! made same make of car but with turbo'd 1200 bandit look daft...even though
he was hoofing along too!
Mark
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Andy S
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 08:23 AM |
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Your 2002 issue blue book will cover the essentials in section L part 10 which is a very short section as the requirements for speed hills and drag
are very small.
The kit car is a bit misleading as thats not a catagory as the description were changed in 2004/05
7 types and kits are - in
2A Roadgoing specialist production cars up
to 1700cc
2B "as above" over 1700cc
4A and 4B - Modified specialist production .....etc.
My roadgoing 2B Westfield standard kit for instance needs
A Q1 roll bar - Hoop and back stays - Does not need diagonal (recommended though)
Timing strut
1 litre oil catch tank unless engine using original manufacturer system.
Head restraint
Ignition cut off operable by the driver when seated and belted and marked clearly on-off
and must also isolate the fuel pumps
Adequate silencing
MOT
Modifieds need a fair bit more.
Blue book includes a bit more relevant to the sprints etc. than those specific pages and worth every penny. It will cover some more detail
requirements on construction no-no's and common sense aspects.
Double return springs on throttle linkages
Yellow tape on battery negative
Wheel nuts
Wheel spacers
Helmets
Overalls
Tyre lists
etc etc etc.
Andrew
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zilspeed
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 08:53 AM |
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Hillclimb and Sprint rules tend to be a bit localised.
As an example, in England, bike and car engined cars tend to be split. In Scotland, they're all in the same class.
In England, road cars usually run on list 1A tyres, in Scotland you can run list 1B.
In addition, the organising clubs cometimes run their own classes. Our club runs the historic classes against a target time which you choose yourself,
everything else is fastest time.
Best if you find the championship you are interested in then find the regs of the championship - which the championship co-ordinator will be more than
willing to give you if you look like being a new competitor.
Cheers 
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alister667
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 10:01 AM |
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Over here they will send you out a list of classes, and a brief description of them with the hillclimb entry form, for instance my Indy Blade is in
class 9 "All other modified road going and Kit cars over 2.5l or with more than 4 valves per cylinder".
The safety info you'll find in the blue book. If you have any doubt about your class discuss it when you turn up on the day. They can move you
about accordingly - when I went to my first one I found myself entered in a class of Stock Hatchs - until the Fiesta drivers objected!
http://members.lycos.co.uk/alister667/
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skydivepaul
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| posted on 20/10/07 at 11:56 AM |
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i have a 2006 blue book you can have.
u2u me your address and i will send it when i get back from my hols.
cheers
Paul
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PumaWestie
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| posted on 22/11/07 at 02:58 PM |
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The Blue Book only details the basic safety regs for the preparation of your car depending on the discipline that you are entering. The actual car
regs vary depending on the championship that you choose.
When it comes down to events, it can vary as it depends on the organising clubs class structure for the event which may or may not match your
championship class structure. There will be a class at all events for you to enter but it may not tally with the one in your championship. Your
championship organiser will be aware of this and sort the results sheet when he gets it to allocate the points.
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