*NEHA

2024 Season

Official rule proposals has been posted for your reading enjoyment.

Steve

http://www.hillclimb.org/events/banquet/2023-Forums-Event-Banner.png A few important notes... there are a few requirements for us to use to Common Man for our banquet (1) Rooms (waiting for Common Man to call me back x6) (2) $250 spent at the bar in the banquet room (this should be an easy requirem...

I was looking through some old hillclimb racing event photos and found this gem from 2002 at the Mt. Philo hillclimb. One of the Rutan Sciroccos; I currently own the FWD Scirocco. This lovely shade of green is AWD and propelled by a powerful V-6 engine. I heard "Busch type race engine" in ...

Wrapping up the driving portion of the year... time to get going on Golf changes and building the Scirocco for the 2023/2024 winter. Last event of the year was a time trial at the Club Motorsport track in NH. Fantastic track and facility that I am very pleased to be able to drive the track. Especial...

---------------------------------------------- HERE are the proposals for the 2024 season rules. ---------------------------------------------- It is that time of year again to think about changes that you would like to see in the NEHA series to improve our events. Deadline: Proposals are accepted u...

Getting Golf ready for the track event. Unfortunately, I don't have dedicated track brake pads. The pads are pretty good on the track for short sprints, but I won't be trusting them for repeated deep dives. Front are Hawk Blue and rears are Hawk HP Plus. I used to use the Hawk HP Plus on the street ...

The 2023 New England Hillclimb Association (NEHA) hillclimb season wrapped up with the Ascutney hillclimb. Rained sooooo hard on Friday... lots of lightning, heavy rain, took down some canopies, minor river going through the campsite, and fuel to grow moss on the road. Driving up the hill on Saturda...

Not the best day to tune the car on 93 pump. The outside temp was around 87F and humid as heck. One thing we learned... the FMIC is too small. Timing was pulled when intake temps exceeded 59C/138F. Looking at FMIC options over the winter along with other improvements that I have been planning. One s...

Picture of the final assembly of the turbo. Joey was having a hard time getting the broken bolt out of the hot side, but was successful. https://vermontracing.com/remote_posting/18t_project/1493.jpg Turbo 100% installed and car is running. New plugs with .025 gap. Joey fixed the leaking coolant line...