Pikes peak hillclimb...errrh not but close!

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Geeez it looks as good from the top as it seems!

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Have you gone higher with your elan?

[jimj]

I think quite a few will have been over the Col d`Iseran which is slightly more. Stelvio and the obvious Austrian ones are less as is the St Bernard.
Jim

[peterako]

Looks like a great trip!!

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Small trip , 123 miles from home. Meeting was at 9am, we were back home at 2pm.

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The very top is at 2860 m, so higher than stelvio. Sadly, because of this snow wall blocking the road, only pedestrian and fanatic cyclist, could climb till the peak. I had to stop my elan there.

2758 for the stelvio pass
2770 for iseran pass

My water temp was at 100c all way long.

Luckily i managed to keep sufficient speed to bring enough wind in my s4 rad.

I am afraid at regularity speed during a rally (max 50 kph) the engine will overheat... I have to improve the cooling for the jean behra historic! (September)

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The sustained speed helped airflow but also water pump pulley speed.

Same road in early september with still the heat from august at regularity speed in a 8% hill will be a real challenge.