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FEATURE CAR - ELIA HAJJAR'S RX3 COUPE

Make/Model: Mazda RX3 Coupe

Driver/Owner: 
Elia Hajjar

Car's purpose (race car, street car, show car etc): Drag Car

Engine: Pac-Spec 13BT Bridge Port

Bolt-Ons: Garrett GTX Turbo, Turbosmart Power-Gate 60

ECU and Fuel: Microtech LT16c, Turbosmart FPR-2000 Fuel Pressure Regulator, 2000cc Injectors

Driveline: G-Force GF2000 5-Speed Gearbox, Mark Williams 9-inch diff

Cooling: PAC H/duty alloy radiator

Brakes,Suspension & Chassis: Strange brakes, Strange double adjustable struts, 3/4 Chassis

Body: RX3 Coupe, Steel body with Fiberglass boot lid, doors, bonnet & front end. 
Paint & panel by GAS250 Restorations

Wheels: Weld Racing Sportsman Drag rear wheels with 10.5 in MT Drag Slicks, Weld Racing Magnum front runners 

Power: ~ 1000hp

ET: 7.115 @190


Growing up watching Rocky put together cars in his garage and seeing the passion that his cousin's showed for rotaries, Elia, was hooked at an early age. When he was old enough to drive, Elia, purchased an RX3 Coupe from, George, which at the time was a 12a streeter. 
Elia soon caught the drag racing bug, racing the car for the first time in 1999 with a stock Series 5 13b engine to a best of 12.2. 
Slowly Elia began adding more mods as he could afford them and eventually he broke into the 9's with a 9.9 second pass. 

In around 2002, the car recieved a full make over along with new number plates to suit the upgrades 'HECTYK' . The mods included a fresh Cosmo 13B, Garrett GT42 Turbo, G-Force gearbox & 9 inch diff. 

Elia ran the car with this new combo to a best of 8.989 @148 earning him 5th place on the Fullboost Rotary Un-tubbed Outright leader board at the time. 
Next on the list of upgrades was a set of mini tubs & 10 inch slicks to try and push the car deeper into the 8's, unfortunately Elia didn't quite get there having a minor incident with a wall at one of the meets. With the car damaged Elia decided it was time to step it up and build an all out race car, so the 'HECTYK' RX3 coupe was repaired and put under covers in his garage and a new car was acquired to trasform into a 1000+hp 3/4 chassis RX3. 

                                          Elia racing the 'HECTYK' RX3 at the Queensland Jamboree 

Once the new car was finished, Elia, was itching to get back behind the wheel and race again. 
Being a freshly built car, consequently there were some teething issues to sort out, with one of the major issues being the tyre's rattling off the line. To remedy this, the team opted for a set of 10.5 slicks in place of the much wider tyre's that were on it. 
After months of testing, Elia eventually ran a very impressive 7.6. 
 
Elia, who is a qualified Mechanical Engineer, previously working for the likes of BHP & Turbosmart, has now ventured out on his own and is the co-founder & proprietor of Hitek Steel Framing  who specialise in manufacturing and supplying steel framed walls and trusses to suit residential dwellings and commercial residences.
He runs this business alongside his brother who also doubles as his crew chief. A team both on and off the track! 

To date, Elia's fastest pass in his RX3 Coupe is 7.115 @190 making it the 3rd quickest 13b in Australia.  

                                        Check out the video of Elia's 7.115 @190 pass here.

As part of the 4 & Rotary Nationals 20th Anniversary, Elia and his team were invited to compete over in New Zealand along with several other PAC cars. 
The event started with a car show at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, then moving to Meremere Dragway the next day for the Drag Racing. The boys were excited to meet their fans and weren't too shy to put on a crazy 2-step flame throwing show. Check out the full write up of the event here - PAC Performance @ the V 4 & Rotary Nationals 2016

The Hitek Steel Framing RX3 coupe in action at the Meremere Dragway during the  V 4 & Rotary Nationals.

Elia and his team now look forward to pushing the limits of his little Coupe even further to see just how much faster they can run. 
Elia, along with fellow drivers from the PAC stables, Andrew Maratos and Steven Barnett who currently hold the 1st and 2nd quickest times respectively will all be vying for that ellusive first 6 second 13B pass in Australia.  Watch this space!! 
 




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