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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors

Richard, you may have assembly error. I was taught to use 242 loctite on clean new bobbin/fasteners. That increases the 5ftlbs torque because fastener is lubed by the loctite. I have never has a...

In forum Alternate Parts / Source

7 years ago
RE: Record holding SR8LM added to the Registry

how cool. I liked how he balanced the weight transfer with brake and throttle at the same time

In forum SR8 Specific Discussion

7 years ago
RE: Hi Everyone

Hi Matt, any my pics of the top on that radical?

In forum New Member Introductions

7 years ago
RE: Fuel cell age

I’m surprised. Looks unsafe but got past FIA so must be good. I have only seen bladders in containers behind car bulkheads.

In forum Getting Started

7 years ago
RE: Fuel cell age

In the cars with aluminum tanks, do those tanks have sealed screw down cover so the fuel cell bladder goes in the aluminum tank? Most cells are a fuel ladder with foam inside both contained in a can

In forum Getting Started

7 years ago
RE: Battery

I have not seen 24v starters or dashboards. None of my stuff like cameras will accept 24v. So how does radical handle that? What was the reason for 24volts?

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
Starter

It appears that if you don’t go two feet in a spin fast enough you can tear up the starter in an over rev. Why don’t radical starters have that spring design that disengages starters like on our stre...

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
Battery

Is it easy to determine if you have a 24volt system just by looking for two batteries ? what did radical do just put two batteries in parallel to get cranking current or in series to run true 24volts?

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
RE: SR8 Costs

I think nasa equalizes cars through a power to weight ratio and factors. So you might not see the sr8 advantage if the 3 and 8 end up in same class. In SCCA I’m not sure there is a place for the 8. ...

In forum Getting Started

7 years ago
RE: Scale roll off levelers

Nice find. If the unit is too short to get full settling of the suspension you could roll off onto a greased trash bag and get more suspension slip.

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
RE: Acqua Rossa Motorsport 2019 Calendar now online

Posted by: CharleyH This is such a great opportunity to drive a Radical at Spa or Paul Ricard at a reasonable price! Charley Charley, Maybe one day you and I could do that! I want to go to Spa and...

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
Will the real 550 please stand up?

Strange but XNR has chassi 550 for sale in colorado in the cars for sale on the registry. Then chassis 550 appears in Florida and is a "NEW" car with patron livery? How can that happen when Radical...

In forum General Discussion

7 years ago
RE: Quieting The SR8

A "Laguna" muffler is made by Radical if I am not mistaken. Laguna has something really low like 92db all but a handful of days per year. Mufflers are quieter than resonators. Resonators tend to ...

In forum SR8 Specific Discussion

7 years ago
RE: Base line setup that came on my SR8 - odd to say the least.

Posted by: K-fab How do you figure cross weights - for that matter, what is cross weight? Looks like I’ll be tossing a couple of bags of bird seed and some billet blocks into the seat and and floor an...

In forum Suspension setup and Handling discussion

7 years ago
RE: Base line setup that came on my SR8 - odd to say the least.

Your front weights look great but your cross weight is 52% way off. You want to: 1-make sure you have a flat floor use bucket of water trick 2-disconnect sways 3-tires to hot pressure 4-alignment s...

In forum Suspension setup and Handling discussion

7 years ago
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