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Was a good time Howdy guys, Just wanted to let everyone know that my SR8 is now in the hands of a guy (Scott) in the north east. She headed out last Thursday. Owning a Radical was just that - RADICAL!!! What an ama... |
In forum New Member Introductions |
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RE: Easy way to load a Radical into a trailer I have the 10 foot 2 piece race ramps and have found that I only need the short height piece and don’t have to fuss with the door end ramp. I leave it folded, put the ends of the ramps on the door sil... |
In forum Towing / Trailers / Truck Discussion |
6 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Dummy me realized a couple of days ago that I have carbon hats - I adapted steel rotors to them. Been busy with another project and I tend to get focused on that and loose all the rest until I step b... |
In forum Alternate Parts / Source |
6 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Hey Charlie, any new info for me on getting my paws on one of those rotors? |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors John, I was under the impression you had carbons from your first post in this thread. No worries. Looks like Charlie May have access to a carbon rotor for me to borrow and send to HiSpec. I’m going t... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Howdy guys, been a bit. Track season here is on the lam so I’ve parked my little blue beastie for a moment. Hey John Parsons I got an e-mail from HiSpec regarding rotors: Hi Richard Sorry for the lat... |
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6 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors I don't believe there's enough room in the bobbins for an 8mm bolt - checking on the previous page it shows the through holes for the bobbins into the carbon rotors is a 9mm hole. That's getting oh t... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors While I won’t argue that idea (have already entertained it) I will say that 5 ft-lbs of torque is minimal, the feeling of doing the torquing was minimal and overly tight just doesn’t seem to be the ob... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Roughly 3/4 of my fasteners failed and of the 40 only four were still tight. The 10.9 grade 6x1.0mm bolts have sheared off (and/or a few of the jet nuts have cracked in two) right at the back face o... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Not a good day at the track. Overfilled the oil system and dumped about pint onto the diffuser and ground whilst going through warm up. Crap. Got the overflow tank level down to a workable level - bu... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Brakes installed: Attachment : 244DDFD4-F9C3-4370-AA45-9C13395FF40D.jpeg Attachment : E7F672AE-D838-4030-86B8-20A4AFAD2050.jpeg Attachment : C5F43B05-FB47-4E54-85DD-60CC763F19D2.jpeg ... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: Nut / bolt marking Yes, a wheel chock does the job. Push down instead of lifting up and you drive the tire into the chock and it will generate enough traction to torque to spec. |
In forum General Discussion |
7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Loose bolt up of everything to see what I’m up against: Attachment : IMG_2722.jpeg Rotor is off center by 2.5mm: Attachment : IMG_2723.jpeg You can see the bobbins sit proud 1mm becaus... |
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7 years ago |
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RE: New Radical Rapture being released 7/4/2019 Posted by: John Parsons I can't find any information online, though I learned a bit about some weird religious stuff, lol. Hahahaha! Yeah, me too. |
In forum General Discussion |
7 years ago |
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RE: Brake conversion Carbon to steel - need to source calipers and rotors Got a box today with rotors and one axle’s worth of pads. - box seal tape was broken and a set of pads is missing. Sorry, no pix at the moment. I’ll post up tomorrow. Did a test fit and I don’t think... |
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7 years ago |