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Radical Progress...
scootz - 28/12/09 at 06:48 PM

Some of you may remember that I bought a Radical a while back to make road-legal. It didn't work out for me, so it went off to a mate.

Was an SR3 Tracksport with a ZZR1100 engine, but Stewart has since fitted a Busa engine and if that wasn't enough - a Rotrex supercharger!
He's just got some wiring / plumbing to sort out, then on to the bodywork!

Really like the Motoscope-Mini display... it's feckin tiny!

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NeilP - 28/12/09 at 06:50 PM

Nice job - And DAYYYMMMNN that's gonna shift...


flak monkey - 28/12/09 at 06:51 PM

Nice, and also rather crazy.

I like it

David

PS what airfilter is that? I need one to fit my rotrex and am a little reluctant to pay £80 for a K&N one


blakep82 - 28/12/09 at 06:53 PM

ooh. like the tiny display too. remember seeing them for sale somewhere, but i forget where already...


iank - 28/12/09 at 07:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ooh. like the tiny display too. remember seeing them for sale somewhere, but i forget where already...


http://www.adrenalinmoto.co.uk/prods/67.html ?


blakep82 - 28/12/09 at 07:03 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
ooh. like the tiny display too. remember seeing them for sale somewhere, but i forget where already...


http://www.adrenalinmoto.co.uk/prods/67.html ?


thats the one. don't remember them being £190 though! are they actually legal?
i've got the speedo i want anyway... might consider changing after IVA if i want a rev counter instead of speedo...


scootz - 28/12/09 at 07:09 PM

Will find out about the filter and get back top you David.

The Motoscope-Mini has pretty much have every function you need for the road... the only bit that might be a problem for IVA is the edges (not a prob on the Radical though as there is bags of room behind the wheel).


tomgregory2000 - 28/12/09 at 07:20 PM

nice but i dont think that intercooler position is great unless it has a huge scoop to force the air through


Stuart_B - 28/12/09 at 07:24 PM

that looks awesome.

i bet that will shift.

[Edited on 28/12/09 by Stuart_B]


mookaloid - 28/12/09 at 07:30 PM


scootz - 28/12/09 at 07:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
nice but i dont think that intercooler position is great unless it has a huge scoop to force the air through


It does indeed... the Radical has large side-pods.


orton1966 - 28/12/09 at 07:53 PM

I love all the details on a radical chassis, all that extra bracing and gusseting just does it for me! One of the magazines recently did an article on them crash testing one of their latest chassis, something few other companies bother with (or can afford), it was an impressive display of designing in safety and made you seriously wonder what the outcome of most other commercially available designs would be. My guess is a few would do OK, most would do a worse but still acceptable job of protecting their occupants and a few would be an absolute liability.

We all pays our money and makes our choices….

On another note: If anyone has the information I would love to know the front and rear suspension geometry for a contemporary radical to use as a comparison for the midi I’m working on


RichardK - 28/12/09 at 09:22 PM

Nice car although not sure about the cable tied brake lines on the last picture, can't see Mr IVA liking them either although I've been wrong on many occasions!

Cheers

Rich


blakep82 - 28/12/09 at 09:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Nice car although not sure about the cable tied brake lines on the last picture, can't see Mr IVA liking them either although I've been wrong on many occasions!

Cheers

Rich


as i understand, cable ties are quite ok for brake lines. maybe not rigid ones, but they look like flexi ones


NS Dev - 29/12/09 at 09:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by orton1966
I love all the details on a radical chassis, all that extra bracing and gusseting just does it for me! One of the magazines recently did an article on them crash testing one of their latest chassis, something few other companies bother with (or can afford), it was an impressive display of designing in safety and made you seriously wonder what the outcome of most other commercially available designs would be. My guess is a few would do OK, most would do a worse but still acceptable job of protecting their occupants and a few would be an absolute liability.

We all pays our money and makes our choices….

On another note: If anyone has the information I would love to know the front and rear suspension geometry for a contemporary radical to use as a comparison for the midi I’m working on


LOL this brings back memories of when I spannered for an SR3 team!!

The driver wiped the whole offside out of the car including ripping both the front and rear corners off, tearing out the wishbone brackets and actually tearing a big chunk of the rear chassis corner out altogether.

That was in morning practise.................

Radical reckoned new chassis and give up for the next couple of meetings...........

I had new tubes, brackets etc fabricated, welded into the chassis, corners rebuilt, borrowed bodywork stuck on and between two of us got the car out for the race 5 hours later.

Had to miss qualifying but still finished 3rd in class iirc!!