RE: Driven: Radical SR3 In Central London
Discussion
GFWilliams said:
RadGirl said:
The specs I listed are officially quoted from Radical. Come and drive it... and eat your words!
Is that offer open to 18 year olds, Liz?How about in exchange for some photos?
pilchardthecat said:
Why on gods earth would you want to drive it in the middle of London?
Much faster response time form the AA/RAC when it invetiably breaks down :0Not sure about its suitability as a TDO hire car though.
Firstly it will be massivly quicker than anything else with even an average driver, making it incredilby tedious to drive on a busy circuit.
Secondly, they are a race car and as such require constant attention, add the cost of the car, consumables, mechanic and wear rate and its going to have to be a pretty steep hire rate to make a return.....if that is the intention.
Thought there where a lot more road registered SR3's though, i know of two locally.
Best of luck.
alfa daley said:
Walton said:
RadGirl said:
Performance
Accel: 0-100mph (sec) 5.5
Sorry, but there's no chance a Rad would do 0-100 in 5.5s - more like 8s, and if it did your figures imply it's take 6.5s to stop from 100 (0-100-0 12s)!Accel: 0-100mph (sec) 5.5
Edited by LocoBlade on Sunday 19th September 21:50
Hi, driving a car like this on the road is not as difficult as it sounds.
I have the first road going Jaguar Palmer JP1, use longer push rods for better ground clearance and soften the damper settings from track day use. It takes me about an hour to return the car to its trackday settings.
0-60 in 3.6 secs
0-100 in 6.8 secs
I wouldn`t attempt to drive around London with it though, as I don`t think I would have a clutch left afterwards!
I have the first road going Jaguar Palmer JP1, use longer push rods for better ground clearance and soften the damper settings from track day use. It takes me about an hour to return the car to its trackday settings.
0-60 in 3.6 secs
0-100 in 6.8 secs
I wouldn`t attempt to drive around London with it though, as I don`t think I would have a clutch left afterwards!
With a 65kg driver (optimistic), and 210bhp you get:
0-60: 3.8s
0-100: 8.5s
This is using standard Hayabusa gear ratios, with the car geared to achieve quoted top speed (161mph) in 6th at peak power.
The SR3 RS actually using a 1500cc engine though, that is closer to 245-250bhp. (I think Radical's quoted 260bhp is a bit pie in the sky... same BMEP as an F1 engine!)
So with 65kg driver, 250bhp, you get:
0-60: 3.2s
0-100: 6.9s
0-60: 3.8s
0-100: 8.5s
This is using standard Hayabusa gear ratios, with the car geared to achieve quoted top speed (161mph) in 6th at peak power.
The SR3 RS actually using a 1500cc engine though, that is closer to 245-250bhp. (I think Radical's quoted 260bhp is a bit pie in the sky... same BMEP as an F1 engine!)
So with 65kg driver, 250bhp, you get:
0-60: 3.2s
0-100: 6.9s
edb49 said:
The SR3 RS actually using a 1500cc engine though, that is closer to 245-250bhp. (I think Radical's quoted 260bhp is a bit pie in the sky... same BMEP as an F1 engine!)
So with 65kg driver, 250bhp, you get:
0-60: 3.2s
0-100: 6.9s
65 kg . . . yeah, right.So with 65kg driver, 250bhp, you get:
0-60: 3.2s
0-100: 6.9s
Awesome figures though! I bet da noise will tear the skies apart.
GFWilliams said:
pilchardthecat said:
GFWilliams said:
pilchardthecat said:
Adam205 said:
pilchardthecat said:
Why on gods earth would you want to drive it in the middle of London?
Because it's really good fun?Driving in London is about as far from fun as it is possible to get behind the wheel of car.
Much more fun than bring on the motorway!
Obviously a track would be better though...
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