Looking to buy....advice

[JayK12]

Thanks chaps! Glad i took the plunge.

Yes I did find out the chassis number. SR3_00645. Its a GoPro 7, and I have no idea why it does that as the camera is fixed. However the quality is great and extremely smooth.

Question chaps, does anyone know how far the front jacking point is under the car? Looking at quick lift jacks, and I can see short or long.

Thanks,

[JayK12]

Thanks guys, I used a 2tn trolley jack on the rear, pulled the car up on race ramps. I got a long reach jack and lifted the front. Gave the car a clean and check over and removed loads of rubber from everywhere. Got the hang of getting the body front and rear off by myself. Found out the car has 2 lithium batteries so got a lithium charger to ensure these are charged pre trackday.

Not just need to find a way to pump the fuel out of the tank to work out how much its using on track days........was flying blind at Silverstone, just kept adding fuel, was adding 20ltr every 25-30 mins of run time.

Loving this learning curve.

[JayK12]

wannabe-racer said:

What a fantastic thread this is! I am in the same boat but suffering with what car to get. I have always liked the idea of a Radical but ideally a road version would be my preference. May the SL but these are like hens teeth. Perhaps the new Rapture could be an option but significantly more costly.

I have an order on an Atom, but can't help to think if a Radical would suit me better. Actually, it's always been between an Ultima Evo, Radical and Ariel Atom.

OP: do you mind me asking what a 2012 SR3 goes for these days? most of the ones for sale seem to be 2015 cars at around the £40-£45k mark. Great video btw!!

I'll drop you an email and we can have a chat, I have a spreadsheet of stuff i purchased, learn't etc as I started from stratch! A 2012 car with very little engine run time is low 30's. I really knew nothing about a Radical before my purchase but jumped in. Now my brain is filling with information and I'm running it myself and getting there. There are so many people willing to help its great.

P.S can you enable email's or fire me an email. Cheers.

Edited by JayK12 on Friday 10th May 09:28

[JayK12]

gordonc said:

3 of us from north border at O/P on 22nd with Jav anyone else on here going ??all in sr3rs s

Doing DP next either 3rd or 18th June, poss SPA on 1st July with BaT. Anyone going on the SPA day?

[JayK12]

Anyone know how to remove the double seat? Is it just the 6 bolts and pull it out?

[JayK12]

samnorthy said:

JayK12 said:

Anyone know how to remove the double seat? Is it just the 6 bolts and pull it out?

Yes but a lot easier with two people, its bit of an art to get in and out. Might also help to remove the roll hoop forward diagonal bars.

Thanks, managed to get it out, found that art.

I downloaded data from the ECU and AIM, I currently have no idea what to do with it haha. Going to the Data Analysis guide for the ECU.

[JayK12]

gareth747474 said:

Hi, you can send all the results to Radical by email and they will take a look for you.
Gareth

Hi Gareth,

After a few hours, I've been through the data analysis guide and now know what i am looking at. Checked all the parameters on LiveView and everything checks out.

I pumped the data from the AIM into Race Studio, it looks like each session is recorded as each lap. I didn't set anything up before my track day and the track map its created is way off. But i have an understanding of what I am looking at now.

I'm guessing i need to upload a track map from GPS Manager to the AIM, then this will log each lap? Is there anything else I need to do? Also seen you can configure the AIM to show lap time in real time on the dash.

[JayK12]

As I don't have a SmartyCam i tried Race Render 3 for the data overlay. Works a treat, great video quality and data overlay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39FXmCGOwas

I need to upload maps to my AIM and hopefully the IR receiver will log the lap times as I only have a GPS for SmartyCam and not a GPS08 module.

Looking forward to getting back out on track

[JayK12]

samnorthy said:

JayK12 said:

As I don't have a SmartyCam i tried Race Render 3 for the data overlay. Works a treat, great video quality and data overlay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39FXmCGOwas

I need to upload maps to my AIM and hopefully the IR receiver will log the lap times as I only have a GPS for SmartyCam and not a GPS08 module.

Looking forward to getting back out on track

If you have the SmartyCam correctly interfaced with the dash the dash will use the GPS feed from the Cam. You can load the tracks directly to the SmartyCam GPS.

You can check that all the devices are working together with the AIM Racestudio.

Worth updating all the firmware to avoid any bugs.

I don't have a SmartyCam, only a GPS Cam module. So was hoping to still log lap times by uploading the maps to the AIM, it was mentioned the IR receiver is connected to the AIM so that should work............I hope.

[JayK12]

dunc_sx said:

JayK12 said:

As I don't have a SmartyCam i tried Race Render 3 for the data overlay. Works a treat, great video quality and data overlay.

I'm using an Aim dash but without the smarty cam as well, didn't realise there was an easy (if it was easy) way to do this. It's a GoPro Hero4 I use.

Thanks for posting the results

Cheers,

Dunc.

Edited to add - I've just done one of my vids with race render, easy enough and free (if you don't mind the logo). Good stuff

Edited by dunc_sx on Wednesday 12th June 19:15

No worries Dunc, its a great bit of software.

Did you get your laptimes record and working?