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600 bhp per ton - Radical, literally speaking : the SR8

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idletask

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After the SR3, SR3 Turbo (which still holds the Nurb?rgring record BTW) and SR4, Radical is at it again at making THE trackday car: the SR8.

Lightweight as usual : just 600 kg. Bah. Usual stuff when it comes to such cars:

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Well they do love the Hayabusa engine at Radical since their engineering team took it again at the base. After increasing the bore to deliver 1500 cc and adding a turbo (in the SR3 Turbo), they decided to take two of them and put them together on a single, flat plane (of course) crankshaft. So, that makes a 2.6 liter V8 which delivers an astonishing 363 bhp at... 10300 rpm. That's 140 bhp per litre! And 605 bhp per ton...

All info is here:

http://www.radicalextremesportscars.com/news_folder/v8/rpa_v8/index.php
 
Well what, I thought you liked extreme cars and you've no comments to make on this one :p
 
Maybe, but on a track it will put anything to shame, and that's what matters to me :twisted:

No need for an Enzo for ultimate track performance, the British have that for 20 times less the money - and it's road legal! At least in the UK and as long as you order front and rear lights :wink:

If I had $200k to spend on cars, I'd rather have a station wagon plus trailer to carry that beast to a track rather than any other car... Because no car for that amount of money can even dream of following that :mrgreen:
 
Not everything is about laptimes, I'd rather have a nice comfortable sportcar (Monaro) than a go-kart. An with the other 170k I'd buy a nice house
 
^agree

the least you should be getting from a car is:
-a roof
-doors (at least 2, pref 4)
-an interior
-a radio

which ones does the radical have?

none :evil:
 
You're bunch of snobs :)
Go-Karing rules, Radical rules for same reason. It has adrenaline written on it, why would you need radio, doors, roof or interior at the track? My favorite of those british trackday racers is probably Ariel Atom. Of course I never driven any of them, so I'm juging entirely on looks, and Atom is basicly a grown-up kart, that's why I like it :)
 
MXM said:
You're bunch of snobs :)
Go-Karing rules, Radical rules for same reason. It has adrenaline written on it, why would you need radio, doors, roof or interior at the track? My favorite of those british trackday racers is probably Ariel Atom. Of course I never driven any of them, so I'm juging entirely on looks, and Atom is basicly a grown-up kart, that's why I like it :)
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There, you at least get my point :wink:
 
Go karting is amazing, and track days as great. Too bad the track day culture isn't here and the roads in general suck. I would love to go around a track in this beast in go kart clothing.
 
Jostyrostelli said:
An with the other 170k I'd buy a nice house
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My car always comes before my house :D ... if I win the lottery... I would first use it to buy my dream car before I go out looking to buy a house... at this point... I am spending more on paying for my RX-7 than renting my house :D
 
andyhui01 said:
My car always comes before my house :D ... if I win the lottery... I would first use it to buy my dream car before I go out looking to buy a house... at this point... I am spending more on paying for my RX-7 than renting my house :D
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Well, the RX-7 is kind of an investment. If you keep it up in good shape it might well be worth every penny/cent you put in it if ever you decide to sell it one day ;)
 
idletask said:
Well, the RX-7 is kind of an investment. If you keep it up in good shape it might well be worth every penny/cent you put in it if ever you decide to sell it one day
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well... I don't think I'm going to keep that RX-7 for long because I move around alot... I'll prob. be in malaysia for like the next 3 years and I'll prob. get transfered somewhere else :D
 
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