Not as quick as caparo t1 but quick enuff to make your pants brown
Kevin
30/06/08, 08:02:23
This is such a killer car. I have loved it forever. If the 363hp SR8 could lap
Nurburgring in 6:55 what could a 455hp one do? Time warp!
Anonymous
30/06/08, 10:29:57
cars like this should only be able to compete at track days. its totally useless
anywhere else and its stupid that it legal on roads..no offence to anybody
Yes, it's street legal.
Radical SR8LM is much faster, than Caparo T1. Just compare track times of
different cars on Bedford(EVO Mag) and Top Gear track. Radical SR3 Turbo faster
than Caparo, but it isn't on Nurburgring. Caparo founders sad that Caparo's time
on Nurburgring less than 7 minute, I think it's closer to truth. But Radical
SR8LM much faster on Nurburgring too, Radical's time is about 6:30.
Caparo has more power per weight, but it's very pure car - i think it's the
reason. And Radical develops similar models more than 10 years.
Anonymous
30/06/08, 19:03:30
how how how is it faster than a caparo it has more power less weight lower 0-60
and a higher top speed just how...
To anonymous:
1. I think Radical's 0-60 is about 2.2-2.3, it's faster, but it isn't
important.
2. Top speed isn't so important, because max speed in most tracks less than
290.
3. The important thing is that Radical's aerodynamics is much better. So radical
has more downforce (it's one of the most important thing for timetrack), more
stable, more reliabity. And Radical's handless is much better.
Anonymous
29/09/08, 02:03:53
caparo Will eat this.
Anonymous
06/10/08, 16:24:20
CAPARO is SLOWER at Bedford Than SR3 TURBO, this is much much more Faster.
CAPARO is fast on the paper more than in the track
To anonymous: no, no, no
Sr3 turbo was on track tyres (-5 sec) and on old bedford (-3 sec), so Caparo is
5 sec faster than sr3 turbo
Anonymous
28/10/08, 16:36:33
If the sr8lm is so much faster, why are the normal sr8's beating them in radical
european masters???
steve_1979
28/10/08, 21:42:31
I wouldn't like to say which one will be the fastest as I think they will be
very close. Caparo has more money and ex-F1 engineers but Radical has
effectively been designing and evolving this car for 10 years. Mind you,
Chaterham and Ariel are also developing 1000bhp per ton road legal race cars
which might come close too.
Radical SR8 LM, Caparo T1, Ariel Atom 500 V8 and the Chaterham RST-V8 Levante.
Now that would make a great group test...
To anonymous: I think cause it's harder to drive maybe and it's new.
To steve_1979: Caparo has less money.
And Caterham and Atom have no chance because of aerodynamics.
steve_1979
02/11/08, 22:35:58
I read in EVO magazine that Caparo is a huge multi-national company with over
5000 staff and a £1,000,000,000 turnover. They own AP Racing, several alloy
casting and composite companies, make engine blocks and brakes for Aston Martin,
engines for NASCAR, brakes for Land Rover, racing yachts and even structures for
buildings. I do hope that the SR8 is faster than the T1 though, apart from
flying the flag for the small British car company it also looks really cool.
To steve_1979: Thanx for info. I really didn't know it.
But firstly radical works with another compamys.
Secondly it's business suicide to spend much money for caparo.
420000$*75=30.50000$ - maybe about 30-50% is profit - so about 10-15 million
dollars to design. Maybe they want to be more famous,so they made Caparo T1, so
maybe 50-70 million. Radical has spended more for their cars.
No, i was wrong, it seems to be that radical don't works with another companys,
but all the same...
steve_1979
12/11/08, 16:06:19
I think your right about Caparo building the T1 just to boost there profile
rather than to make a profit.
Radical also has a sister company PowerTEC that builds their engines and other
machanics. Thay have been doing well selling their products to other people in
the racing industry.
I also think your right about the Caterham and Atom being slower because of
inferior aerodynamics but I bet they wont be far behind.
Does anyone know if the SR8LM and T1 has ever been tested on the same track so
that there lap times could to compared?
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