Radical Sportscars SR3 XX, Owner'S Manual, Page: 14 / 56

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2.2 DRIVER CONTROLS
S T A R T I N G T H E CA R
To start the car, turn on the master isolator switch and the touchpad will light up. Press master switch button
on the touchpad and the Steering wheel and ECU will power up. Press the ignition button to turn it on and
finally you can press start/stop button to startup the car. The starter will automatically run for up to 2 seconds
until the rpm is above 500rpm.
I M P OR T A N T N OT E
As with any race car, it is important to put the car in neutral and release the clutch when stationary. This will
significantly reduce clutch wear. Ensure the car is always started in neutral.
P A D D L ES H I F T CON T R OL S
o To pull away, depress the Clutch, hold the neutral button in and shift down to get to first (remember
the engine is from a motorbike). Once you have pulled away in first gear you can then shift up as
normal all the way to 6
th
.
o
The SR3 is fitted with an auto blipper and automatic ignition cut. This allows you to flatshift up the
gearbox and means you d o n ot have to blip the throttle on the way down.
o The paddleshift system has safety controls that can override paddle requests to help prevent damage
to the gearbox caused by overrevs. Because of this, the system may deny shift requests if the RPM is
too high for a downshift or you are still applying throttle whilst trying to downshift. These safety
overrides are explained in more detail in the Radical Data Manual.
o When stopping the car and wanting to select neutral remember it is between first and second gear.
To select neutral when the car is traveling at low speeds or has stopped; hold the neutral button and
shift down from second, or up from first.
The gear order is shown below:
1
→
N
→
2
→
3
→
4
→
5
→
6
IMP OR TANT:
Remember the engine is not designed to run backwards, if you have a spin make sure you depress the
clutch. Without a Radical Spin Safe Clutch fitted, If the engine runs backwards without the clutch
depressed it will damage the starter motor. Nev er r es t a r t t h e ca r if y ou d id n ot d ep r es s t h e
clu t ch . If the starter spins backwards, the starter motor and starter clutch need to be inspected back at the
pits to ensure there has been no damage.
If you have a Radical Spin Safe Clutch fitted this will automatically disengage the drive to the starter motor
during a spin but to be safe it is still advised that the driver depressed the clutch as well.