i mean, how the hell how can you extract that kinda power from a 1.3 (hayabusas are 1.3s arent they??). ****el engines aside even with the biggest of turbos i would've thought that was not achievable!! not saying its not true!!!! just find it astonishing!!! must've been expensive - just to get 350bhp from a bike engine!!!! i just thought bikes were quicker because they were lighter. would've thought sticking a bike engine in a car would'nt really benefit - plenty of car engines that could get that kinda bhp figure in std spec that would probably suit a car more!!!
26k .... funny how it makes the cover of golf+ and then is straight up for sale eh.... Good figures, but that engine wont last all that long.
horsepower = (torque x rpm) divided by 5252 so 80Nm x 15000rpm gets the high power figures for the bikes higher rpm gives u higher hp even if your torque figure isnt brilliant thats how it looks to me anyway
Moto GP bikes run at about 260bhp and they are N/A! I can believe that 350bhp with a turbo. That is a monster ! I would buy it if i had the money as its probably the only one in the world! Call me stupid but i would
i only guessed at 80nm as thats a bike-ish figure i worked it out to be around 190 Nm for this particular engine
so the only benefit of a motorbike engine fitted to a car is the high rpm figure!!!!!!! i maybe wrong here but wouldn't that make it highly unreliable??? i mean under normal circumstances these motors will be pulling between 200 - 250 kg of weight (ie approx weight of adult and big bike). so even though this is a light car, almost 600kg is a big weight for a bike!!!! for that surely a 350bhp car engine would be better?????
i didnt use 15k, i used 13k instead dunno bout the reliability ... my bike engine knowledge is pretty limited but they seem to run high compression ratios anyway so with a spacer or equivalent should be ok for the turbo usage. the other thing to consider is that the bike engine leans when the bike corners, but in a car it experiences side forces instead. so it would need a dry-sump setup other than that it should be ok? but as HR say they have spent a lot of time developing the car so should be as reliable as anything else with a race engine
No but would you, really? Over and above other 26,000 cars, such as a secondhand Aston Martin, Ferrari, or a nearly new Mercedes S class, Audi A8, etc etc.
hang on an S class or A8 are a million miles from a lightweight busa turbo golf at least buy something similar thats lightweight (maybe rwd) and turbo powered sounds more like a top gear challenge what u suggested "buy a car for 26k" well jeremy boguht a 2nd hand aston james boguht a lardy S class barge hammond bought a lightweight busa turbo golf
You're right, but they're the first 4 cars that came into my mind. With more thought, I could probably suggest a closer equivalent car. How much do Caterhams, etc go for?
nice car i went up against it up the 1/4 mile and got whipped (was running low boost 250bhp too) wish him all the best with the sale , very nice bit of kit
