Motorcycle Engines with good Low end Torque ?
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Sway said:
Don't see any barriers (assuming oil is OK) for a three wheeler, as said it's quite torquey, sounds great, assume reliable...
Does shaft drive limit rear design? Would you transfer the entire rear end or use a new swingarm/driveshaft?
I would try to use the entire rear end,.... but I'm still on the research phase and haven't decided yet on a specific engine, but love the shape and did read good things on the engine.Does shaft drive limit rear design? Would you transfer the entire rear end or use a new swingarm/driveshaft?
It's not a 3 wheeler, but I've always liked this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O32mIJUwqRU&li...
TheRealFingers99 said:
It's not a 3 wheeler, but I've always liked this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O32mIJUwqRU&li...
I remember seen that and WOW! that engine is amazing in such a little car...but they're expensive in Italy .A 3 cylinder Triumph would probably give you similar(ish) performance. Most folk want 4 cylinder engines, so, here, at least, they're not molto costoso.
Leaving aside the bike engine bit, folk in Poland are doing lots of stuffing of T Jet engines in Seicentos. As the price of those comes down they start to look attractive for kit cars.
Leaving aside the bike engine bit, folk in Poland are doing lots of stuffing of T Jet engines in Seicentos. As the price of those comes down they start to look attractive for kit cars.
Berw said:
Now I wouldn't dream of having a bike engineed car, having a 410bhp Sylva, but I do have a vn 750kawasaki, very underrated bike, if you want a small, V it would be brilliant, 4plug so good power hydraulic tappers and shaft drive,
I didn't know of the Kawasaki VN 750cc and I agree with you that it does look really nice and thanks for the info...
I also found another shaft drive motorcycle, the Honda VT 500cc, that is similar the the Kawasaki and Yamaha XV 535cc.
Hi
Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
BORG ROVER said:
Hi
Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
Does it have to be turbocharging? How about supercharging?Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
http://www.tts-performance.co.uk/#!suzuki-gsx1300-...
fuoriserie said:
Really like the look of that but not the price - $10k for a crate engine.Like the fact that you can bolt on any gearbox rather than being limited with an integral one on most bikes.
Also look quite tall - reminds me of the PanEuropean V4 in a Stuart Taylor in a Locost chassis - http://www.roebuck.eclipse.co.uk/pics/photos030504...
$10k (£7k) would buy you one hell of a Zetec SE (200hp, dry sump) and an elite sequential for not much weight penalty and a fair bit more torque.
Or if you wanted a project I always through it wold be interesting to take a 1300 PanEuropean and strap a Smart Car turbo to either side and see what happened.
Edited by ugg10 on Tuesday 21st October 14:39
BORG ROVER said:
Hi
Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
I'm sure it'd appeal to Northampton Motorsport. But don't expect it to be cheap. Just joined this forum to try and gather some information on turbo charging the Hayabusa lump, currently I have a standard Westfield with the busa in it and am looking to turbo it up! I'm pretty sure this would have been discussed already somewhere on this forum but I'm more interested in feedback from people as to which company I should go for to do the work as I don't really want to get involved with doing it myself.
P.S Please don't say Holeshot Racing as I would really prefer for the engine to work afterwards!
know you probably already know about Blackjack Zeros. The Guzzi coupled to a VW transmission is really a great design. The only draw back is cost. With doubling the weight from a bike I always think to go with the biggest engine possible. You'll need the HP and TQ. The above pictured is a 1100cc. It can cruise at 120Km. all day long. Guzzi may not be the fastest, but they work very well for light kit cars. The Blackjack Zero isn't the cheapest project, but when the job was done the smile is still on my face. I don't like compromising. For more info see Blackjack Zero on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackjack-Zero-Kit-...
Kurt
Ganzo said:
know you probably already know about Blackjack Zeros. The Guzzi coupled to a VW transmission is really a great design. The only draw back is cost. With doubling the weight from a bike I always think to go with the biggest engine possible. You'll need the HP and TQ. The above pictured is a 1100cc. It can cruise at 120Km. all day long. Guzzi may not be the fastest, but they work very well for light kit cars. The Blackjack Zero isn't the cheapest project, but when the job was done the smile is still on my face. I don't like compromising. For more info see Blackjack Zero on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackjack-Zero-Kit-...
Kurt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_NT650
Anybody has experience with the Honda NTV 650cc engine ? is torquey enough for a light threewheeler ?
Anybody has experience with the Honda NTV 650cc engine ? is torquey enough for a light threewheeler ?
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