Bike V8

[Bananaman]

Did anybody see the Bike V8 at the Autosport?
I've been looking for some more info on it without sucsess :-(
Anybody got any info/links????

[barry sheene]

www.bosshoss.com/

[Bananaman]

Not that one !!!!!!!!!!

[Bananaman]

its the one developed with Radical 2xR1 engines(i think) mated together with special crank etc.............

[barry sheene]

Well excuuuuuuuuse me for trying to be helpful....

[danhay]

It's not these fellas is it?

www.zcars.org.uk/mini/mini_twin_rl.htm

[edc]

Just before CCC shut down they had an article in there with tests on a few different engines, v interesting read.

[apache]

Why settle for a V8 when you can have a V10!

[barry sheene]

Becuase it'll only do 70mph and it doesn't like corners (at least that's what it looked like when he took it for a run up the hill) and has the turning circle of an oil tanker

Oh and two wheels too many ;-p

[apache]

You were there too?! the poor sod was cacking himself wasn't he

[barry sheene]

He sure was, I was tempted to kick him off and had a go myself he was going so slow...after all it was meant ot a festival of speed, not of festival of timidness ;-p

I have pics too over at
http://ombomb.kicks-ass.org/resources/2003/July/GFOS2003/page_01.htm

[Bananaman]

Barry Sheen said:

Well excuuuuuuuuse me for trying to be helpful....

Excused

The one i'm after is this

Radical said:

New V8 motor was the star of the Powertec stand

[OutOn]

First of all, I didn´t see that engine at Autosport, I saw two other ones, but those using older FZR 1000 cylinder blocks and heads. There´s something strange about this engine. Considering that it´s got a flat crank why do they use that crossover "180 degree-like" exhaust system? I suppose that it has a flat crank to get all the advantages of exhaust tuning and to use the standard cams from the R1. The only way to get all the scavenge advantages of the 4-1 system is in a 180-180-180-180 degrees scheme so why to use the strange configuration seen in that pic.

p.s.Maybe I´m missing the point and it´s got a cross plane crankshaft, but that would be very strange for a racing engine.
BTW, have you got another pics?

[AndyS2]

If you can get hold of a copy check out the Oct 2003 edition of 'Cars & Car Conversions' as they did a great article about 3 different bike based V8 engines. The original idea came from Russel Savory who developed the FZR1000 based engine in the early 90's, he is still working on the project under the Motopower name. There is also a 2.6 V8 being developed by Maxsym who are using 2 Suzuki Hayabusa top ends.

www.maxsym.com

If your struggleing to get a copy I could try scanning it, let me know.

Andy

[tuffer]

Bananaman said:

Barry Sheen said: Well excuuuuuuuuse me for trying to be helpful.... Excused The one i'm after is this Radical said: New V8 motor was the star of the Powertec stand

[wedg1e]

One of the bike mags (probably 'Bike' ) featured a home-brewed bike that had a Rover V8 in a Norton Featherbed frame, with a belt drive to the (pre-unit) gearbox. The owner asked them to be careful, but sure enough they broke it

Ian

[boosted ls1]

wedg1e said:

One of the bike mags (probably 'Bike' ) featured a home-brewed bike that had a Rover V8 in a Norton Featherbed frame, with a belt drive to the (pre-unit) gearbox. The owner asked them to be careful, but sure enough they broke it Ian

Hardly surprising. Wonder which bit they broke, the belt, tranny or engine?

[apache]

sizewise it would fit no prob but you'd have to build adapters for the clutch/bellhousing which could become a moneypit. Also this motor might deliver the BHP but could be lacking in torque so might only work in an ultralight

>> Edited by apache on Thursday 12th February 01:24

[Guy Humpage]

Gazboy said:

Could that be made to fit a car? Like, if I bought a n/a mr2 with a dead engine, and did the swap? or any small light car for that matter?

At the '04 Autosport Show, a Caterham was displayed with one of these engines (or similar) it had been produced by 'The 7 Workshop', whose website you can find via google. I believe the engines retail around the £15k mark....

[kenmorton]

Try this link - www.cyclonepowerltd.co.uk