engine conversions

[bernhund]

Just curious. I had Zcars put a Hayabusa in my old Chesil Speedster a few years back & whilst it was there I had a good look around an Ultima which had 2 turbo charged Hayabusa lumps in it. Zcars had thrown the Chevvy lump in the bin! The fella had payed in excess of 130K on it and it is now a record breaker for 0-100 and back.
I know one of you nutters is getting a lot of grunt from your M400, but has anyone done something really stupid to a Noble yet?

[NobleGuy]

bernhund said:

I know one of you nutters is getting a lot of grunt from your M400, but has anyone done something really stupid to a Noble yet?

I crashed my first one.
Does that count as stupid ?

[daddysumo]

I tried accelerating hard in fourth gear on cold Corsas !

[S26VE P]

I havent used mine enough.

[Gadgeroonie]

a hard tuned 4 cylinder ford should drop straight in there

not sure it is much lighter than the 3.0 ?

[F.C.]

daddysumo said:

I tried accelerating hard in fourth gear on cold Corsas !

Facing the wrong direction were you?

[daddysumo]

F.C. said:

daddysumo said:

I tried accelerating hard in fourth gear on cold Corsas !

Facing the wrong direction were you?

Yep then the right way, then the wrong way, then the right way again

[andygtt]

bernhund said:

Just curious. I had Zcars put a Hayabusa in my old Chesil Speedster a few years back & whilst it was there I had a good look around an Ultima which had 2 turbo charged Hayabusa lumps in it. Zcars had thrown the Chevvy lump in the bin! The fella had payed in excess of 130K on it and it is now a record breaker for 0-100 and back.
I know one of you nutters is getting a lot of grunt from your M400, but has anyone done something really stupid to a Noble yet?

Ive seen the car you mean, has it really stuck in times yet as I didnt think it had?

[bernhund]

I did know the figures a couple of years ago but can't remember them now. I am aware that the hayabusas each have 500bhp and run a four wheel drive system. Its gonna fly as it probably doesn't weigh much more than the Noble.

[F.C.]

daddysumo said:

F.C. said:

daddysumo said:

I tried accelerating hard in fourth gear on cold Corsas !

Facing the wrong direction were you?

Yep then the right way, then the wrong way, then the right way again

Haha,
They can be a real handful if you lose the rear.

[NobleGuy]

bernhund said:

I am aware that the hayabusas each have 500bhp and run a four wheel drive system.

Mental.

[S26VE P]

Wonder how a hayabusa V8 would be.

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&q=...

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

S26VE P said:

Wonder how a hayabusa V8 would be.

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?hl=en&q=...

Not a lot of torque though. If it's anything like the RST engine based on the same idea rebuilds need to be quite often.

Do sound great though

[bernhund]

My Speedster was getting to 60 in under 5 seconds with 2 gearboxes. The Beetle box was stripped out and a new bomb proof 4th was fitted. You selected 4th and then over to sequential. The added bonus was you could select reverse and do the same thing! You're right though, no torque, I could rev the nuts off it(which sounded great) and the body would stay absolutely still.
It seriously embarrassed a fella in a Carrera 4 once, a genuine wolf in sheeps clothing.