Hayabusa 1300cc - best mass produced engine ever ?
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I was pondering the Suzuki Hayabusa engine last night and got to thinking it must be the best mass produced engine ever !
1299cc, 104 lb ft torque, 180bhp, will go for 50,000-80,000 miles (not heard of any higher ??) with only a valve shim adjustment and general servicing, still give 50mpg in a kit car and can be tweaked (easily) to about 220bhp with the standard capacity.
It weighs just 90Kg including gearbox, clutch, injection kit and the ECU.
With a turbo charger, new rods and pistons (std crank and head) will produce over 500bhp !
They can be purchased for £2000 and a full turbo conversion is no more than £4500 for 400bhp.
What other engine can compete with this ?
1299cc, 104 lb ft torque, 180bhp, will go for 50,000-80,000 miles (not heard of any higher ??) with only a valve shim adjustment and general servicing, still give 50mpg in a kit car and can be tweaked (easily) to about 220bhp with the standard capacity.
It weighs just 90Kg including gearbox, clutch, injection kit and the ECU.
With a turbo charger, new rods and pistons (std crank and head) will produce over 500bhp !
They can be purchased for £2000 and a full turbo conversion is no more than £4500 for 400bhp.
What other engine can compete with this ?
I'm really tempted to buy a Hayabusa bike but I'm sure I'd die within hours of getting it.
Just watched a video of a GSXR1000 going flat out at about 175mph (the lcd speedo was reading 28x km/h) and a turbo Hayabusa flying past it at what must have been close on 190 mph, pulling a wheelie ! Absolutely mental bike.
Just thinking of which kit to build next but a major part for me of the fun is with the engine. Ford/Vx engine may be cheap but they're expensive to tune and don't sound very good. Had been tempted by the Audi 2.7 V6 as used in the A4, A6 and S4 but again the cost of doing anything serious to them is prohibitive. I can see why people use big American V8's.
Just watched a video of a GSXR1000 going flat out at about 175mph (the lcd speedo was reading 28x km/h) and a turbo Hayabusa flying past it at what must have been close on 190 mph, pulling a wheelie ! Absolutely mental bike.
Just thinking of which kit to build next but a major part for me of the fun is with the engine. Ford/Vx engine may be cheap but they're expensive to tune and don't sound very good. Had been tempted by the Audi 2.7 V6 as used in the A4, A6 and S4 but again the cost of doing anything serious to them is prohibitive. I can see why people use big American V8's.
You could I'm sure get about 50 mpg at 50 mph, on a light throttle . . . can't imagine doing it myself.
People keep mentioning lack of torque but even without a turbo, it's still got over 100lb ft at the crank, it's not a lack of torque you seem to thinik of when driving it, it's the lack of grip from most tyres. If it was a 600cc then yep, with only about 50 lb ft I gues you might miss it !
People keep mentioning lack of torque but even without a turbo, it's still got over 100lb ft at the crank, it's not a lack of torque you seem to thinik of when driving it, it's the lack of grip from most tyres. If it was a 600cc then yep, with only about 50 lb ft I gues you might miss it !
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