Swapping a light weight and powerful motorcycle engine with a ten thousand rpm redline into a light weight rear-wheel drive hatchback is clearly a fine idea. It took Kiwi Tony McConachy to make it happen. The Starlet kicks out about 180 hp and evidently employs the stock Hayabusa six-speed trans coupled with a Quaife reverse box for both forward and reverse gearing entertainment.





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I prefer that engine in the go cart...

GixxerCart uses a GSXR1000R engine, not the GSX1300R of the busa.

Same Idea, different displacement, higher redline.

PAX

There is a company producing GSXR powered smart cars too.. Diablo or something like that..

GixxerCart

Smart vs. Ferrari

Fun!


PAX

umm omg and ill take one. now




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id still take the Ferrari F430..........

Sounds mean but looks slow.

Nathaniel O'Flaherty wrote:Swapping a light weight and powerful motorcycle engine with a ten thousand rpm redline into a light weight rear-wheel drive hatchback is clearly a fine idea.

Not really, considering the amount of torque you sacrifice. But as others said he's not the first to put a motorcycle engine into a car.


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They ran 352mph with a 1520cc 'Busa powered streamliner at the Bonneville salt flats.

1520cc Busa?!?!? That's 200cc up.. That's more than a bit of over bore. Who built that engine cause Suzuki sure didn't.

PAX

FieryOne wrote:Sounds mean but looks slow.

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