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Posted by: dian Sep 15 2012, 12:47 PM

i have just bought a subaru wrx sti half cut. its even not delivered yet, but i am having second thoughts. i just dawned on me , that with a hayabusa turbo engine i would have a sequential gearbox and 100 more hp. maybe 25 gears, if keeping the 901? of course at much more $, as id have to build the engine.

any thoughts?

Posted by: brp986s Sep 15 2012, 01:06 PM

Can a busa lug around a 2k lb car vs a 500 lb bike w/o shearing the crank? Do you really want to cruising around at 12k rpm?

Posted by: matthepcat Sep 15 2012, 02:29 PM

Stick with what you have. Much higher HP potential with a turbo swap and tune.

Posted by: kg6dxn Sep 15 2012, 02:48 PM

The Hayabusa engine does not have enough torque to move the 2000 lb car efficiently. The STI motor will work much better.

Torque make you get moving fast not HP.

Posted by: ottox914 Sep 15 2012, 03:37 PM

The gearbox on the bike will grenade. Search the inter web for miatabusa. These nutcases were adapting a 'busa motor into a miata and were making a plate to connect the 'busa w/out gearbox to the miata trans.

Posted by: dian Sep 16 2012, 04:52 AM

i have come accross quite a few conversions, where they put a busa into a light car. if the trans doesnt crack at 400 hp on the bike, would it in a car?

anyway, it would be an expensive project. do any late subarus have a sequential trans?

Posted by: ottox914 Sep 16 2012, 06:57 AM

Miatabusa: http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/id/2631/project-miatabusa-part-16-whats-that-noise.aspx

I want them to make this work so I can attach that motor to my 901.

Posted by: monkeyboy Sep 16 2012, 08:26 AM

Use one of these...

http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562068.htm

Posted by: kg6dxn Sep 16 2012, 01:41 PM

I agree!

But at $28k, most of us cannot afford it...

Posted by: Tom Sep 16 2012, 04:08 PM

At 400 hp on a bike, the rear wheel is breaking loose. Add 1500 pounds and another larger wheel and the torque will break the weakest link - the trans.
Age old dragster issue, fix one thing so it stands up to the increased torque and HP and the next weakest link shows it's ugly face! Fix that and then the next weakest link will be found.
Tom