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914 Hayabusa Build |
eatpez |
Oct 4 2018, 11:31 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 4-October 18 From: Michigan Member No.: 22,543 Region Association: North East States |
My brother and I picked up a couple rollers and have started our builds. The plan is to put supercharged Hayabusa engines in them, upgrade the suspension and brakes and get them on the road (safely) before working on anything cosmetic.
We picked them up from Keith down in Nepoleon, OH and he recommended I document the build here. My brother is working now on the fab for the engine cradle and sourcing the transfer case to drive the rear axles. My job at present is to beef up the suspension and brakes to handle the planned 300+HP. Mine is the black 74 which will probably end up with steel GT flares. My brother's is the primed and glassed out 72. Let the fun begin! (If anyone has 5-lug / brake upgrade parts available, please PM me) Attached thumbnail(s) |
tygaboy |
Oct 5 2018, 11:38 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,285 Joined: 6-October 15 From: Petaluma, CA Member No.: 19,241 Region Association: Northern California |
I have a project car that is motorcycle powered. It's a tube chassis Nash Metropolitan and I'm using a Honda ST1300 V4.
Just my $0.02: The only real issue I'm worried about is how the stock motorcycle clutch will hold up to the added wright. I'm targeting 2x the ST1300 weight which gives me ~ 1300 lbs as my target. In a 914, that Hyabusa engine is going to be asked to deal with somewhere upwards of ~ 3x the weight (Hyabusa weighs about 475 lbs). I know they get upwards of 450 hp out of the turbo 'Busas so I'm sure there are uprated clutches available. I'd be focused on looking into this as an initial design item. Best of luck w/the builds and remember: We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pics! |
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