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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) |
SirAndy |
Oct 5 2018, 12:07 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,622 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
100 ftlb of torque at 8000rpm doesn't sound like fun in a 2000+ lbs car ...
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jd74914 |
Oct 5 2018, 11:12 AM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,780 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
100 ftlb of torque at 8000rpm doesn't sound like fun in a 2000+ lbs car ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) It's all about tractive force, not engine torque. Geared correctly it's a much different picture. In any case, 300 hp @ 10k is 157 ft*lbs of engine torque so not too bad. Hypothetically [to equate to a traditional car engine] with gearing to bring the input engine speed into a conventional transmission back down to normal, you'd be the equivalent of a 314 ft*lb torque at the input shaft. Not too shabby. Interested to see some progress! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
SirAndy |
Oct 5 2018, 11:49 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,622 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
100 ftlb of torque at 8000rpm doesn't sound like fun in a 2000+ lbs car ... It's all about tractive force, not engine torque. Geared correctly it's a much different picture. In any case, 300 hp @ 10k is 157 ft*lbs of engine torque so not too bad. Hypothetically [to equate to a traditional car engine] with gearing to bring the input engine speed into a conventional transmission back down to normal, you'd be the equivalent of a 314 ft*lb torque at the input shaft. Not too shabby. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) Interested to see some progress! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Have you ever driven a 914 with a high reving engine with comparatively low torque? I have, and unless you are driving around a race track where you are near the rev limit for 95% of the time, those kinds of engines are the exact *opposite* of "fun to drive". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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