Results 41 to 48 of 48
Thread: Hayabusa engine......
-
01-12-2011 #41
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2004
- Location
- Beaufort , NC
- Posts
- 1,849
Like the Manta wide body idea!!!!!!! You guys are naming off some great cars to use this in BUT most are hard to find in good cond for a reasonable $. Mini prices are stupid.......
1968 F100 sb full vic chassis swap
1965 Mustang coupe 347 5 spd cheap touring SOLD
2003 Porsche 996 Outlaw LS2 swap SOLD
1992 Lexus SC400 daily SOLD
1966 Porsche 912 Outlaw SOLD
1968 Ford F-100 sb SOLD
-
01-12-2011 #42
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Location
- Clarion, IA
- Posts
- 144
Would be WAY differant but VERY cool
OR
just nucking futs
01-12-2011 #43
Registered User
- Join Date
- Aug 2007
- Posts
- 612
Like I said... This isn't a cheap project no matter how you spin it. A caterham clone would cost you 15k+ too.
Originally Posted by Restomod
01-13-2011 #44
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2004
- Location
- Beaufort , NC
- Posts
- 1,849
Thanks Rouge but I AM going to do it and NOT spend $15k. The car I am looking at is $2500.00 and is SOLID, has more under hood room than a Mini and is about the same size and no heavier.
Engine = $0
Running driving car = $2500
Home made LSD chain drive $1000 ??
Labor $0 do it all myself
=$3500
So not much more than $5k should do it.......I hope!1968 F100 sb full vic chassis swap
1965 Mustang coupe 347 5 spd cheap touring SOLD
2003 Porsche 996 Outlaw LS2 swap SOLD
1992 Lexus SC400 daily SOLD
1966 Porsche 912 Outlaw SOLD
1968 Ford F-100 sb SOLD
01-13-2011 #45
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2004
- Location
- Sarasota, Fl
- Posts
- 1,717
Lol... we've all heard (and said) that "$5k should do it" line before. It costs what it costs, but whatever it is will surely be very cool.
BTW, I found a mostly rust free and straight '78 Fiesta this week... at the u-pull-it yard. It was heart breaking to see 'cause it already had a set of 13" minilites and some tuning parts on the motor (header, webber carb, etc.). Someone built a very cool car out of it a very long time ago and then it went unloved until it was discarded. Bummer. :(
01-13-2011 #46
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2004
- Location
- Beaufort , NC
- Posts
- 1,849
$5k may or may not do it but I sure aint spending $15k on it. That is just a loosing battle cause you will never get it back................
I allowed $1500 extra for wheels/tires and maybe seats.
The Fiesta sounds cool, to bad someone threw it away.1968 F100 sb full vic chassis swap
1965 Mustang coupe 347 5 spd cheap touring SOLD
2003 Porsche 996 Outlaw LS2 swap SOLD
1992 Lexus SC400 daily SOLD
1966 Porsche 912 Outlaw SOLD
1968 Ford F-100 sb SOLD
01-14-2011 #47
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Location
- Out in El Paso, TX
- Posts
- 190
Karmann ghia most def! I love those lil cars
01-15-2011 #48
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Location
- Out of the Burbs of Detroit to SoCal, then onto my ancestral homeland, the woods of Cascadia
- Posts
- 1,753
I'd be concerned with clutch life with anything much over 2-3X the weight of the bike. Plate area, even on a 'Busa, isn't that great. Put it in a heavy body you'l lend up with a pile of clutch slipping to come off a stop. A Lotus/Catherham can pull it off because they only weigh about a thousand pounds.
Greg Fast
(yes, the last name is spelled correctly)
1970 Camaro RS Clone
1984 el Camino
1973 MGB vintage E/Prod race car
(Soon to be an SCCA H/Prod limited prep)
Reply With Quote
