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[Duncan VXR]

running 468bhp

is that all? a completely bog standard b204 will do over 600

The internal setup can go for 600bhp but I am not chasing those kind of number from the next project - well unles I go all v8

I like a wider power band and sure even 400bhp in a 900kg setup shoul dbe more than enough for road / track use
For me I know even the LET can get big numbers but some engine are just cheaper / easier to extract good power and easier to map etc (better control)

Steve happy to leave you to go and make crazy power on the gm/saab route and watching with respect

DG

[siztenboots]

running 468bhp

is that all? a completely bog standard b204 will do over 600

The internal setup can go for 600bhp but I am not chasing those kind of number from the next project - well unles I go all v8

I like a wider power band and sure even 400bhp in a 900kg setup shoul dbe more than enough for road / track use
For me I know even the LET can get big numbers but some engine are just cheaper / easier to extract good power and easier to map etc (better control)

Steve happy to leave you to go and make crazy power on the gm/saab route and watching with respect

DG

going to need some wider tyres

Edited by siztenboots, 29 September 2010 - 03:04 PM.

[leevx2.2]

running 468bhp

is that all? a completely bog standard b204 will do over 600

The internal setup can go for 600bhp but I am not chasing those kind of number from the next project - well unles I go all v8

I like a wider power band and sure even 400bhp in a 900kg setup shoul dbe more than enough for road / track use
For me I know even the LET can get big numbers but some engine are just cheaper / easier to extract good power and easier to map etc (better control)

Steve happy to leave you to go and make crazy power on the gm/saab route and watching with respect

DG

going to need some wider tyres

b204 engines are as cheap as chips this sounds like a very good conversion to do

[slindborg]

1.9 CDTi 16V 150ps engine + gaymap = 200bhp and more torque than you can shake a big stick at... + mental fuel economy I'd so it if I could be arsed, but at the moment I hactually hate VX's. there is also the C20XE conversion idea with the SBD 200+ ITB setups.... PROPER N/A power, great revs, UBER PROPER noise etc. Mild drawbacks are the pig iron block, and its a bit retro... so a duratec would be epic but making it fit the gearbox would be a slag. I'd also like to see inhub motors for a 4wd vx

[speedster]

If I was going for a transplant I would go for a Suzuki Hayabusa engine. The modified Hayabusa powertecengineering.com were manufacturing. A V8 (2 engines mated on a common block) pumping out 380HP with a redline beyond 10k. And it looks so light!

Thats what goes in the Radical SR8. Makes a seriously impressive package in there

you won't get change from £10,000 just for the bare block, plus another £5000 for a gearbox for that you don't get a reverse either.

my choice will be to go viking power, around 600bhp

Yup, it is a expensive piece of custom engineering OK. Not all is lost. BGH Geartech have the technology for a DIY shaft conversion, onto the standard bike gearbox. From what I've been told the standard Hayabusa gearbox can take a severe amount of trashing built to handle high levels of frequent power and torque. On a acceptable conversion budget you are back to 4 cylinder power but keep in mind the 4 in-line version Hayabusa can be tuned up into the 300 bhp bracket and it's power to weigh ratio is excellent. The crux of the problem is the introduction of a differential (rear axle) to feed power from the engine final drive to left and right axles. Is there room for one and if so how to configure the final drive, diff, shafts with good engine placement? Here's a Hayabusa in a Fury chassis.





Reverse ain't a problem, it can be supplied via a electric motor.... unless of course you race in reverse

I reckon a Hayabusa conversion could have a good chance of success in a VX. Image the fun of screaming around the track with a perky engine on a red-line of 10500RPM+.

Edited by speedster, 01 October 2010 - 01:54 AM.