Hayabusa powered Smart Car (SmartBusa)

[pineforrest]

Wow! What will one do with 1100 redline and with 350hp?... WoW i can only imagine what the car will do...

[knick]

Originally Posted by jwight

Going against the grain here, and I certainly appreciate the engineering effort involved and the increase in performance, but this whole concept strikes me as an answer to a question nobody asked. Matt's already got $5,900 in this and hasn't turned a wrench. After all of the additional parts and labor, the result will be an insanely quick $40K car. There are several of those out there already that can be bought off the lot and come with a warranty.

Again, not bashing anyone and am all in favor of trying new things. And it does put some perspective on the value for money of the turbo kits.

The $40k insanely quick car bought off the lot simply wouldn't be as much of an eye catcher, or as fun. Too much power+micro car=good times.

[rfernatt]

Originally Posted by jwight

Going against the grain here, and I certainly appreciate the engineering effort involved and the increase in performance, but this whole concept strikes me as an answer to a question nobody asked. Matt's already got $5,900 in this and hasn't turned a wrench. After all of the additional parts and labor, the result will be an insanely quick $40K car. There are several of those out there already that can be bought off the lot and come with a warranty.

Again, not bashing anyone and am all in favor of trying new things. And it does put some perspective on the value for money of the turbo kits.

If money were no object, I'd find this interesting - I like the idea of a super sleeper. I've seen some interesting cars using this line of thought. I remember an AWD, 500 hp New Beetle that looked pretty much stock in one of the car mags. They had some comment about "Ferrari hunting" and "bud vases" - hilarious. There's just something appealing to that. And, the more stock it can look, the better, IMHO.

[knick]

yeah, but how will it handle in the snow?

[jose3030]

Originally Posted by knick

yeah, but how will it handle in the snow?

The killer question. LMAO.
It'd suck in the snow, of course. LOL .

[2micro4u]

Just think there are also turbo kits for the Busa enginge and Nos application too. So skys are the limint once the build is complete.

[GiantKiller]

Originally Posted by 2micro4u

Just think there are also turbo kits for the Busa enginge and Nos application too. So skys are the limint once the build is complete.

Yah they get 500hp out of the busa with a turbo pretty regularly. R1 gets about 220-230hp with a turbo no major internal mods

[Boeschbuilt]

Originally Posted by GiantKiller

Hey Matt, do you know how much bigger the busa is dimensions wise than the gsxr1000 engine, or the r1. Gonna be a fun ride!!!

I don't really think its that much bigger at all. I have a friend that parts out sport bikes. When this is all done I can take the frame section over to him and set a couple of different motors in. Then we can see if it's possible to come up with some adapters or different mounts for other engines

[Alchemy R]

I'll be following this thread...

[GiantKiller]

Originally Posted by Boeschbuilt

I don't really think its that much bigger at all. I have a friend that parts out sport bikes. When this is all done I can take the frame section over to him and set a couple of different motors in. Then we can see if it's possible to come up with some adapters or different mounts for other engines

Thanks Matt, the reason I asked is when I talked to the guy a ZCars. The original designer of the smartuki kit for the 450. He said that is the reason he didn't use the busa motor. Because it didn't fit. The 450 is smaller in the back than the 451 though.