Put a BIKE engine into a CAR?
Are you mad!?
Hey folks after a year of reliability issues with my current 1.8 k series Indy r I'm thinking of putting her down to Mk to have a hayabusa
conversion done.
Car is predominantly used for weekend blasts & track so not that bothered about having the smoothness of a car engine & gearbox tbh.
What's everyone's thoughts, should I go for it? Weight saving alone will be massive.
Thanks in advance
Iain
What?
Put a BIKE engine into a CAR?
Are you mad!?
yay another convert
You reckon your going to get less reliability issues with a bike engine hahaha (im in the cec camp) but if YOU want the bike engine go for it
Can i have your k series setup ??
It's not natural I tell thee
quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
You reckon your going to get less reliability issues with a bike engine hahaha
Keep a car engine in it, simply for reliability.
If the K-series is proving troublesome, then Ford comes to your aid with Zetec/Duratec or the good old solid Pinto. Really is nothing better. Problems
with 'reverse' and all that bike engine nonsense are simply eliminated as well. Far less noise, less vibes, more torque and well.... simply
having a car engine makes the thing like, err... a car. A bike engine will only give you noise, silly revs, sequential gearshifting, F1 type driving
style and a wide grin. It all just encourages you to have too much fun, which may result in you being identified by the body snatchers, cause global
devastation or armageddon in general.
Better still, there are complete Ford conversion packages available, old Mondeo's (even Sierra's if you can find one) come with great
engines. If you retain the Mondeo body kit and chassis, you'll find that a bonus too. It's quiet, comfortable, comes with a good roof and
comfy seats. CD players and cup holders in later models.
If all this sounds a bit too much hard work, other complete engine/body kits are available ready built at sensible prices, try a nice little Citroen
Berlingo.
None, do it you wont regret it
If you want better reliability, i wouldn't do it, if you want a BEC because of the buzz then go for it. I have suffered massively with BEC
reliability but i plan on racing again in bikesports next season so it must be doing something for me 
quote:
Originally posted by eddie99
If you want better reliability, i wouldn't do it, if you want a BEC because of the buzz then go for it. I have suffered massively with BEC reliability but i plan on racing again in bikesports next season so it must be doing something for me
If it's anything like mine, none! I've got a tuned R1 waiting to go in mine but I can't break the current one dispite 13000miles of trying. The way it's going I might have to break my golden rule (If it ain't broken don't fix it)
Bike engines do 60,000 miles in bikes, gearbox is designed to work with the torque and BHP so no reason why it should be unreliable as everthing is
matched.
The issue is more around unsympathetic driving technique, rough gearbox changes stuffing the cogs and thrashing to death which would also screw up a
cars engine and box.
Regards Mark
If you want reliability, then go BEC but keep it standard. If you go down the tuning road for more power and start adding turbos and superchargers
etc, you'll sacrifice reliability IMHO.
Phil
I think a standard hayabusa will do me just fine!
quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Bike engines do 60,000 miles in bikes, gearbox is designed to work with the torque and BHP so no reason why it should be unreliable as everthing is matched.
quote:
Originally posted by Iaing
I think a standard hayabusa will do me just fine!
A ZX12R will give you the same power/performance as a Busa but at a cheaper price. 
BUT.... if you do intend a few mods in the future, go for the
Busa.
Phil
if you don't mind my asking what spec is the troublesome k series as i raced a 220hp engined metro without much much trouble and im now planning on fitting it to my Haynes roadster although i may be after some spares if you decide to sell it