getting a reverse gear isn't impossible,just
expensive.british kit car makers are using bike
engines as an option,so a company those name
i can't remember made a reverse which bolts into the driveline.gets you six speeds in reverse,
too.

Thanks for putting the link up for me Sidedraught,it should answer all the questions the motor and gearbox set up.

Hi Vixen, I hope youre right with the price on that V8, cause if its 10k thats a total bargain. When I last checked it it was close to 30-35k!!!
Also I think for CAMS approval the legend racers just had a reverse polarised DC starter motor to achieve reverse. Pretty stupid really as most open wheelers dont have reverse.

$10,000 is awesome for a 372hp engine that revs to 10,000rpm and weighs 95kgs.
And they would only be a 2 litre?????
Great for getting registered in a small car!!!

I think they would be a 2.6 litre because hayabusa engines are 1300cc and it uses two. This thread needs to stop... its giving me too many ideas!

I have been told that a cheap & easy way to get reverse is to rig up a starter motor in such a way that you get an electric reverse. Does anyone know any more.

The article says that the motors come in 2 litre,2.6 litre and 3.0 litre.They make a close ratio box with a revers gear.

On Radical brand sports racers , they drive a set of gears to the rear axle and in there is an electric reverse. I'll have to ask a buddy exactly how it engages , he works at a driving school where they run Radical cars. If you turn the engine side ways to it's normal bike postion and mount a drive shaft to the countershaft sproket you could mount a gear wear the sprocket was and engage the starter for reverse.
It would be as simple as selecting neutral in the Hayabusa gearbox then pressing a reverse button , which would engage a starter motor and rotate the driveshaft. If you used a normal car battery and say a ford truck starter this should have plenty of umph.

Tom

Hmmmm..... imagine the hayabusa v8, mid mounted in a KB10, like dattoman_1000, a close ratio 5spd box behind it. 360hp in a 600hp car. Perfect KB10 handeling, with perfect weight balance. What would be quicker than it?




a project for when I am rich.

a radical, F1 etc would still be quicker...on the road I couldnt think of anything..
Can anyone confirm 10k for a Busa V8?