Bigpower

hi all

iam thinking of putting a fireblade engine in my westy.
Geting hold of the engine is not the problem.
but fixing it to my drive shaft is..
is there a transverse box needed or is there something else.

in need off help

Dangerous

Great plan

I dont know the answer but how do the likes of Radical fit the hyabusa engine?

You need a spline adaptor. Basically it is a flange that bolts onto the spline the the sprocket would bolt onto, coming out of the gearbox.

You will also need to change:

Engine mounts, electics, exhaust, gear linkage, clocks, brake bias (probably), diff ratio (maybe), fuel system and loads of other little bits.

It makes you think whether it's worth it really. Might be easier and cheaper to sell yours and buy a bike engined one, or tune the car engine already there.

Duncan, radical fit the hayabusa in transverse, like in the bike. In a westy it will need to be longitudinal.

that was quick

I've neither had a reply so quick before.

I am just seeing how much its going to cost.
Can buy a car all ready done for 9k+.
just seeing if i can do it cheaper.

thanks
dangerous

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No doubt you could do it cheaper, but do you have the skills and the time to do it yourself? I am not questioning your ability, I have no idea whether you are any good with spanners or not, but from first hand experience of being someone who has grand ideas, no skills to do it myself and always stretching my shoestring budget to breaking point, cutting costs normally means a massive difference in how long the job takes.
Given the choice now, I'd prefer to try and get the job done quickly and without the aggro if possible........

dangerous wrote:hi all

iam thinking of putting a fireblade engine in my westy.
Geting hold of the engine is not the problem.
but fixing it to my drive shaft is..
is there a transverse box needed or is there something else.

in need off help

Dangerous

would my rover T16 fit?

or is that caterhams?

i have a complete engine and uprated box and loom/ECU manifiold and down pipe/turbo elbow still.

just missing the turbo basically.

i had 225bhp and 233 ft/lbs torque from mine.


this one has a nasp T16 in it.. http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/132168.htm ( edit its a K-series but not much different )

Thanks for the replys

I dont know if the engine will fit in i need to do more home work...

and messing about with spaners is what i do best.. rebilt my mini engine twice and can do a head gaskit change in 1 and a half hours...

complety striped down and rebuilt my mk1 mini (from bear shell)

I just need more power (THEN WHEN I GOT IT I STILL NEED MORE)..

thanks

dangerous

I have to say that I loved stripping my mini engines.. did several rebuilds myself of them and they are like lego

dangerous wrote:hi all

iam thinking of putting a fireblade engine in my westy.
Geting hold of the engine is not the problem.
but fixing it to my drive shaft is..
is there a transverse box needed or is there something else.

in need off help

Dangerous

Try contacting westfield they may do a conversion kit or one of the other Kit car companies they pretty much all do some sort of bike engined kit maybe try Tiger Racing or Z-Cars they maybe able to help you out!