AdC Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 In LF this month, there's a nice article about Ferrino's R1 (now Ivaans). Great car. At the end there was a comment about the potential of turbo-charging and I'm just wondering if anyone's done it and would care to comment on the pro's and con's, likely costs etc. If you've started looking Ivaan, I'd be interested to know more. Just dreaming really, but it may be something I'd like to do to my JW Fireblade. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppet Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 TTS Performance supply a kit including a Rotrex supercharger for the Hayabusa that will give 400bhp+ however, by the time you have upgraded the engines internals and added the cost of an intercooler, plenum chamber etc it comes to around £11.5K. Big power Busa engines fitted with forced induction compete in the British Hillclimb Championship however, the life expectancy of the engine is short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yikes! I was hoping for "sure, you can have 200bhp for two or three grand with these guys..." :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progers Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Look at Holeshot racing. I very nearly did this to a Blackbird engined Westfield a decade ago and they had good reports for reliability etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppet Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 A normally aspirated 1400cc Busa will produce 200bhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdC Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 True, Ray, but I like my little 919 (like Saladin's scimitar as opposed to Richards 'Hayabusa'), and don't want to change JW's car too much. However, the meddling amateur is strong in me at the moment; I'm just curious to see if I could get a bit more (reliable) 'oomph' out of mine. I'll chat to Holeshot next week and see what they say, but I'm wondering if it's a road to constant rebuilds and fettling and never quite getting it sorted...Talking to Andy Bates it was suggested that I could ditch the dry sump as it wasn't necessary on my current setup, saving a few kg's, which is always welcome (404kgs with 10 litres of fuel at the mo'), although that was before I alighted on the idea of turbocharging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 See here for details of a supercharged Fireblade in a Westy. I think a supercharger will give better driveability and a neater instal than a turbo but it will not be cheap. I hope your live axle will be able to cope with the extra torque/BHP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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