turbo busa motor + 1st gen miata

discuss

7/16/2008 4:51:12 PM

Good amount of hp. not really alot of torque though... hmm... I mean, you can get 400hp+ and 200 ft-lbs on pump gas, which i guess wouldn't be bad in a miata. Should be quite fun actually.. DO IT!

7/16/2008 4:57:37 PM

if you completely strip the miata, and get it down to like 1500-1800lbs, great idea

7/16/2008 5:10:06 PM

i totally wanna put one in a rabbit.. unfortunately i currently already have a project..

someone has done it (non turbo iirc), tho, so it loses some appeal.. but it sure does look sick.

http://jalopnik.com/cars/bwaaaaaa!/jackrabbit-hayabusa+powered-volkswagen-mk1-golf-261188.php

7/16/2008 6:11:30 PM

unfortunately, getting back into sport bikes has made me once again aware of just how slow and heavy my 540 is. I realize a miata will never be a sport bike, but it could be pretty fun.

7/16/2008 7:45:53 PM

it took a sport bike for you to realize the 540 was a giant luxury car?

look at the thing!

7/16/2008 7:47:37 PM

well I've driven plenty of smaller things, but most were slower and handled far worse. my camry being one.

7/16/2008 7:57:58 PM

Quote :

"It wasn't enough for H.R. Engineering to merely perform one of its signature front-to-rear-drive conversions on this Volkswagen Rabbit (Golf Mk1). Under this hood is bolted a turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa engine producing 350 hp."

That one in the vid is turbo'd.... unless you are speaking of another conversion and not the video one.

7/16/2008 8:33:07 PM

leh sigh.....

7/16/2008 8:55:46 PM

Saw a vid of a Busa motor in an original Mini. That wasn't a half bad setup.

7/16/2008 9:23:22 PM

Fiat 500, yes please

7/16/2008 9:37:07 PM

bad idea

clutch would be a problem in a vehicle as heavy as a miata (with more traction than a 'busa, too, esp since you'd want to put a torsen miata diff in it, or maybe an RX-7 diff), and i have serious doubts that the 'busa transmission would take those kinds of loads.

you'd also have to account for some sort of reverse (which is doable--the bike-engined Seven guys do it), but it's another complication and expense.

there'd be a bunch of custom fab work needed, which you'd have to hire out, and it wouldn't be cheap. i mean, this is certainly doable...it's just a matter of how much you want to spend, and for what this would cost, i believe you could have a better sports car with some other platform/approach.


i don't know what the NC emissions laws are these days, but that could also be a problem if you need it to be legal.


on top of all that, there are already good ways to go retarded fast in a Miata, and they'd be less expensive and much easier to do.

listed in order of my preference:

1. LS1 swap
2. MP62 supercharger kits (Miata SC'ing has come a long way...they make big power now for not much money once you build the engine to handle it)
3. FMII turbo kit

7/17/2008 3:10:26 AM

I just saw a trashed miata for like $1200 and there was a full gsxr 1000 motor for sale on carolinadsm for cheap so I got to thinkin. I wouldn't go with a sturdier rear end because I wouldn't be putting down that much torque with a bike engine, just a lot of hp/high rpm. I saw a company that was dropping zx14 motors in smart cars, not sure how long the clutches held up there, but the cars were quick

7/17/2008 8:41:11 AM

a motorcycle clutch is cheap, though.


you'd prob be fine with a miata diff, but you'd want the torsen one to put the power down.

7/17/2008 1:06:35 PM