The Suzuki Hayabusa is one of the fastest things I have ever seen in motion. A friend riding his was in front of me once at a stop, and the road ahead of him was long, straight, and wide open. The only way to describe how it looked from my car was "Millenium Falcon makes the jump to hyperspace." And to think, his was only mildly tuned.
The 'Busa's 1300cc engine is strong enough to see duty in cars, too. The Westfield Megabusa immediately leaps to mind, and the German Car Blog has tipped us off to another example of Hayabusa-powered four-wheeled fun courtesy of the madmen at H.R. Engineering in Essex.
These guys have taken a Mk1 VW Golf, converted it to rear-wheel-drive, and dropped a turbocharged, 350-horsepower Hayabusa mill under the hood. It looks like a ton of fun, sounds completely evil, and its acceleration is, well... rather brisk, as you'll see in the pair of vids embedded after the jump.
Chewy... PUNCH IT!
[Source: H.R. Engineering, YouTube via German Car Blog]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mike Y @ May 16th 2007 12:45PM
Holy crap! They managed to keep the sound of the Busa engine whilst in that Golf, and it was plenty fast!
Cody Peterson @ May 16th 2007 12:56PM
whats the 0-60 / top speed on this thing?
bmoredlj @ May 16th 2007 1:04PM
Hyperspace
bmoredlj @ May 16th 2007 1:05PM
That thing looks fun.
Casey @ May 16th 2007 1:07PM
You've seen the "Smartuki" right? Smart fortwo with a 'busa engine. Crazy, crazy fast. Much faster than this.
There's a video of it spinning circles around a guy in place.
Aki @ May 16th 2007 1:08PM
Hot dang, that disappeared into the horizon really quick.
Q @ May 16th 2007 1:39PM
Holy crap in deed.....
robert bosworth @ May 16th 2007 1:43PM
My friend has a Turbo Busa Streetfighter. I'll be with him on my 1000rr (near redline) for a few blocks and feel pretty good. We'll get to a light and I'll ask him if he was on it and he'll be all, "dude... i never got over 5000 rpms."
365hp and 470lbs soaking wet.
Bob @ May 16th 2007 1:49PM
Why can't Suzuki make a car like this?
Namir @ May 16th 2007 2:07PM
why does it sound like hes bouncing off the rev limiter all the way through first? is it the transmission or just all the insane wheelspin
Mike @ May 16th 2007 2:12PM
And just think, you can go WOT as early as you want and no need for the extended swing arm or worry about the front end lifting off...
Wow.
nhl012003 @ May 16th 2007 3:14PM
the turbo busa's hyperspeed!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9f5NOTZlbzI
JJ @ May 16th 2007 3:42PM
They need to take that to the track and get some times on it. It sounds great. You could hear him bouncing off the rev limiter.
jared @ May 16th 2007 4:24PM
I'd like to see this engine hookep up to a CVT tranny; might help with the gearing / rev limiter issue.
lauralemay @ May 16th 2007 4:32PM
whoa. that was cool.
Tom @ May 16th 2007 6:03PM
If you think this is fast, check out this company that installs bike and vtec engines in to most things... http://www.zcars.org.uk/
Lee @ May 16th 2007 6:42PM
This car was running last summer. It's hardly news
MK @ May 16th 2007 7:06PM
take THAT clutch!!
Dave @ May 17th 2007 3:29PM
Cool car! I would like to see how it handles a road course.
#17
If it is hardly news then why are you reading it? Get a life man!