I've whored it out a lot, but thought I'd share it with you all.
Honda VFR 800 into roundie...don't ask why please...

http://www.minimania.com/web/threadid/7 ... thread.cfm

why...??

it was coming...

~sumanovic

Yeah Beau I like it!

I ride a little viffer 400 and they do sound sweet. The 400 V4 is considered pretty well bullet-proof, and I don't imagine the 800 would be any different.

Keep us posted.

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"Life is not like a box of chocolates... it's more like a jar of jalapenos. Whatever you do today, may burn your arse tomorrow."

why not...??

haha.. you sh*t stirrer..
the answer to your question is..

Because he can

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If only we could register bike engined cars down here , love your approach of mounting the engine sideways and keeping it all compact and still front wheel drive , will be fantastic when it's finished , good luck .

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has anyone actually tried to before???

what would be the major prob?

~sumanovic

reverse??

It's all to do with emissions apparently , bike and car rules are different and to register a bike motor in a car I think you have to go through all the emission testing ..... Do a search in this category for bike engined mini's , there's a good thread on it . Also , normally they use an electric motor on a non drive wheel for reverse so that's not the problem (though it wouldn't be easy to set up ....)

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I'm worried about going forward right now.

Reverse can wait, but yes it will be be a starter motor when the time comes.

UPDATE!

Not much. Just some progress from today. Still a long way to go. Lots of cutting, measuring, grinding, measuring, welding, measuring and measuring! The pics look a little rough. Nothing is level so things look out of wack.











And used painters tape to make stencils for gussets. I alos bought some off ebay that are a little nicer.



Next is to get it up and a flat surface and make sure everything is perfectly level and square. I have meaured everything NUMEROUS times during the build. The two front mounting holes moved it about 2mm though. I still have to finish the front lower section so I should be able to correct it then. I'm afraid to see what will happen when it's all welded up.

Time for a nice cold shower and some food...

Looking good , here's the other thread about bike engined car's in OZ , possible but expensive .....
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15282

By the way Beau , what are you planning to do to balance the car since most of the weight from the motor is only on one side , albeit the passenger side on a LHD car ? Is there room for the battery and any other heavy bit's in that side of the engine bay ?

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Yeah, I'm thinking I'm going to have to convert over to left hand drive. I plan to have the battery, reverse motor, diffrential, radiator, overflow tank, oil cooler and possbily a turbo. Once I get it built I'm bringing it up to school to get everything weighed and dynoed.

Hi Beau,
This is Jeremy ( The guy that bought the 13" rims off of you). I like what you doing, I thought of doing the same but with a TL1000R motor. I'm interested to see the finished product. Keep up the good work! And good luck.

Hey dude!

I actually considered the TL1000 engine. It was a toss between the RC-51, VFR800, or the TL1000. I have heard a few bad things about reliability with the TL1000 engines though. I got a sweet deal.

If I get this set-up running good, I'll be looking to spend some more money and get a Honda RC-51 engine. More compact, more HP, more torque and awesome sound!