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
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| Author: | Beau [ Sat May 27, 2006 1:41 pm ] |
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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
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| Author: | IwannaMini [ Sat May 27, 2006 11:38 pm ] |
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why...?? |
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| Author: | sumanovic [ Sat May 27, 2006 11:46 pm ] |
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IwannaMini wrote: why...??
it was coming... ~sumanovic |
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| Author: | Zizzle [ Sat May 27, 2006 11:59 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Beau [ Sun May 28, 2006 12:50 am ] |
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IwannaMini wrote: why...??
why not...?? |
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| Author: | Betty [ Sun May 28, 2006 1:14 am ] |
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IwannaMini wrote: why...??
haha.. you sh*t stirrer.. the answer to your question is.. Because he can 
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sun May 28, 2006 7:36 am ] |
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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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| Author: | sumanovic [ Sun May 28, 2006 9:40 am ] |
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sports850 wrote: 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 .
has anyone actually tried to before??? what would be the major prob? ~sumanovic |
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| Author: | madmorrie [ Sun May 28, 2006 11:05 am ] |
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reverse?? |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sun May 28, 2006 11:26 am ] |
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sumanovic wrote: sports850 wrote: 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 . has anyone actually tried to before??? what would be the major prob? ~sumanovic 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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| Author: | Beau [ Sun May 28, 2006 12:26 pm ] |
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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... |
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| Author: | sports850 [ Sun May 28, 2006 12:32 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Beau [ Sun May 28, 2006 12:52 pm ] |
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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. |
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| Author: | JERM [ Sun May 28, 2006 2:55 pm ] |
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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.
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| Author: | Beau [ Sun May 28, 2006 3:10 pm ] |
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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! |
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