Prepare to drool.

http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562068.htm

Would that fit in a Lotus Europa?

Yowza! That is seriously cool! I wonder how it would look in my Rx-7...

Don't those things run about $40,000? I could be completely wrong, but I thought thats about the price of them.

P71 wrote: Yowza! That is seriously cool! I wonder how it would look in my Rx-7...

Would the door open that far?

NOICE!

mtn wrote: Don't those things run about $40,000? I could be completely wrong, but I thought thats about the price of them.

Not so NOICE!

Seen it at DPCARS.NET

This guy built his own awd racecar using a busa motor for the prototype and hes gonna use one of those in the production model.

He also ALREADY put one of those in an ARIEL ATOM.

I got the link off keith tanners build page. Sick you should all check it out.

says you can buy as a kit...

Just click on the ATOM on the left side of the main page and there is a build diary like 12 pages long of him puttin the v8 into the Atom. And like 2 years ago nonetheless.

This was built by a the formula SAE team from Western Washington University. It competed in 2001. I was a freshman attending the competition with another team. I got to see this run (briefly)

554cc V8. Heads from a Kawasaki 250cc.

This thing sounded amazing. But, an engine program like this takes some development, longer than the standard 9 month development cycle for FSAE. In between the time the engine was designed and manufactured, and the time it competed, the rules changed. The rules mandated that the started be mounted on the car, and the WWU V8 relied on an external starter. This engine is a legend in FSAE, especially if you got to see it in person like I did.

I wonder if a belt driven starter would start one.

I wonder who the first person will be to put one of those in a Modified Lite chassis or maybe a Dwarf car or a Legends car? I do so want to try it EDIT: it would also be an interesting swap into older front engine RWD cars that ate their engines, or the engine was so far gone (but still capable of being run, albeit very carefully and gingerly) that it was more or less a lost cause to repair it

My goal in life is to have that motor in my chevette, with a turbo ofcourse.

Wow. I watched a couple of the video links..that thing sounds amazing. All this and torque below 5 grand? I'd love to stuff one in an old Royale sports racer or something.

These numbers are for the 'small' engine. Yes, that's 306 RWHP at 9500 RPM.

'In December 2006 after 3500 miles, the car was again put on the rolling road.

This time to get some horsepower numbers. 20 pulls were done at full throttle. A/F ratio was as lean as 13.5:1 in spots. Power went up as it was richened to 12.5:1. Adding a few degrees of advance also added a few horsepower.

The final result was 306.2 rear wheel hp @ 9500 rpm and 191 ft-lbs torque. That is about 375 hp at the flywheel. That is better than expected for this 2.6 liter engine with stock street cams.'

Every time I see that motor I think someone could opensource the damn thing for about $5k. The only thing that needs to be unique is the block. Off the shelf crank, off the shelf oil pump, etc, etc, etc... Do the base model with two 600cc heads and have a 200-250hp 15k screamer that bolts up to a standard Japanese transmission and sell bunches.

From what I've read of the RST V8 engine, that's how the thinking starts. Cast a new block and crank and use stock bike internals and drivetrain. By the time they were done, I think only the heads remained standard.

There has been a company in the UK that developed this a few years ago. It's what powers the Radical SR8... http://www.powertecengineering.com/

The RST V8 comes from the UK as well, it was developed around the same time as the Radical version.