Hayabusa Powered Race Car

There's two or three times in the vid on your FB page Chuckwalla Valley Raceway 2:17 where it sounds and looks like you hit the rev limiter on the motor. Sorry about that I work long hours and stay up late sometimes :laugh:

Yes, a couple of times I didn't pull the paddle firmly enough and missed the shift. Gotta remember to pull nice and firm.

Glad you watched the video, I love that track.
 
Well put the car on the Dyno yesterday with mixed results. Engine ran and tuned well up to 7200 RPM, made 220 hp at 7200 rpm. But then leaned out and no matter what Ryan (the dyno tuner) tried he couldn't keep the correct mixture. Bear in mind I'm not using the Hayabusa ECU but an aftermarket "Microsquirt" made by "Megasquort". So it's possible the ECU won't handle it, it's possible there's something in the tuning Ryan is missing. Ryan says with bigger injetors he can tune it no problem so Dan brought over a set of bigger injectors but by the time he got back the day was finished and Ryan was ready to lock up.
The biggest disappointment for me was the fact that Ryan lost an employee this week and being short handed spent more time up front at the counter helping walk in sales than on the dyno with my car.

So the good news if the engine sounded really good, ran good, never over heated, stayed right at 180 degrees, no oil leaks and shows the making of awesome power. Maybe to much. 9 lbs of boost, I'm going to contact Richard about a lighter spring for 7lbs of boost. My old turbo engine ran at 7 lbs, made 192 hp at the wheels which was a perfect match for power and traction. I'm thinking 220-230 hp might be to much for the traction, time will tell.

The bad news is this is a 7 hour trip both ways and I have to do it all over again.
 
Wow, lots of experts here and I'm not one of them. My understanding is that the stock set up including fuel will handle a stage 1 set up. PM powerhouse or murderedout07 for expert input.
 
Well after many phone calls with many people I gave up and installed the bigger injectors, and swapped the 9 lb spring for the 7 lb spring. When I get back on the dyno we're going to do two tunes, one with the 7 lb spring and one with the 9 lb spring.
Now the nexp problem, Ryan is so booked up he can't get me on the dyno until the 16th. BAH-HUMBUG!
 
hey, I would also like to get one of the hayabusa car kit installed in my swift, right now I'm researching and making checklist for pulling of this project. Is there anyone in this group who can suggest me how to start on this project.

PS. I came across this website that lists all the parts required to build this project.
 
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