Hey Everyone,
I've been posting here and there about what I've been up to with my build, but figured I'd post a thread detailing what I did this year, why I chose what I did and the struggles, yes the struggles, of doing a pro street build on your own in a remote community.
I posted a thread a few years ago that I'll post the link to later where I converted my stock 2010 busa to a Super Street Class based Hayabusa. In that setup I installed a stage 1 RCC Street kit, fully built the engine to be pro street ready with wossner internals and an R&D transmission.
Fast forward, I've been doing pro street for 2 years with a hybrid setup on a stock chassis for one year and a cut rail for the second year, still running my stage 1 kit and an AMS 2000. I managed to run 7.82s in the quarter and did spin up top doing it. I know there was a bit more in it, but winter came and it was time to upgrade. I decided to go all in. At this point there's no turning back with what is being cut, modded, etc.
For the build list this winter, engine #1 was to come out and get new bearings, trans inspection, and a head check. Engine #2 was all ready to go to be installed into the frame. But there was a few things to do first.
Forks were sent to DME for a pro Street cut.
The cross member on the frame needed to be cut out.
Non needed tabs were cut off and ground down.
Once that was done engine #2 was installed in the frame.
Now the fun go fast stuff;
I built an RCC Ultra kit with RCC Turbos. I did upgrade a few things on it as well. I went with V band clamp on the compressor outlet and a wiggins clamp at the plenum, extended billet wheel on the compressor. I'm not running the air to water exchanger. Richard and Scott did an amazing job on this system and couldn't be happier about it.
I opted to go with a Fuel Tech FT550 for my ECU. I went with the spark pro 4, and the O2 nano as well. For wiring I went with the un-terminated harness to have a nice clean install and do what I wanted with it.
Adjustable cams as I was running stock timing before.
DME built me a front rack with an ice box to go in the nose.
DME offset triple trees and vortex clamps.
All top notch parts, and everything is quite amazing, however, I've run into so many hurdles that honestly it is starting to not be a fun build anymore. Here's what went wrong:
Engine #1 the counter balancer shaft was seized in the case and I could not remove it. I had to get it torched out. This led to me deciding to have the rotating assembly balanced. This delay cost me over a month of build time. When rebuilding the engine, I damaged and oil ring when sliding the jugs over the pistons and I didnt have any spares. Another 1 to 2 week delay.
The vortex clamps work great, except the gen 2 reservoirs for the brake and clutch don't fit, so now I have to order different masters for both brake and clutch. Yet to be completed.
For the front tire, I have a 16" rim on there, but the tire I had was too high of a profile, so when I went to install the rim, it didnt fit, so I had to order a low profile tire for the cbr rim I'm using.
The oem front fender wont fit and either has to be hacked up to fit, or an aftermarket 16" rim specific fender needs to be ordered (yet to decide on this one, but may go with Montgomery carbon for it).
Brake lines need to be shortened now on the front as they are way way too long. Still need to be done.
Ran into a fitment issue with the front rack and headlight (yet to be resolved).
As you can see, the list is long of things still to do, and problems that I've run into. One thing is I'm on my own where I live in a smaller community, so I can't just run down to a local parts store for an fittings and hoses, or aluminum welding. Things like that really delays what I try to do. Though on a good note, I do have support of other prostreet racers helping me out and pushing me along, which if I didnt have them, I would struggled quite hard.
I'm glad I'm taking this on myself and this post isn't to discourage anyone from converting their bike into a pro Street bike? But it is just to make people aware of what you will run into doing it. Getting into the pro Street world, nothing is just a bolt on and go part, things will need modifications to make it work and you have to be very creative with it, also abiding by the rule book.
Here's some photos of hmwhat I've been up to.
I've been posting here and there about what I've been up to with my build, but figured I'd post a thread detailing what I did this year, why I chose what I did and the struggles, yes the struggles, of doing a pro street build on your own in a remote community.
I posted a thread a few years ago that I'll post the link to later where I converted my stock 2010 busa to a Super Street Class based Hayabusa. In that setup I installed a stage 1 RCC Street kit, fully built the engine to be pro street ready with wossner internals and an R&D transmission.
Fast forward, I've been doing pro street for 2 years with a hybrid setup on a stock chassis for one year and a cut rail for the second year, still running my stage 1 kit and an AMS 2000. I managed to run 7.82s in the quarter and did spin up top doing it. I know there was a bit more in it, but winter came and it was time to upgrade. I decided to go all in. At this point there's no turning back with what is being cut, modded, etc.
For the build list this winter, engine #1 was to come out and get new bearings, trans inspection, and a head check. Engine #2 was all ready to go to be installed into the frame. But there was a few things to do first.
Forks were sent to DME for a pro Street cut.
The cross member on the frame needed to be cut out.
Non needed tabs were cut off and ground down.
Once that was done engine #2 was installed in the frame.
Now the fun go fast stuff;
I built an RCC Ultra kit with RCC Turbos. I did upgrade a few things on it as well. I went with V band clamp on the compressor outlet and a wiggins clamp at the plenum, extended billet wheel on the compressor. I'm not running the air to water exchanger. Richard and Scott did an amazing job on this system and couldn't be happier about it.
I opted to go with a Fuel Tech FT550 for my ECU. I went with the spark pro 4, and the O2 nano as well. For wiring I went with the un-terminated harness to have a nice clean install and do what I wanted with it.
Adjustable cams as I was running stock timing before.
DME built me a front rack with an ice box to go in the nose.
DME offset triple trees and vortex clamps.
All top notch parts, and everything is quite amazing, however, I've run into so many hurdles that honestly it is starting to not be a fun build anymore. Here's what went wrong:
Engine #1 the counter balancer shaft was seized in the case and I could not remove it. I had to get it torched out. This led to me deciding to have the rotating assembly balanced. This delay cost me over a month of build time. When rebuilding the engine, I damaged and oil ring when sliding the jugs over the pistons and I didnt have any spares. Another 1 to 2 week delay.
The vortex clamps work great, except the gen 2 reservoirs for the brake and clutch don't fit, so now I have to order different masters for both brake and clutch. Yet to be completed.
For the front tire, I have a 16" rim on there, but the tire I had was too high of a profile, so when I went to install the rim, it didnt fit, so I had to order a low profile tire for the cbr rim I'm using.
The oem front fender wont fit and either has to be hacked up to fit, or an aftermarket 16" rim specific fender needs to be ordered (yet to decide on this one, but may go with Montgomery carbon for it).
Brake lines need to be shortened now on the front as they are way way too long. Still need to be done.
Ran into a fitment issue with the front rack and headlight (yet to be resolved).
As you can see, the list is long of things still to do, and problems that I've run into. One thing is I'm on my own where I live in a smaller community, so I can't just run down to a local parts store for an fittings and hoses, or aluminum welding. Things like that really delays what I try to do. Though on a good note, I do have support of other prostreet racers helping me out and pushing me along, which if I didnt have them, I would struggled quite hard.
I'm glad I'm taking this on myself and this post isn't to discourage anyone from converting their bike into a pro Street bike? But it is just to make people aware of what you will run into doing it. Getting into the pro Street world, nothing is just a bolt on and go part, things will need modifications to make it work and you have to be very creative with it, also abiding by the rule book.
Here's some photos of hmwhat I've been up to.
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