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"bildan" wrote in message
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'been scratchin' some paper.

It looks like a 2.6L flat opposed 8-cylinder could be made will not
too much difficulty from two Suzuki Hyabusa motorcycle cylinder
blocks. The electronic fuel injected 'busa puts out about 130HP so
two theoretically could make 260HP.

With 8 cylinders, the power pulses overlap a little so wouldn't put
too much stress on a planetary PSRU in a nose case.

In the opposed configuration, the stock rods work so only the crank,
PSRU and case would have to be fabricated. CNC does that sort of
thing well.

The result would be smaller and lighter than an O-200 - although that
doesn't take the liquid cooling system into consideration. Still
scratchin' but this thing looks cool.

Cool, indeed! How much do you think you would have to sell it for, if you
were to sell them?



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

Hartley is pushing his nice V8 busa in every race series but it's kinda
expensif.

HTH

Tom -lurking and enjoying the knowledgable posts- De Moor