Golf Mk1 with turbocharged Hayabusa engine
Remember the Smartuki? A Smart Fortwo with a Suzuki engine. Here’s a similiar engine in a chassis that looks alot less likely to topple over any moment – the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf! In a chassis that’s been stripped down to weigh 650kgs, the 1.3 liter Hayabusa engine has now been turbocharged to make over 350 horsepower. Not sure if these videos were recorded before or after the forced induction modification. Nevertheless, the engine sounds damn sweet. Three videos after the jump.
Video: Golf Mk1 with turbocharged Hayabusa engine – 1
Video: Golf Mk1 with turbocharged Hayabusa engine – 3
Video: Golf Mk1 with turbocharged Hayabusa engine – 3
May 17, 2007 @ 8:41 pm
Wow!It’s melody to ears.
May 17, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
looks like normally aspirated, with spounge air filter,
May 17, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
Sounds pleasant to lovers, damn annoying to neighbourhood
May 17, 2007 @ 9:19 pm
Where’s the turbo??
May 17, 2007 @ 9:40 pm
If the engine mounted like that (not sure how to call that), this is RWD rite. I wish i can mount campro in my gen2 like that…any expert?
May 17, 2007 @ 10:07 pm
Where to find this engine locally? Any chop shops? Thinking of stuffing one in a Kancil chassis for drag purposes.
May 17, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
awesome sound…like a wrc car
May 17, 2007 @ 10:58 pm
Cool !! i like it !!!
May 17, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
confusing,ur looking at a car bt the sound is a typical high cc bike engine!
May 17, 2007 @ 11:33 pm
front drive to rear, lots a work,
lower frame or members to support lower engine mounting,
steering rack reposition
serious floor cut to mount gearbox
chasis bracing (in the picture),
rear drivetrain and suspension rework..
or batter go midengine mod i supposed,
May 17, 2007 @ 11:47 pm
It sounds like a grasscutter machine when idling haha, but acceleration’s fast.
May 18, 2007 @ 7:52 am
ducatti/powered savvy’s anyone?
May 18, 2007 @ 7:56 am
Wonder what sort of gearbox its using. Typically, bike motors dont have differentials in the gearbox (so it wont be FWD_unless he has locked it), so he must have somehow converted it to run shaft drive to a conventional car rear end.
May 18, 2007 @ 8:49 am
cool… though i find that it sound more like a mosquito during acceleration…
hhmm… maybe i love the sound the sound of v8 more..
May 18, 2007 @ 9:00 am
damn…. the pick up is so fast!! Will be a good car to use in track day.
May 18, 2007 @ 9:05 am
encik98 said,
May 18, 2007 @ 7:52 am
ducatti/powered savvy’s anyone?
Ducati powered??? when they designing Savvy they are thinking of M.V Agusta Powered Savvy…now its just a dream…
May 18, 2007 @ 9:44 am
As I know, Golfs are FWD or 4WD on some models. I’m surprised that Mk I is still being manufactured in South Africa. Then again, they only stopped the Mexico’s classic Beetle line in 2003. Amazing considering that production ran for 69 years!
There should be some 4 door Mk I running around… ideal for a transplant project like this. I’m really curious how much this yummy engine costs…
May 18, 2007 @ 9:48 am
Where is the turbo paul ??? it looks like 4 Throttle la !! ….. the airclearner just at the upper of intake sys …..
May 18, 2007 @ 9:49 am
i said the car now has a turbo, but not sure if these videos were recorded before or after.
the tuner’s site:
“We are currently testing a Mk1 Golf converted to rear wheel drive running a turbocharged 350bhp, 1300cc motorbike engine from the Suzuki Hayabusa (car pictured above). Testing has gone very well and knowing how well these engines perform once boosted we knew that the car was going to be a bit of a handfull!”
http://www.hrengineering.net/
May 18, 2007 @ 9:51 am
I don’t see any turbocharger…
Where’s the intercooler piping?
I think it is normally aspirated….
May 18, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
e-nabilll said,
May 17, 2007 @ 11:22 pm
confusing,ur looking at a car bt the sound is a typical high cc bike engine!
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bcos the engine is from Suzuki GSX1300R sportsbike which is also called Hayabusa. It has a 1299 cc inline-4 engine rated 175 bhp (129 kW).
May 18, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
hehehe…..like it man…..lighter than a typical car engine..
May 18, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
wow! if only they could mass-produce this beast..
May 18, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
armandd said,
May 18, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
wow! if only they could mass-produce this beast..
if they only…….sure its sound is unique than other golfs…..
May 20, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
Wow! Paul, you don’t know what idea you’ve just gave me by posting this video. LOL! Gee…I wonder if I could persuade my uncle to give me his GSX-R and dump the engine into my Kelisa. CC wise still within the rule of JPJ right? Just need to make the correct mounting I guess…. Hmmm….yummy!
May 21, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
hahaha! aksMs….thats sure is a first in malaysia is you did it! come on! persuade ur uncle!