Hayabusa V8

I know the new radical has it in it, and long ago i remeber reading bout it in a magazine but does any body know where i can buy one i did some google searches but nothing really. I've got some wicked little thoughts in my head so let me know.

I know the new radical has it in it, and long ago i remeber reading bout it in a magazine but does any body know where i can buy one i did some google searches but nothing really. I've got some wicked little thoughts in my head so let me know.


well first of all those are not built as V8 but rather they take 2 inline 4 bike engines and join them at the crank.

I'm sure you could custom order one from radical or whomever else builds them but they will cost you a lot.

I know they were 2 inline 4 joined and the magazine article i had i thought they said the price was about that of a chevy 350 crate motor. The main thing i'm wanting it for is a F1 replica i've been kinda planning for awhile i thought it would be nice to have a engine that could rev to the range of a actual f1 car. And since this years rules is a 2.4v8 the hayabusa engine was a 2.6v8. Almost exact liter displacment.

is that the article from EVO magazine with the hayabuse V8 powered caterham?

It's the motor from the Radical SR8 (http://www.radicalextremesportscars.com/range/sr8/sr8.php), built by a company called Powertec. Motor's name is the "Powertec RPA V8", with about 380HP. The "RPD" version powers the Radical SR9 (http://www.radicalextremesportscars.com/news_folder/lms2006/istanbul/index.php). The RPD is a 3.0 version with about 525HP. The RPA peaks at about 10,350 RPM and the RPD peaks at 11,350 RPM.

You can contact these guys about buying one: Powertec Engineering (http://www.powertecengineering.com/v8_index.php).

Doubt it'll be cheap, but let us know how it goes. You have to email them for a price list.