700hp busa engine

[DriverOne]

Well, they did say that it was designed to be used with Ford transmissions...

[Coffinator6]

Some things mixed up, the atom is using a honda, and their highest HP offering is around 300hp supercharged.

The H1 is John Hartley and Holeshot Racing creation and now they are building them
The turbo version offers 1000HP . Suzuki is one of the sponsors. With a couple big name sponsors of our own, lots of spare time and personal wealth it might be possible to get one!! It does not have a transmission with it.

same question, why not a wrecked busa, turbo it if its not already and figure out how to handle the excess power in a front driver little car like ours? They are plug and play in sandrails already..
keep the old set up to pass emissions..

The Ariel Atom 500 v8 uses a John Hartley H1 v8. The Ariel Atom 3 uses a Honda motor. The atom 2 uses a Honda or GMmotor.

Well, they did say that it was designed to be used with Ford transmissions...

The atom 500 uses a ford 5 speed trans.


As far as using the Busa motor. Good luck getting ahold of one. Everyone wants them to build go carts, offload buggys, etc. It would be a good fun toy but I don't think the festiva would have enough weight to get traction even in 6th gear with a turbo motor.

[Movin]

Wow, that would really make a rocket, I wonder if it can be licensed in the US ?
It said that there was only 25 made but the site I googled might be outdated. Thanks
for bringing the Ariel Atom up it was new to me !!
Their was one at the last insurance auction, they get bought and parted out, like you said, there are several "Kart Kits" out there , even some on ebay. I would really like to build a sled with one but right now I have to get the festiva suspension ready to go in. A busa in a festy would probably be fine to maybe 300hp for race and DD but any more would get expensive quick and it would be a track only car ..

[Coffinator6]

Wow, that would really make a rocket, I wonder if it can be licensed in the US ?
It said that there was only 25 made but the site I googled might be outdated. Thanks
for bringing the Ariel Atom up it was new to me !!
Their was one at the last insurance auction, they get bought and parted out, like you said, there are several "Kart Kits" out there , even some on ebay. I would really like to build a sled with one but right now I have to get the festiva suspension ready to go in. A busa in a festy would probably be fine to maybe 300hp for race and DD but any more would get expensive quick and it would be a track only car ..

I honestly don't see anything more than a very mild built Busa motor being any good. There is going to be a point where the extra HP exponentially decreases the ability to get traction, even with a set of slicks. My buddy has an early Busa that's stretched 12", lowered, air shifter, etc. it's STUPID fast. I can't imagine it with a turbo or nitrous.

Here is a perfect example of what you will have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtMh20qIp8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Coffinator6]

Oh and you would be better off buying a wrecked Busa and pulling everything off of it. I'm not sure about suzukis but on my 05 Honda 600rr. You couldn't just piece parts together. For example. It wouldn't run without the instrument cluster in. And the 1000rr has a chipped key. You can't swap clusters or it wouldn't start.

[fastivaB6TG25MR]

stand alone would fix all that...that would be bad ass in a daily festiva... its barely breaking 300ftlbs of torque so you wouldnt burn out that much on some decent tires.

[Movin]

Yes on cars they have to "flash" manufacturer data in to make different components work. Some are one time only, they can't be reused. Thats what makes stand alone systems like megasquirt appealing. Cool video though!!

[91mcnasty]

Sweet stoppie lol. I'd be a lil scared thou haha

[Coffinator6]

Around here we don't have many tuners that do stand alone systems. It's hard enough to get one to tune a mustang with a stand alone without paying big bucks.

[Movin]

I hear ya, after awhile you become your own expert.

[festivBS]

Around here we don't have many tuners that do stand alone systems. It's hard enough to get one to tune a mustang with a stand alone without paying big bucks.

Come to Kansas or Texas there are many shops either direction. That motor should be in a Festiva lol That is so nice!