Of Course A Hayabusa-Engined Toyota Starlet Is Awesome

This KP61-generation Starlet has been given a huge power boost thanks to the fitting of a 1.3-litre bike engine
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It’s a tried and tested formula: you take an old, light car, throw away whatever puny little engine it had fitted at the factory, and dump in a motorbike engine. To demonstrate why it’s such a popular idea, today we’re taking a look at this KP61-generation Starlet.

As a small, lithe rear-wheel drive hatchback it’s the ideal car for a bike engine swap, and this particular example has been given the classic 1.3-litre Suzuki Hayabusa transplant. Power is now around 200bhp, and that inline-four has just 780kg of car to propel. So yes, it’s rather brisk.

It’s seen in action via this footage shot mostly at the Leadfoot Festival hillclimb in New Zealand, and it’s a joy to hear that Hayabusa engine spinning up beyond 11,000rpm.

Video via Jalopnik

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Anonymous
03/19/2018 - 12:46 |
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CannedRex24

comments edited as i had no clue what i blabbered

apologies

03/19/2018 - 13:33 |
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03/19/2018 - 13:44 |
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03/19/2018 - 14:34 |
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wtaf

03/19/2018 - 16:04 |
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Zoomer Slick

I suppose I could raid my dads old R1 engine and dump it into my MX-5….

03/19/2018 - 14:20 |
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that’d be an awesome swap

03/19/2018 - 15:00 |
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Supercharge it :D

03/19/2018 - 15:41 |
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Burnout🔰(Rotary Fighter)(SaveCT)

A car with a superbike engine?

03/19/2018 - 14:39 |
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Yeah, you would be surprised at how often that happens. Especially with the hayabusa engines.

03/19/2018 - 16:18 |
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James Conway

It’s just pure power

03/19/2018 - 15:09 |
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Ayrton Sentra (the fastest Nissan in the world) (Saab Squad)

its being driven right too

03/19/2018 - 15:44 |
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Anton 3

Bike engines in small cars are that type of engine swaps you simply can’t be mad about. Insane and brilliant at the same time.

03/19/2018 - 16:04 |
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Anonymous

That car looks so badass.
And I love that they put the Hayabusa dashboard into the car.

03/19/2018 - 17:06 |
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slevo beavo

He lost his roof scoop lol.

03/19/2018 - 19:11 |
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HAYABUSA

Hey ;)

03/19/2018 - 19:21 |
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