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Originally posted by imperialdataWould you say that the R1 lends itself to car layout. I know that angles are critical and often the sump has to be modified because the engine sits at a different angle to when it was in the bike.
Yep, very much so. Main thing is that it is being adopted by a few people so there is experience of fitting them. Sidecar racers use them in the same orientation as in the car (I think), sumps are available anyway! Also the gearbox output is high and in a very good position to get a good propshaft run without nasty angles (and therefore vibration – a major problem in bike engine cars (BECs))
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What’s your engine of choice (if money were no object)?
Money no object for a road based single BEC would be a busa. For a track based one a drysumped busa (drysumping is 100% essential for a track busa BEC).
For a twin, current fave is the R1 or GSXR1000, probably erring towards the GSXR1000 cos there are a couple of them running as twins already.
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