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Old 01-07-2007, 01:17 PM
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Nothing like the volvette test drives

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OMG! I had a Locost frame that I made a couple of years ago that I made, ready to go. I decided that I had too many projects, and cut it up. I had even purchased a Hayabusa engine, thinking that nothing could outrun it, but an LS powered Super 7 could.
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It sound beautiful. BTW: is that a carputer displaying the 2 gauges?
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Nice car, congrats on a fine completion.
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Originally Posted by Tri5Nerd
It sound beautiful. BTW: is that a carputer displaying the 2 gauges?
yes it is. Running HPTuners scanner for gauges. Two big ones you can see are RPM and MPH. There are smaller round gauges for fuel, oil p, clt temp, map, iat, and a bunch of small bar gauges for stft, ltft, inj pw, etc...
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Originally Posted by silicone boy
OMG! I had a Locost frame that I made a couple of years ago that I made, ready to go. I decided that I had too many projects, and cut it up. I had even purchased a Hayabusa engine, thinking that nothing could outrun it, but an LS powered Super 7 could.
There is always somebody faster

bike engined sevens are alot of fun too. Are you planning to build one someday? or has its time passed?
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Originally Posted by 99c5vert
There is always somebody faster

bike engined sevens are alot of fun too. Are you planning to build one someday? or has its time passed?

You just may have re-ignited my interest. I sold my Hayabusa motor to some dude in Nebraska who wanted to put it in a lawn tractor for racing. Now that's one fast lawnmower. Fortunately or unfortunately, there are a lot of Hayabusa engines around with very low miles. Mine had 78 miles on it, and the driver did not survive. You can always find a ton fo superbike engines.
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Very nice. Looks like fun.
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Originally Posted by silicone boy
You just may have re-ignited my interest. I sold my Hayabusa motor to some dude in Nebraska who wanted to put it in a lawn tractor for racing. Now that's one fast lawnmower. Fortunately or unfortunately, there are a lot of Hayabusa engines around with very low miles. Mine had 78 miles on it, and the driver did not survive. You can always find a ton fo superbike engines.
well, if you decide to jump back in, a couple of sites:

www.locostusa.com
www.usa7s.com

There is also the UK locostbuilders site.



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