Hornet 600 turbo conversion cost?

[Lynchasaurus]

Hi, my mates looking at doing a turbo conversion to his hornet 600, I think the plan was to keep standard pistons and lower compression.

Anyone have a rough idea on how much it would cost including turbo, manifold etc.?

[G]

Need more details - like what work he wants to do, what parts he wants to buy in, new or second hand etc.
Price could be anything from £0 to £5000 and above.

Also, for the record - he could just get, say, a streetfightered fireblade and spend the time and money riding it .

[Lynchasaurus]

2nd hand parts mostly, I'm assuming the manifold would have to be custom? I don't think he's looking to spend major money on all new parts but doesn't want to go down the budget route lol

[BigDan1190]

[P.addy]

Cost far outweighs the practicality unless you are CHR15

Even then, the power you'll gain will be minimal. Having a standard Blade will work far better and more than likely cheaper on insurance

[Vincent]

Why not look into fitting hot cams, racing pistons and FCR carbs instead, should be cheaper and less likely to destroy the crank.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

If ever there is a project doomed to fail, it is the noob's endeavour of forced induction.


We all know that this project will not make it out of the pub.

[Drake]

Theres one on youtube like. Its all just clutch slip. No point, tell him to get a hornet900
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[stevo as b4]

Tell him to get a big bullet proof Suzuki/Kawasaki or Yamaha air cooled IL4 engine, as they can take serious amounts of turboing and laugh in the face of boost pressure!

Alternatively I think the Honda VTR1000 engine wouldn't be a bad engine to turbocharge fairly easily.
1, It runs on carb's so ideal for a blowthrough set up.
2, It has a reasonable compression ratio about 9.5:1?

[G]

Didn't think big twins took turbos that well - thanks to a bit slower revving and less exhaust flow?

[Frost]

Turbo on a big twin is pointless. Just buy a 4 of the same capacity and you'll get about the same amount of power, but with better throttle response.
Same goes for turboing a 600, just buy a 1000

[N cee thirty]

why bother, just get a litre bike

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