would you ever turbo a vfr?

would you ever turbo a vfr?

 

no, I would not turbo a vfr

 

Nope. Especially not for the $6000 that it will set you back. Besides that's not the intended use of real world sportbike such as the VFR. When it comes to track or more power I look to differant machines. Hell $7500 will get you an '08 CBR 1000 with 160bhp aswell as the brakes and suspension to use it.

 

No it woukd just f it up. Better to spend the money on tuning the suspenssion, Brakes, tune the engine a bit (pciii or v, new cans maybe headers) and maybe change the gearing a bit then leave it alone.

Spend money on gear and go riding

 

I think the question is how would you, a very difficult layout on any gen to pull that off. Maybe I am just out of the loop.

 

Nope. BUT... I just saw a supercharger in this month's cycle world by A&A that they said fits under stock bodywork. Then I saw VFR800 on the list of bikes it fits. A joke? If not I'd think about that vs 3rd bike....

 

na, just wondering if people would

 

They're definately out there. Here is a desrciption and a video for a 5th gen model. It's only $5500

A&A Performance - '98-'01 VFR800 Supercharger Kit

YouTube - A&A Performance '98-'01 VFR800 Supercharger Kit

 

i wouldent do a supercharger since that uses more gas mileage. but i woudlent buy a 5k charger for a 2k bike.

 

A turbo would be way more difficult to pull off than a supercharger.....not that that was easy.

 

If you spend $5K for a supercharger gas mileage probably isn't a concern.

Now available for the 6th gen VFR.

A&A Performance - Supercharged Sportbike Specialists

 

not to mention these are small engines and a supercharger puts alot more strain on any engine.

 

781cc is small???

The VFR is very much detuned from the factory. The only real upgrade the bike needs when you add a supercharger is heavier clutch springs and an oil cooler.

Just for reference, I ran my '98 on a dyno and got 98.3hp at the rear wheel.


I agree with bitterpil. The suspension and brakes is where you need to spend the money. From a performance standpoint, the suspension is pretty much crap in stock form.

 

this is the first time iv read someone say somethign bad about the vfr here.

i didnt mean to say that it wouldent take a supercahcrger, just that a supercharger would put alot more stress on it than it would say my 5.7 hemi for example. its a much larger engine that can handle a much larger stress level.

 

I would in a heart beat if money was no concern. Supercharge over turbo for ease of design. Don't need to go big, just go enough.

Ya think? That 5.7 is just another motor. Depends on what's inside. Plus it's not a real Hemi head. It's a Pentroof design. Marketing...................

 

it happoned to be what was available, unfortunatly the dealer (a "friend") kinda screwed me on it. i prever chevi anyway, but itl do for now.

 

In all reality while the SC would certainly provide a bit of extra stress on the engine, it's not in use ALL of the time. Overall you'd end up adding only small amounts of additional wear on it. now if you strictly rode in a manner that caused the SC to kick in all of the time, sure it'll shorten your engine's life. But realistically, your engine's life will not be shortened noticeably so with the AA supercharger. If I had the money I'd get one without a second thought, but only after suspension upgrades and most likely brakes as mentioned above.

 

by no means am i an expert, but a supercharger, on a car at least, is hooked to the pulleys, and is always in motion and always compressing air. different from a turbo charger where it runs off of the exost and a decent rpm has to be reached before the turbine in the turbo can spin enough to compress air, whereas a super charger having a turbine hooked directly to the engine is always spinning.

also where would a super charger hook up to a bike anyway, the only moving part is the shaft the sprocket is on.

 

5th gen specifics : It Is Now Time For Some Serious Modifications... - VFR Discussion - Page 4
6th gen specifics : VTEC-SC... - VFR Discussion

For info on some well done SC work for the VFR (A and A performance as mentioned above).

 

I wonder if i could mod me a small turbo. woudl need to modify the exost to run into a cheap turbo, then find a way to fix the compressed air into the intake.

i might just do this next spring.