Booster's Landspeed racer

[Booster]

Seeing i'm building this bike up from std in a fairly short time frame i thought i'd document it somewhat here.
Plan is to build a landspeed Srad model gsxr 750 here, then buy a bike in the US , carry or send the parts to the US bike, spend up to a week modifying the bike then racing at Bonnevilles bike only event on 2-7 Sept and the World of speed event several weeks later.

Fastest anyone has gone on a turbocharged 750 is 209 mph .I'm going to build aiming at 230mph, thats going to take 300hp and some improved aerodynamics and still unlikely i will achieve the targetfor any number of reasons no 1 being traction... But Aim for the moon ... never know how high you may actually get...

First week or so has been spent on the turbo .

[Booster]

Robbed this pic from another guys site, i have brought one of these tail fairings from Airtech in the US , its supposably good for ~10 mph but some have had handling probs when using these . figure at worst i can put the std tail back on .

Its a 1/2 kamm desigh which pretty well puts the air back behind you without too much turbulance, you use nearly as much power from the suction behind you as you do punching a hole in the air in the first place .

[zx12argh]

All praise the gods of speed - Good luck Booster - this is going to be a goodie

What's the idea of having the turbo slightly offset to the left (as we see it) like that? Centralizing weight? Clearance issues? I thought that with exhausts that the more equal length all the headers are the easier it is to tune?
Wow that's a lot of questions...sorry bout that.

[kookaburra]

goodluck Booster hope it all go's well

[sickboy]

I see why that blokes fitted that fairing,he's put it on his Guzzi,he's going to need all the assistance he can get.

[zx12argh]

Wasn't there a fella at the fools run running that fairing with an R1 underneath?

[Funkenfresh]

is there gonna be a big ASF logo on the side?

[Fight_fan]

SWEEEEET!!! Thats unreal booster! Good luck!...

[Tony Nitrous]

Good luck Mate.

Will be an experiance either way,
but i'd love to see you put one over the Yanks.

Fingers crossed.

Tony.J.

[Booster]

Todays effort was to clean up the inside of the headers,begin modifying the compressor housing to suit the up pipe, and picked up the exhaust housing i will be using after having the internal wastgate removed so i can fit an external wastegate for better control

Thanks for the well wishing guys gunna need a bit for this to all come together in time..
Bullfrog , mainly want clearance on the inlet so i can connect the turbo inlet to the ram air, don't want holes in the fairing for aircleaners or exhaust and i can get clean air from the ram air , anywhere else will be full of salt ..
Good eye for your Guzzi's Ken.
12 argh yep Bones/Ev's R1 has a similar tail , it runs consistantly 10 mph faster than a std R1 and has a hp disadvantage due to the complex exhaust, Bones made that himself and 1 for me that i will be using to setup the Aussie testbike
Local garage has offered to help with fabrication stuff, he has connections with the a ford race team , within reason he will pay for them to make it , about the only thing left is the decompression plate which i will happily take his offer on

[TurboKat]

Make sure to pack plenty of black Nugget & a carving knife Greg (or maybe just use Z rated tyres)
230 OR BUST [}]
I want to be able to say "Yeah, I know a bloke who is a landspeed record holder" [^]

[Booster]

Hope not the bust bit, not again, heres one we prepared earlier (Casino 750)

Apparently the current record holder did this too , 20 psi seems to be a limit
going to put some water inj into it to reduce the chance of this happening again
Getting more done

[Booster]

Not much progress on the turbo,
headers and pistons are getting the HPC treatment.
But i now own a bike in the US ,Thanks to Hans at http://www.a1autorecyclers.com/ .cosmeticaly challenged but hopefully sound.

[BANDITROD]

thats awsome booster i was watching burt munro's movie the other night and i was telling my mate's about yourself and they were all just sitting there going fuck i hope he doe's it all i could say was i hope he doe's it too so good luck mate

[Booster]

Thanks Rod if its half as exciting as Burts trip it will be great

[zx12argh]

Does that mean you're going to be hooking up with some trannies while you are there mate? []

[Booster]

Thats the half i can do without

[Large]

Maybe you should change your name to Burtster?

[Bear]

Good luck with it all, Booster.