Engine Building

[baron25]

So i was reading my new edition of motor (as I do), and there was a letter in there from a bloke, who read of an english guy who put two Yamaha R1 (superbike) engines together to make a 2L V8 with 270kW. How is this possible? I'd have thought to do that you'd have to cut the block into pieces etc, thus when you put it back together the thing would have become a grenade.

[zebra]

it would be a custom block and crank with the yammy heads on it

[Beer Baron]

have a look at DP1 cars bikini. or http://www.h1v8.com/page/page/1562068.htm

it's not exactly new. there have been motorbike engine based V8s for a few years now.