Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

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Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

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Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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The new engine was developed together with Suzuki.

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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It is still based on the old GS housing from 1985, but now has a state-of-the-art four-valve head.

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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Rocker arms are now used. The power is without any more at 400 hp from 1,850 cubic meters.

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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The old engine only had two valves and heavy bucket tappets. Thanks to its high compression of 16: 1, it had a good 370 hp at 13,600 tours and 160 Nm at 10,000 rpm.

Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp
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Launing to look at the old ignition plate, just escaped the days of contact ignition.

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Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp

New Suzuki engine
Displacement monster with 400 hp

Pro Stock Dragster Bikes with engines based on a Suzuki GS four-cylinder from 1985 have been driving the quarter mile since 1998. Now Suzuki has teamed up with tuner Vance & Hines developed a new engine.


Jens Kratschmar

02/03/2021

With the key data of 400 PS from 1,850 cubic meters in combination with the word Suzuki, many question marks pop up and the image of a Hyper-Hayabusa involuntarily forms in the mind. In fact, the new engine and the Hayabusa have only one thing in common: Both are four-cylinder from Suzuki and both have four valves per cylinder. Of course we’re not talking about any engine that has anything to do with street motorcycles and circuit racing is not the field that should be ordered here.

Dragsters use ancient technology

The new engine is from parts specialist Vance & Hines and Suzuki were developed together for the National Hot Rod Associations (NHRA) drag racing. Vance & Hince is best known to us as a manufacturer of exhaust systems. In the USA and in drag racing, however, the company is a big player. Since 1998, the ProStock class dragster bikes have been powered by an engine that is still based on the old air-cooled 1150 GS engine from Suzuki from 1985 and that pushes up to 160 Nm and 370 hp.


Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp


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The old engine only had two valves and heavy bucket tappets. Thanks to its high compression of 16: 1, there were a good 370 hp at 13,600 tours and 160 Nm at 10,000 rpm from 1,850 cubic meters.

In its last expansion stage it already had 1,850 cubic capacity, but with an ancient two-valve head with bucket tappets. Older is almost impossible, even if the enormous compression of 16: 1 and the high speeds of over 13,600 rpm show what this engine is capable of. As a reminder: the 221 hp V4 of the Ducati Panigale compresses a maximum of 14: 1, current diesels start at 16: 1. The new engine is based on the same old Suzuki engine housing, but has a modern four-valve head with equally modern rocker arms. The levers are lighter than bucket tappets and so the engine can turn even higher and produce even more power. Speaking of performance: Vance & Hines speaks of 400 hp in the basic configuration. And through that “old” Housing, the teams can install the new engine much more easily in the existing chassis.


Vance and Hines Suzuki dragster engine with 400 hp


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The new one is still based on the old GS housing from 1985, but now has an ultra-modern four-valve head with rocker arm and at least 400 hp.

Conclusion

That almost missed the Hayabusa clickbaiting, even if these technical orgies of classic tunings with a lot of displacement and a lot of compression let my heart open and overmilled cylinder banks with heads made in the same way flatter the eye.

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