Rutter's RCv213 & Guy martin's Turbo Busa

[Bustaspoke]

I've just been listening to this weeks Chasin the Racin podcast with guest Guy Martin,another excellent listen.
Guy Martin mentions his Turbo Bussa landspeed bike & how him & Michael Rutter were on a runway together & the Turbo Bussa was just so much faster than the RCv.
I looked on YT for some footage.Fookin Ell that thing's quick!!!

[Skub]

[KungFooBob]

I'd 'av 'em both on my auld 500 Bullet.

[Yorick]

They reckon 500 gee gees from a turbo Busa is easy.

[Bigjawa]

They reckon 500 gee gees from a turbo Busa is easy.

If they could get 1500bhp from a 1.5 litre engine in the mid 80s, 500 from a 1.3 with all the advantages of modern tech should be easy.

If it's for something that's either flat out or stopped, you can get away with a turbo the size of a football, damn the lag.

[v8-powered]

They reckon 500 gee gees from a turbo Busa is easy.

An old boss of mine had a turbo 'busa engine in his Westfield around 15 years ago and that made 450 bhp back then plus he upped it to 550 with a 100 bhp nitrous shot. It wasn't slow.....

[Scotsrich]

There are articles on it occasionally in Practical Sportsbike.

I see he was using it fully faired which is one of the difficulties he’s come across.

It gets the speed but is so sensitive to any kind of wind.

[darthpunk]

Cheese and Rice that's a bit nippy

[Taipan]

That aint no Busa, that's my Tmax!