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Want some info on what to do with my 50cc honda
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:43 pm
by merlin
Ive got this honda elite 50cc scooter that i learned to ride on. i dont watn to get rid of it because my grandpa gave it to me, but i do want to do something crazy with it.
the ideas that ive had were to put a 125cc race type of engine. i also thought about a 150 with a turbo. or trying to stuff a 250 under the scooter and seeing what happens.
anyone got any good ideas or any great reference to where i could find more information or cheap parts.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:51 pm
by Leeroy Jenkins
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:09 am
by merlin
im thinking something a little more like this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGXcM9evUpo
42rwhp garr.
anyone have a totaled buddy around. think the 125 would be a great swap in.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:51 am
by ericalm
Is it a Honda Met? You could always mount rockets on it. From
the man who brought us the rocket powered VW Beetle:
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:02 pm
by merlin
hahah, no really dose anyone have any info on where i can get a complet engine/trans to swap into this scooter and dose anyone have any info on turboing small engines. i know a little about turbos and a lot about superchargers (theres one in my car), but i want to make a real sleeper of a scooter.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:22 am
by jrsjr
The reason why you don't hear much about turbocharging small engines is that turbochargers are driven by the flow of exhaust gases from the motor and, on a single cylinder motor, the flow of exhaust gases is more like a train of pulses than the smooth flow of exhaust gasses from a 4/6/8 cylinder motor. It's the same reason why you don't hear a lot about turbos on BMW twins and Harleys, either.
That leaves the supercharger. There is a supercharged scooter from Peugeot, but it's not available in the USA. You can try rolling your own, but others have tried it and I'm not aware of any success stories. I think the problem has been that it's just too expensive for most folks to develop. There was a guy who designed a Supercharger to work with the Vespa GT200, but it was cost prohibitive to produce, so he didn't do it.
The most helpful advice I can give you, and I don't recommend this for folks with weak stomachs or small children, is to go ask on the ScooterBBS. There is a guy there named Brooke who is a walking encyclopedia of small-displacement scooter hot-rodding. See if you can get a reply from him on what can reasonably be done with your scoot. As far as I'm concerned, whatever he says, goes. Tell him I said, Hi.
Good luck.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:49 am
by merlin
ive heard of the Peugeot supercharged scoot, but u thought it would be to hard to try to create a centrifugal supercharger backed and pulley system on the scoot since there is no real place to hoot it to the crank shaft. turbo i thought might be easier to work with if you had a clutch scooter because the turbo spool would be horrendous.
i think swapping a bigger motor would be my best bet, and cheaper than any of my other projects i have around here.
anyone know of any good online junkyards for scooters?