105kg, 500HP, 10,500RPM Hayabusa V8 | Radical Sportscars RPE-V8 TECH TALK

Ever wondered what it would take to build a 10,500RPM, 500HP V8 motorcycle-based engine? Wonder no more as the RPE RP-V8 is just that. Get $50 off your next HPA course purchase with this coupon: 3NADNF Choose your course here: With options of 2.7, 3.0 and variants and 400 to 500HP outputs, Radical Performance Engines have the bases covered when it comes to their Suzuki GSX-R Hayabusa based 72° V8 10,500rpm powerplants. With an interesting combination of both Formula 1 technology via an engine casting that includes a dry sump system and MotoGP technology via the Suzuki Hayabusa cylinder heads a lot of careful design and production considerations have gone into the engine and James Pinkerton from RPE was kind enough to share some of this with Andre during our recent Goodwood UK trip. James and Andre dive into some of the considerations that go into building a 72° V8 as opposed to the easier 90° setup including the reason for this choice, the firing