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what is the best set up for converting my sportster to a green light to red light racer. i do not take this bike on the highway and want to leave everyone in my rear view mirror including most sportbikes in the 1/4 mile. I want the least expensive way to do this. I would like 1/4 mile to be in low 11 sec. O'yea its an 883 to boot.
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Best Set Up...
The best set up is to buy a used sportbike for a platform for 1/4 mile racing on a track (not talking about the clowns who race on the street). You might actually be able to get a totaled streetbike and rebuild it--probably buy it from a street racer who destroyed it by running into a pole or car.
All preaching aside:
It would cost less to buy a used sportbike and set it up as a durable drag bike than it would to make your 883 outrun a sportbike. Heck the bonus is that you could keep your 883 stock to cruise around on.
All preaching aside:
It would cost less to buy a used sportbike and set it up as a durable drag bike than it would to make your 883 outrun a sportbike. Heck the bonus is that you could keep your 883 stock to cruise around on.
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Change out your sprockets to redline at your desired top speed (probably 3 teeth smaller in the rear, and 2 larger in the front); then add SE A/C, Thunderheaders, PC V; if that doesn't do it for you, add a 1200 conversion kit, bigger cam, high lift springs, 1.75:1 rockers; if you still need more, add a blower, then NOS. If that still isn't enough, put a Big Twin motor on the 883 transmission (call Arlen Ness to learn how), then put a 120" kit on that. If you still need more, add a blower. If you still need more, drop in a Hayabusa motor. If you still need more, add a blower and NOS. If you still need more, get an F-14.
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That's simply not true. Is it expensive, difficult, not worth it, etc.? Certainly, but it can be done. There are people running 6 second Sportsters all over the place. It isn't what a Sportster is for, even, but it is possible.
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You might be right but I have yet to see a sportster (or any harley for that matter) that can hang with my CBR 1100.
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I'd say a used Pro Mod Nitrous kit from Ebay and forged pistons would be the cheapest, don't know about that low 11 time cause you'll be spining that small rear tire alot.