My old motor was acting funky so I did some testing and decided to swap it out with another motor! Check out this in depth swap video to get my car back out on the track!
Not a whole lot of repairs being done. Other than a couple minor bang ups the cars haven’t really seen much damage or failures beyond people doing dumb stuff like running them without oil or hammering on it right away without warming it up.
So I'm interested to know what the compression numbers are on the new/used motor? First, the same way you did it on the original motor. Then having the "throttle blades" open.
Quick note from watching. Your compression test results even on a healthy motor would still show under Suzuki's spec due to not having the throttle blades open during the test. The restriction of having the throttle blades closed will lower overall compressions results significantly.
I did a test again without the throttle bodies installed. No change. I don’t see how the throttle blades being closed would change anything. If they didn’t allow air in then how would the bike idle 🤔
How are you doing the lift setup? It seems to be QuickJacks (which I have a set of) and was hoping that I could get them to work with my car (coming in less than a month). One other thing... Check the coolant cap, I know they have had some issues with the selection of the cap which has caused leaking too.
Yup, that’s a set of quick jacks. Absolute must to have around the shop. A little heavy for the track but they work fantastic for bigger maintenance. I went through all kinds of caps. I tried everything from 18 up to 50 psi! Definitely wasn’t the cap. There is compression making it’s way out of the cylinders.
Epic as always!!! Glad you figured out that notch trick… I can see myself trying to get the engine to lineup for hours before resorting to that. We doing Sebring in June?
@@conquercustom You should of done the dyno with the hurt motor! The power would of been so low you would of been able to run slicks and still qualify for ST2 lol. Def. upload a video of the dyno! I need to get one done as well
@@AndorTobelem I was totally gonna do that! But they didn’t have a dyno slot that would leave me enough time to swap it and get to RA for #globaltimeattack
Unfortunately I haven’t been on any of the big tracks since the swap 😢 had tuning issues and then got busy with other stuff. I did take it to the firm once before it was tuned and it was already a monster 😂
You can’t race in the spec series without a factory sealed engine. You can send motors to them to be factory sealed but that’s in the case of them rebuilding or inspecting them.
Pretty big difference actually, 50hp difference, better internal parts, and higher rev limit. The reason they didn’t use the Gsxr is to keep costs down. The Gsxr is much more expensive and since Suzuki won’t sell drivetrains they have to buy complete bikes.
Hmm. Was contemplating one of these till I drove a new one which a friend owns. It had some issues from lap one. Leaking brake lines..shift issues..and some other things that should not be happening..on a new track toy. Seeing the difficulty in removing that power unit makes this car come off my radar. 3k miles and it needs an engine? I like wrenching..but prefer to drive a LOT more. Best of luck with yours and the series.
Obviously the choice is yours but you won’t find anything close to it performance or price wise. You can spend twice as much and experience the same problems with their competitors. But try getting those companies on the phone and getting them to fix things promptly. I made this video so people following me can do the work easier. I drove 3k on an already weakened motor. These call for a rebuild every 150 hours… roughly 10-12k miles. And that’s not because the motor will break, that’s to stay at peak performance for competition. It’s a new company and yes they’ve had some issues out of the door. But they stand behind their cars 100% and bend over backwards to make their customers happy. I’d keep your mind open to them. Just my 2 pennies
@@conquercustom I already own two Ariel Atoms (that will DESTROY the SR...sorry. Yes,more money..but not much more..and no chain,has a car drivetrain and two seats) and a few other track cars...so it's not really something I "need" but I do like the concept of the Rush, and will be driving the friends SR and helping with the wrenching on it. Hopefully driving it more than wrenching.. :)
@@breakawaymotorsports Ah, yea the Atom is a great car! I think the SR is a fantastic training tool. I don’t think it’s the pinnacle of performance or anything. But for a relatively new driver like me there’s nothing better.
@@breakawaymotorsports which atom do you have and do you have lap times for some of the tracks the Rush SR has? I have a road-legal SRA with no aero and I'm contemplating a rush sr as a replacement now. When you say the atom will destroy it, I'd like to know which specific atom version you are referring to.
Expensive does not mean better. 300v is designed to last a race, no longer. It's not a good oil by any means. You got 3k and motor swap? I've got almost 50k miles on my bike, half of those on track with nitrous. Factory motor never touched, just exhaust filter and tune.
The motor overheated the first time out due to a cooling system failure. I drove it another 2995 miles with the failed head gasket/warped head. It kept up with the other cars pretty well still. I just swapped because I was sick of it barfing out all of its water.
Without the fans? Sorry but it would most certainly overheat without fans. The fan malfunction the first time it went out was the reason it overheated and warped the head.
@@conquercustom The radiator fans block a lot of flow through the radiator. I guess it depends on how the air is ducted into the radiator. Are the fans running continuously when the car is in use?
@@bmc3663 The fans only come on above 212 F. The car comes with NACA ducts the feed fresh air directly to the radiator but I don’t use them. I have 2 vents on top of the body that direct fresh air in. But bottom line… look at all production vehicles and race vehicles, they have shrouded fans on radiators to get 100% coverage of air movement over the cooling fins. Unshrouded fans get about 40-50% coverage. Running with no fans would rely solely on airflow through the body which this design doesn’t allow for.
@@conquercustom I see. The vast majority of race cars do not use fans, but sealed radiator ducts so all the air flows through the radiator. In that scenario fans do block flow through the radiator when they are not running. Of course that means you can't sit in the car idling after being on track as there is no through flow without fans. I can see when you don't have a sealed duct that fans would be required.
Not a fan, I’ve used their stuff in street cars. Though it has a high boiling point it doesn’t help keep things cooler and it’s also not allowed on the race track. If the car pukes evans all over the track it’ll cause crashes and require clean up. I use Motul or VP racing race ready coolants. Track approved and lower temps.
Awesome video! Happy to see 007 alive again!!!
Never out! 💪
That is chassis 007? BRILLIANT!!
Thanks for the video. With the rush being so new there's little info on any repairs I've found so far
Not a whole lot of repairs being done. Other than a couple minor bang ups the cars haven’t really seen much damage or failures beyond people doing dumb stuff like running them without oil or hammering on it right away without warming it up.
Dammit - I choked on my tea when the face appeared on the engine. You are hilarious, dude. Subscribed.
😂 I have fun with it! Otherwise it’s just work 😎
@@conquercustom You are Legend, bro
🙌thank you
Rush SR's seem cool. They are very similar to the fjr1300 powered "aussie car" series over here in Australia.
Maybe one day we’ll see them go head to head!
Nice work on the video. Mine will be chassis 87
Sweet! Welcome to the fam!
So I'm interested to know what the compression numbers are on the new/used motor? First, the same way you did it on the original motor. Then having the "throttle blades" open.
Dunno, I’ll give it a look. 220psi according to the seller 🤷🏻♂️
Quick note from watching. Your compression test results even on a healthy motor would still show under Suzuki's spec due to not having the throttle blades open during the test. The restriction of having the throttle blades closed will lower overall compressions results significantly.
Interesting 🤔 very good to know. Even still, the head is coming off and everything will get checked out.
I did a test again without the throttle bodies installed. No change. I don’t see how the throttle blades being closed would change anything. If they didn’t allow air in then how would the bike idle 🤔
great video
Thank you sir!
How are you doing the lift setup? It seems to be QuickJacks (which I have a set of) and was hoping that I could get them to work with my car (coming in less than a month).
One other thing... Check the coolant cap, I know they have had some issues with the selection of the cap which has caused leaking too.
Yup, that’s a set of quick jacks. Absolute must to have around the shop. A little heavy for the track but they work fantastic for bigger maintenance.
I went through all kinds of caps. I tried everything from 18 up to 50 psi! Definitely wasn’t the cap. There is compression making it’s way out of the cylinders.
Epic as always!!! Glad you figured out that notch trick… I can see myself trying to get the engine to lineup for hours before resorting to that.
We doing Sebring in June?
You know it buddy! I’m hitting the dyno next week so we can run st2 this time!
@@conquercustom You should of done the dyno with the hurt motor! The power would of been so low you would of been able to run slicks and still qualify for ST2 lol.
Def. upload a video of the dyno! I need to get one done as well
@@AndorTobelem I was totally gonna do that! But they didn’t have a dyno slot that would leave me enough time to swap it and get to RA for #globaltimeattack
Any videos of you on the track after the engine swap?
Unfortunately I haven’t been on any of the big tracks since the swap 😢 had tuning issues and then got busy with other stuff.
I did take it to the firm once before it was tuned and it was already a monster 😂
Great video!
Have you had any other failures or anything major come up on the car? How many hours/miles are you at on it?
Not really… a few little things here and there but overall the car is fantastic. I’ve got over 3000 miles in the car. I’m not sure on hours.
@@conquercustom Great to hear! Thanks for the reply.
Im checking one out in a couple weeks and may place an order.
@@gregsraceparts better hurry! The list is getting longer and longer by the day!
@@conquercustom Yep! Talked to Cale today and they are 6 months out, I gotta get on it.
So, you pulled out a Spec sealed engine but you installed a non-sealed engine back in your car, right? How does Rush account for non sealed engines?
You can’t race in the spec series without a factory sealed engine. You can send motors to them to be factory sealed but that’s in the case of them rebuilding or inspecting them.
What's the difference between the gsx-s and the gsx-r? Only asking cause I'm wondering why they don't use the gsx-r
Pretty big difference actually, 50hp difference, better internal parts, and higher rev limit. The reason they didn’t use the Gsxr is to keep costs down. The Gsxr is much more expensive and since Suzuki won’t sell drivetrains they have to buy complete bikes.
Hmm. Was contemplating one of these till I drove a new one which a friend owns. It had some issues from lap one. Leaking brake lines..shift issues..and some other things that should not be happening..on a new track toy. Seeing the difficulty in removing that power unit makes this car come off my radar. 3k miles and it needs an engine? I like wrenching..but prefer to drive a LOT more. Best of luck with yours and the series.
Obviously the choice is yours but you won’t find anything close to it performance or price wise. You can spend twice as much and experience the same problems with their competitors. But try getting those companies on the phone and getting them to fix things promptly. I made this video so people following me can do the work easier.
I drove 3k on an already weakened motor. These call for a rebuild every 150 hours… roughly 10-12k miles. And that’s not because the motor will break, that’s to stay at peak performance for competition. It’s a new company and yes they’ve had some issues out of the door. But they stand behind their cars 100% and bend over backwards to make their customers happy. I’d keep your mind open to them. Just my 2 pennies
@@conquercustom I already own two Ariel Atoms (that will DESTROY the SR...sorry. Yes,more money..but not much more..and no chain,has a car drivetrain and two seats) and a few other track cars...so it's not really something I "need" but I do like the concept of the Rush, and will be driving the friends SR and helping with the wrenching on it. Hopefully driving it more than wrenching.. :)
@@breakawaymotorsports Ah, yea the Atom is a great car! I think the SR is a fantastic training tool. I don’t think it’s the pinnacle of performance or anything. But for a relatively new driver like me there’s nothing better.
@@conquercustom I hear ya and best of luck out there!
@@breakawaymotorsports which atom do you have and do you have lap times for some of the tracks the Rush SR has? I have a road-legal SRA with no aero and I'm contemplating a rush sr as a replacement now. When you say the atom will destroy it, I'd like to know which specific atom version you are referring to.
What does a “sealed” rebuild cost?
Last I heard they were in the 3k ballpark but I don’t believe one has been done by the factory yet. Only replacements at this time.
@@conquercustom thanks!
Expensive does not mean better. 300v is designed to last a race, no longer. It's not a good oil by any means. You got 3k and motor swap? I've got almost 50k miles on my bike, half of those on track with nitrous. Factory motor never touched, just exhaust filter and tune.
The motor overheated the first time out due to a cooling system failure. I drove it another 2995 miles with the failed head gasket/warped head. It kept up with the other cars pretty well still. I just swapped because I was sick of it barfing out all of its water.
I’d be interested to see how much cooler it runs on track without the fans.
Without the fans? Sorry but it would most certainly overheat without fans. The fan malfunction the first time it went out was the reason it overheated and warped the head.
@@conquercustom The radiator fans block a lot of flow through the radiator. I guess it depends on how the air is ducted into the radiator. Are the fans running continuously when the car is in use?
@@bmc3663 The fans only come on above 212 F. The car comes with NACA ducts the feed fresh air directly to the radiator but I don’t use them. I have 2 vents on top of the body that direct fresh air in. But bottom line… look at all production vehicles and race vehicles, they have shrouded fans on radiators to get 100% coverage of air movement over the cooling fins. Unshrouded fans get about 40-50% coverage. Running with no fans would rely solely on airflow through the body which this design doesn’t allow for.
@@conquercustom I see. The vast majority of race cars do not use fans, but sealed radiator ducts so all the air flows through the radiator. In that scenario fans do block flow through the radiator when they are not running. Of course that means you can't sit in the car idling after being on track as there is no through flow without fans. I can see when you don't have a sealed duct that fans would be required.
@@bmc3663 nope it’s catching all the trash air from the engine compartment so fans are a must.
Use Evans coolant
Not a fan, I’ve used their stuff in street cars. Though it has a high boiling point it doesn’t help keep things cooler and it’s also not allowed on the race track. If the car pukes evans all over the track it’ll cause crashes and require clean up. I use Motul or VP racing race ready coolants. Track approved and lower temps.
What ever became of the 66 chevelle follow up from 2 months ago that a lady wanted it within the month and that was it... really?
I’ve posted a few clips on Instagram of it. But the show is called My Dream Car on Fox
@@conquercustom will their be a follow up video on this one?
@@davehibbs9111 I’ve tracked the car quite a bit since the swap. Things are going great. As soon as I’ve got time I’ll be doing a Hayabusa swap.
@@conquercustom Hope you'll upload that video and what issues you run into...if any, and what changes you have to make to the motor.
Where do you race? Id love to share the the track with my Exocet against the Rush.
All over the country but mostly Florida. Sebring is my home track.