Suzuki Hayabusa RCC TURBOS Stage 1 Turbo Kit (1999 – 2007): A Thorough Review.
The RCC Turbos Stage 1 Turbo Kit for the Suzuki Hayabusa Generation 1 (1999 – 2007) is one of the best, if not the best entry-level Turbo kit available for the famed Suzuki Hayabusa.
Regardless if you’re looking
to finally Turbo your Hayabusa or you’re tired of dealing with a homemade Turbo
Kit that you bought off eBay, this is the perfect Turbo Kit for you, with a lot
of room to grow in the future. Ruthless Performance Motorsports must warn you
that turbocharging your motorcycle can be addictive and the installation of
this Turbo Kit on your motorcycle, may never allow you to be happy riding
another non-turbocharged motorcycle, ever again. This RCC Turbo Kit comes with
everything you need to install it a Turbo system on your Busa and will deliver
consistent reliable performance for years to come. Right out-of-the-box this
turbocharger kit will make 250 hp on pump gas, without any engine modifications
and it also fits inside the stock bodywork for that sleeper look, although it
is hard to hide the sound of a set of Turbo Dump Pipes hanging outside you’re
BUSA (full and shorty exhaust with muffler available as an option, for those of
you who want your bike as quiet as stock or close to it). The custom Garrett Turbo that comes with this
kit will support over 400 hp by adding the RCC Turbos secondary fuel system and
with slight engine modifications, and no need to buy another Turbo to upgrade
this kit.
RCC Turbos are known for their professional quality,
top-of-the-line components, that are all backed by over two decades of research
and development, which can be seen across their entire line of Turbo kits. On a
personal note, I have been running RCC Turbo kits on my personal bikes for well
over a decade now and have been friends with the owner, Richard Peppler, for
just as long. The quality and
craftsmanship of the entire line of RCC Turbo kits is of the highest quality
available. From the easy to follow instructions, to the thoroughly designed and
engineered system, industry-leading components, show quality finish, you get
everything you need to turbocharge your Suzuki Hayabusa.
The custom-built Garrett Turbo that comes with this kit can
easily support over 400 hp, yet still scpools up at low RPM, with great
throttle response. The specifications of this Garrett turbocharger are a
closely guarded industry secret, which has been developed and tweaked, by over a
decade of research and testing. Don’t bother asking for any information on this
unit, as you simply won’t receive any. As you can see from the photographs
available on the product page (available in the link above), this Turbo comes
with a custom intake compressor housing and custom exhaust turbine housing,
which are custom cast for RCC Turbos and cannot be purchased anywhere except
through RCC Turbos and their distributors.
Although the center unit, bearings, compressor wheel and turbine wheel
are all manufactured specifically for RCC Turbos by Garrett Turbos. The great
thing about this turbocharger is it’s the perfect choice for a stage I kit,
offering quick spool times and very little Turbo lag, but at the same time
offering enough flow to produce over 400 hp, if you choose to upgrade in the
future.
The Custom Billet Aluminum RCC Turbos Airbox (Intake Plenum)
is nothing less than a work of art, with years of research and development in
its production. This unit offers form, function, quality, and beauty, all with
the rugged durability only a custom CNC machined billet piece of aluminum can
offer. Those of you who have been
turbocharging motorcycles for years, may have either had this happen to you or
have heard stories of a Turbo charger kit on a motorcycle backfiring and
destroying the fabricated sheet-metal intake Plenum, that the vast majority of
Turbo kits still to this day come with. With the custom billet intake Plenum
from RCC Turbos, those worries are a thing of the past. Pictures that are
available on the product page in the link above, can only give you an idea of
the beauty and craftsmanship of this piece. You really need to hold it in your
hands to fully appreciate the quality of this product, as well as its beauty.
Boost from this kit is controlled via the industry-leading
38 mm Tial Sport MVS wastegate (external). While many Turbo kits on the market
today rely on an internally gated Turbo to save money on components, they are
also sacrificing performance. Tial is the industry leader in both wastegate
technology and BOV (Blow-off Valve), as well as Turbo exhaust housings. The
quality and performance of these external wastegate’s are second to none in the
industry and come standard with the RCC TURBOS Stage 1 & 2 Turbo Kits. This
kit includes a number of wastegate springs to allow you to increase or decrease
the boost level of your kit. This kit comes installed with the proper spring
for this kit and base map, which are included. But since this kit can be easily
upgraded, RCC Turbos supplies you with additional springs for various boost
levels. The Tial Sport external wastegate comes with many industry-leading
innovations, such as multiple vacuum port locations for ease of installation,
as well as ports for water cooling (which is unnecessary on a motorcycle Turbo
Kit, as the wastegate is open to air), but it’s nice to know that the option is
there. The stainless steel and aluminum construction and machining of these
wastegate’s are second to none and will give you years of trouble-free,
reliable performance. If you choose to upgrade to a Stage II kit, the use of
this external wastegate will allow you to run a two-stage boost configuration or
utilize a boost controllers such as the NLR AMS 1000, which can progressively
ramp up your boost pressure based on time, and what gear you’re in or a number
of other factors. You may be wondering why you would want to progressively
control your Turbo kit’s boost, instead of just throwing in the biggest spring
you can in riding it that way. Well the answer is simple, there’s just only so
much boost that the bike and rider can handle at a dead stop or low speed
situations, which can easily flip your bike over or smoke your tire into
oblivion. Although it must be said, that Stage 1 kits do not allow you to
change boost pressure once the tune is set on this kit, as a factory computer
does not reference boost and cannot adjust the fuel demands for varying boost
pressures across the entire RPM range. This functionality is only available in
the RCC Turbos Stage 2 kits, Race kits and Ultra kits of the RCC line, but as I said, it’s
great to have the highest quality parts with the option to do more in the future.
Nothing says turbocharge motorcycle like a set of dumb pipes
sticking out the side fairings, giving off that amazing turbocharged exhaust
note. RCC Turbos has developed its 304-grade stainless steel header in flanges,
over years of development, which is why they offer a two-year warranty on all
craftsmanship, cracking pipes and fitment. Yes, you heard me correctly, RCC
Turbos actually casts their own stainless-steel exhaust flanges, that are used
to create their stainless-steel Turbo header. (Pictures of these are available
in the link above) The exhaust Dump Pipes are also high-grade stainless steel,
for years of trouble-free performance and reliability. They can also be
polished to a near mirror finish, which gives you that chrome exhaust pipe look
hanging out your fairing. Custom Polished Aluminum charge pipes are standard in
this kit from the turbo to the billet airbox, for that custom and
uncompromising RCC look.
RCC Turbos have been an innovator in turbocharging
motorcycles for over a decade and you can see this in their fuel system.
Included in this Turbo Kit is a custom RCC Billet Rising Rate Regulator (FMU), which
controls fuel pressure. These units are
manufactured by RCC Turbos and designed specifically for the RCC Turbos line of
Turbo kits, although will work great on any other Stage 1 Kit. These units are
a rising rate fuel pressure regulator, unlike the 1:1 ratio fuel pressure regulator
that come with the Stage II Turbo kit and the other kits in the RCC Turbo Kit
line that create even more horsepower. A raising rate fuel pressure regulator
works differently than a 1:1 rate regulator, in that it raises the fuel
pressure at a rate that is disproportionately higher than the boost pressure. Where
a 1:1 rate fuel pressure regulator would increase fuel pressure in your fuel
system one psi for every one psi of boost, to compensate for the increased Boost
pressure in the intake which would actually eventually start pushing fuel back
through the fuel injectors, if you did not raise the fuel pressure equally as
boost pressure was being raised. This fuel pressure regulator increases the
fuel pressure more than the boost pressure applied to the system. The main
advantage of this is you do not have to change your STOCK fuel injectors; the
stock injectors will work just fine and still be able to both supply enough
fuel for the turbo kit under boost and run like a stock motorcycle while off
boost. This rising rate fuel pressure regulator is just one more example of why
RCC Turbos is a leader in the industry of boost.
Supplying the fuel to this system is an aftermarket electric
fuel pump, fittings and fuel filter capable of producing over 400 hp. So, in the
future if you want to upgrade your Turbo Kit to make over 400 hp, no need to
change your fuel system, just switch over to secondary injection and use a 1:1
ratio fuel pressure regulator. This Turbo system also comes with all the
fittings required to integrate this Turbo Kit into the factory fuel rail and
seamlessly mount to the gas tank and connectors, no need for custom
fabrication.
When we say this is a complete kit, we mean it, as this kit
also includes all the bits and pieces to finish off your installation. From
bolts that need to be changed from those supplied from the factory, to vacuum
lines, to the fittings on the turbo and lines to handle the oil, this kit comes
with everything you need. Oil comes from a custom fitting that mount right to
the engine, which connects to a stainless-steel braided oil feed line, which
goes to the correct oil feed fitting for the turbo. Oil drainage from the turbo
is handled through the included turbo drain fitting, oil line are supplied and
fittings and a custom AN fitting that is installed directly into your oil pan
(as a drain). As I said before, this kit literally comes with everything you
need from start to finish.
You must be asking yourself at this point, what about a base
fuel map, does that come with the kit? Of course, it does. The kit is supplied
with a base map for The Dyno Jet Power Commander or upon request for those who
use the ECU-Editor or Woolich Racing ECU flashing software, those maps are also
available upon request. As with any and every turbo kit that Ruthless
Performance Motorsports sells to our customers, we highly recommend you have
these Turbo kits tuned on a Dino by a qualified tuner, who is experienced in
tuning turbocharged applications. Or at the very least, obtain a data logging
unit that is wideband 02 sensor capable. Although the base map will get you
close to where you want to be, to get every last bit of power out of a turbo
kit, you should always have them tuned properly.
In conclusion, in my personal opinion that comes with over
two decades of running boosted applications, I can confidently say the RCC
Turbos Suzuki Hayabusa Stage 1 Turbo Kit is one of the best or if not the best Stage
1 Turbo kits available on the market today, as well as the entire line of RCC
Turbo kits. At Ruthless Performance Motorsports we sell, install, and use on
our personal motorcycles Turbo kits from the line of RCC Turbos, we can’t offer
any better recommendation than that. With RCC Turbos you always know you’re
getting quality, reliability, and industry exclusive two-year warranty.