{"id":2986,"date":"2014-01-02T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:40:20","slug":"buggy-powered-by-yamaha-r1-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"Buggy Powered by a Yamaha R1 Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Facebook friends gave us a tip about this buggy being powered by a Yamaha R1 motorcycle engine. Since the engine puts out 150 horsepower and the buggy weighs 551 pounds, we are looking at a power-to-weight ratio of 3.67 lbs\/hp. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_5hFBn69buU?si=_3Q88wJQcR_wEnqz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@nistei\">nistei<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our Facebook friends gave us a tip about this buggy being powered by a Yamaha R1 motorcycle engine. Since the engine puts out 150 horsepower and the buggy weighs 551 pounds, we are looking at a power-to-weight ratio of 3.67 lbs\/hp. Source: nistei<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buggy"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4026,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4026","url_meta":{"origin":2986,"position":0},"title":"Buggy with a Yamaha R1 Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is what you get when you take a 551 lb (250 kg) buggy and install a Yamaha R1 motorcycle engine capable of a 150 hp (110 kW) and 108 Nm (79 lb-ft) of torque. 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