He Suzuki Samuraialso known in different parts of the world as Jimny or Santana, has been the living image of what versatility and robustness means for more than five decades. An all-terrain car of barely 3.2 meters long and 900 kilos in weight which is capable of crossing almost any terrain and circumstance proposed by those under its command.
Furthermore, with that peace of mind of knowing that he would not stop even if a Tomahawk missile hit his silhouette. Yes, I know it sounds too grandiloquent, but this is the fame he has hard-earned throughout his commercial life. Also, if not, why do you think Suzuki continues to manufacture and sell it today?
Needless to say, it has a wide community of followers wherever it is present. Under the motto “Designed to face the most adverse weather conditions and terrain, the Jimny goes where other vehicles do not dare” It remains a reference car within off-road culture.
Suzuki Samurai: its bad side… until now
Everything couldn’t be pretty about the design and capabilities of the incombustible Suzuki Samurai. And I say this with complete knowledge, since for a while I drove a Jimny daily. There are three aspects that are truly negative in the model:
- Its consumption (it consumes more than a truck, at least in its gasoline version)
- Comfort (unbearable on the road)
- The limited nature of its benefits.
We don’t know if the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing thought about the first two points when they decided to mount a Hayabusa engine to a Samurai. What is undeniable, from that very moment, is that a Samurai will never again be classified as slow. Because imagine what it must be like to go from the barely 80 HP as standard that Suzuki declares to the approximately 180 HP that emanate from the Hayabusa’s four-cylinder mechanics.
In the process they have had to overcome various setbacks, although the final result, as is usual in each and every one of their projects, is truly beastly. Let us remember that these people, among other mechanical madness, are the creators of the Monster Chopper with a KTM engine; the fastest golf cart in the world equipped with an R1 engine or that three-wheeled devil’s spawn based on a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Of course, this Suzuki Samurai with a Hayabusa engine is not the first preparation in which they make use of the powerful block of the GSX-R1300. Previously, they did the same with an ElectraMeccanica Sol, which also appears in some of the shots of the video where the Samurai’s mutation process until becoming the “SamuBusa”or something like that. A true mechanical aberration, one of those that the members of the SMN editorial team like and admire so much; Does the same thing happen to you? If so, leave it in the comment, thank you!
