Chris, I cannot agree on that. There was no way a Sprite could compete
with the S800. OK, it was a bit spartan, but so was the original Sprite.
Later Sprites and Midgets had a different suspension set up that was a
lot more compliant
The Honda watercooled engine was a gem which could take 10.000rpm quite
easily if balanced and was very tunable. On the track it ran rings
around the Sprite with its fairly agricultural engine.
They were quite popular track cars here at the time together with BMWs,
DKWs, Abarths, Coopers, Glas', Alfettas etc.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Chris Dimmock schreef:
> Don't know about the S500, but we had S600s and S800s here.
> The s600 was literally a motorcycle drivetrain fitted to a car body.
> Literally.
> Chain drive to the rear wheels (not a tail shaft) and an aircooled
> engine that revved to 8 or 9,000 rpm. And very little torque.
> The S800 had a tailshaft rather than a chain drive, and I think it was
> watercooled, but don't quote me on that. They were far inferior to a
> Sprite, very Spartan and basic (and that's far more Spartan than a
> spridget!!!!)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 30/12/2009, at 3:34 PM, "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Donald (or maybe Geoffrey) said really bad things about the Honda
>> S500-800 in one of the Healey books they wrote in comparing it to the
>> Sprite, but I have also read some fairly good reviews of the cars,
>> pretty rare over here, never have seen one in the flesh let alone
>> driven one.
>>
>> Greg Lemon
>>
>> " They already knew: Honda S500-S800
>> Kees Oudesluijs"
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