>Don't know about TRs, but the Honda 600 Coupe I had
I have only driven the roadsters. Lotsa revs. Roller-bearings in the engine.
No oil pressure gauge, because there is no oil pressure.
Was your car the tiny "Honda Z", or did that come later? Your car was RWD,
I am not sure if the Honda Z was a front-drive car, a variant of the 600 sedan
known to some as the "Japanese Mini".
>used 4 Mikuni
>(siq) Carbs on a beautiful twin cam all aluminum, roller bearing
>engine that happily turned 8000 rpm. Of course this was still only
>80 mph in fourth, but it was a real fun car, had independent rear
>swing axles that were chain driven!!
No. Not swing axles. They are full trailing arms. Swing axles move in an
arc coplanar with a section of the car as in a Spitfire. Trailing arms move
in an arc coplanar with a profile of the car, as in some VW water-pumpers.
In the Honda RWD minicars, the chain runs on the arm. Very motorcycle-like.
Makes a ton of noise. A jacket on the rear shelf helps.
>At the local Hawaii autocrosses
>it was a Spridget killer :-)
Nice that you got it to handle well enough for that. BMC was afraid that the
acceleration of the 600 roadster was going to cost them a lot of Spridget sales.
Then they drove the stock Honda 600 and decided the handling was inferior
enough
that they need not worry. Perhaps they are right. BMC built over a million
Spridgets and few people have ever seen the Honda cars.
Phil Ethier
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