there is a honda s-600 coupe that runs with the svra owned by a rather nice
fellow from north carolina. it goes like stink, and it sounds incredible
winding out down a long straight!
chuck.
----- Original Message -----
From Kent J. Miller <Bushwacker4 at prodigy.net>
To: Spridgets <Spridgets@autox.team.net>; <guy@weller-lakes.greatxscape.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Fw: Cams
> Hey Guy,
>
> It was a Honda S-600, available as a convertible or a coupe. Had a chain
> drive too! Used to race against one that had a Mazda rotary in it. Damn it
> was fast!!!
>
> They looked a lot like Spridgets too.
>
> Kent
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guy Weller < >
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 3:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Cams
>
>
> > I was meaning in the sense that you don't build a lightweight 2 seater
> > with a small engine and then rely on low rev oumph to get you around!
> > And anyway, when these engines were first built, (1947 I think ?) they
> > were relatively fast reving compared to other simple road-going stuff
> > at the time. Given the way the engines were developed, rather than
> > designed I guess it is at which point in time you think the engine was
> > first "invented". You can even take the A-series back to the 1934
> > side-valve that it originated from. Even by 1958 when the engine was
> > used in the Sprite there was little else around that one would call
> > high reving. Honda wasn't yet on the scene!
> > The Honda S700 was a real "rev-elation" <g> to the British motor
> > industry as were the first "sewing machine" Honda bikes.
> > Guy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
> > To: "Guy Weller" <guy@weller-lakes.greatxscape.net>
> > Cc: <Daniel1312@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: 16 November 2000 00:36
> > Subject: Re: Cams
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Whoa! Who said these cars were made to rev. If you mean the
> > original
> > > design was for a high revving engine, you're way off base. If you
> > > design for a hi-revver, you make it oversquare, free-flowing, etc.
> > > OTOH, if you mean you can _make_ it rev up, OK, I'll go along with
> > > that.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > CR
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