I noticed some of the persons who post on here mentioning they have
purchased higher compression pistons (I think they may be buying them from the NC
seller).
If you go with higher compression pistons, you will need to switch over to
a higher octane gas. If you start "souping up" the engine, you will be
obtaining worse fuel economy all the time.
If you want to keep the Honda 600 fuel economy but increase the horsepower,
I would suggest using a nitrous oxide system. With the nitrous system,
you can pick how much boost you would like....10%, 20%, 50%. You will need to
ensure your engine can handle the extra stress and heat which means you will
need the pistons, rings, and crankshaft in excellent shape. If you are
wanting a 10 or 20% increase in horsepower, I believe the stock engine parts can
handle this for short durations.
When the nitrous system is off, your engine runs with the standard Honda
600 carb. When you activate the nitrous system (by pushing a NOx system on
switch and depressing the accelerator pedal to the floor which activates another
switch which sprays nitrous and fuel into the intake). With the nitrous
circuit turned on, the carb is merely acting as a pathway for air to enter the
engine. Fuel and nitrous are sprayed directly into the intake and provide
the horsepower boost.
The nitrous system is good for short bursts of power (10 seconds or less)
and would be good for when you need quick acceleration. If you need the extra
hp because you are doing towing or climbing steep hills for several miles,
nitrous is not the solution.
In summary, a nitrous system gives you the extra horsepower when it is
needed and lets you retain all the benefits of a stock engine when the nitrous
system is off.
Dale
Have any of you rebuilt the 600 engines with the specific intent of
pumping out more horses than the 35 or so that they normally get?
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Does anyone have any info or pictures on the turbinique? I believe they
were sold in the 1960s and people would put them in their cars and go karts.
They were a miniture jet engine (turbine) and generated lots of power.
Stick a turbinique in your Honda 600.
enjoy,
Dale
PS In the 1970s, J & J Performance of Culver City, California sold a hop
up kit which boosted the compression to 12:1. The kit consisted of pistons,
rings, wrist pin, and high compression head gasket.
Honda sold a "Hawaiian" version of the Honda 600 car which derived its
increased performance from a different cam profile and different exhaust design.
I think the carb and pistons were the same as the mainland Honda 600 (someone
will post here if I am wrong). So, you could take a stock camshaft to a
cam grinding shop and have it ground for a different profile. And you could
have an exhaust specialty shop make you a higher performance exhaust system.
Have any of you rebuilt the 600 engines with the specific intent of
pumping out more horses than the 35 or so that they normally get?
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were sold in the 1960s and people would put them in their cars and go karts.
They were a miniture jet engine (turbine) and generated lots of power.
Stick a turbinique in your Honda 600.
enjoy,
Dale
PS In the 1970s, J & J Performance of Culver City, California sold a hop
up kit which boosted the compression to 12:1. The kit consisted of pistons,
rings, wrist pin, and high compression head gasket.
Honda sold a "Hawaiian" version of the Honda 600 car which derived its
increased performance from a different cam profile and different exhaust design.
I think the carb and pistons were the same as the mainland Honda 600 (someone
will post here if I am wrong). So, you could take a stock camshaft to a
cam grinding shop and have it ground for a different profile. And you could
have an exhaust specialty shop make you a higher performance exhaust system.
Have any of you rebuilt the 600 engines with the specific intent of
pumping out more horses than the 35 or so that they normally get?
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