VFR800-Powered, RWD 1972 Honda N600 - One Take
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This 1972 Honda N600 was the first production car Honda ever built. They are quite a rare sight today, this one being the only one I have ever seen in person. This example is highly modified, with the engine from a Honda VFR800 Interceptor motorcycle, a squential gearbox, rear-drive configuration, and a 12,000 RPM redline. This car is very fast, very fun, and is one of a very few cars I've ever tested where I have offered to buy it on the spot.
The full build is worth checking out on Wheelwell!
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Hey guys, Dean here (builder).. wanted to drop in with a very sincere thank you to Mat and One Take for the love you've given this car.. Steve (the owner) told me this was video was going up today.. I still can't get the smile off of my face from watching Mat drive it .... During the time that I built and drove the car, I was always amazed at the positive vibes this little buzz bomb created.. So gratifying to see it here, and all of the positive comments- thank you ;-)
cc runner congratulations on the build! Well done on creating a baby Nascar!
cc runner 💪😎👍
One guy proving that you don't need a gazillion horsepower car made of unobtanium to make your cheeks hurt from smiling from ear to ear.
Thats what its all about!
cc runner helluva car you built there, Dean! I'm eyeing my VFR and wondering ....what if?? oh by the way, Why DID you choose the VFR powertrain, if you don't mind my asking?
dude well done. You should still be building these
This just might be the coolest car ever on this channel
d1pz9 someone says this in every smoking tire video
But this time, d1pz9 is right.
I agree. This is one of the cooler car I've ever seen
The Camry is still the best one he have done!
spit fire I highly doubt that.
Thats my old engine!!! I'm 99% sure I sold that motor to the builder "Dean Williams" in 2012 when I lived in orange county... What a trip!!
Spoke with Dean and confirmed it... Small world!! Badass car!
@@colinhendricks4122 that's awesome. That car carries all the memories you had on the bike with it.
@@runninggames771 What everyone doesn't know is Colin badly maintains motorbikes. Never checks or services them.
@@mezalong I've seen some really Savage things in the comments of CZcams but you just crossed a line.
@@boxedfender4810 I don't muck about when it comes to lubrication. Pants round your ankles n barrel mode.
Screw the million dollar sports cars, its the crazy stuff like this, thats the most fun
well said! I'd buy 10 of those rather than a ferrari!
Took more than check writing ability to get this, at least for the builder.
RIGHT?? THAT SOUND
@@richardcarr6493 fucking losers rationalizing being poor
The image of that man putting along at 12k rpm is the greatest thing ever.
Sean Petersen I'd hope he's shifting at 12k
Sean Petersen 12k with that hat on
Absolute legend
My honda goes upto 18k rpm
This is a true sports car. This is infinitely more fun than any 500-plus horsepower car that you can name.
You can review all of the McLarens and Lamborghini's you want, but none of them are remotely as amazing as this N600
He should install a quick shifter. So you would only really need the clutch for 1st
Rick Rucker The debate is coming from people who don't really get engineering I think, the design of the gear teeth is literally meant for it as long as you match the rpms close enough. A quick shifter is one step further and matches those rpms for you with a properly timed fuel cut mid-shift. If I were to venture a guess as to why the owner said to use the clutch, probably because this weighs roughly triple the weight of the bike and a bad shift will result in a substantial amount more torque applied to that motorcycle transmission
Then id tell him to use the clutch too. These Trans gearing is 500 rpm apart, he clearly revved 3k rpms to rev match a down shift. clutch = random ppl not fucking your syncro
Said the guy who probly doesn't even own a motorcycle. Go fuck yourself.
I own one too. Keep thinking you matter when you don't
Dear Dean Williams,
Please start a company doing something similar to what Singer does with Porsches, except just build these Honda N600s. People would buy them like mad for the right price.
No, they wouldn't...
I think ZCars is as close as we'll ever get to this.
5 years per car...yea hardly anyone would be able to afford it. and only about 3 or 4 of the people that could afford it probably would be able to get their hands on it. Still a nice car. Dean should instead give a full list of mods so that other car guys could build it as well.
+INDIGO VEGAS The first one is always the slowest, once you get standardization and production going, it's going to be fast. I do agree that it still would be expensive. I'd still buy one in a heart beat if I had the money, though.
Kriste Isopahkala Yea its definitely worth the price. I'd buy one too. Even if it isn't the fastest car, its still one of the coolest. maybe he'll see this comment thread and get some ideas
I came back for my yearly dose of bike powered n600. That sound.
SeenCreaTive dude same😂
#me_too 😂😂😂
This video is evergreen
Yeah, once a year is about right. That v4 sound is too good.
Now I'm just waiting for somebody to put a Yamaha crossplane r1 engine in one of these cars.
Now that I learned that this car exists, suddenly the world sucks a little less :-)
WRXXXual ur right!
WRXXXual hahaha yes makes me want to buy n build one now..
WRXXXual I couldn't agree more!
I keep thinking of an SV1000 twin in it instead of the VFR800...ooohhh my!
top 10 coolest cars of the year, this is it.
Never seen Matt enjoy driving a car this much in a long time
This video and Matt’s happiness of this Honda just made my morning.
Watch the One-Take of Corbin Williams' Trolls Royce. "Six and three qwahtah Rolls Royce V8 -- running around 10PSI from a garret spooly boi, radiator in the trunk with piping running over the roof. Has a Ford Truck manual that Corbin had to do custom fabbing to fit, had to order special off-road shocks and springs because the shock column is so tall but Matt goes just as bonkers in that one as this car because it drives so well for such an unexpected vehicle. And it sounds like a Powerstroke lol
12k redline + a tiny honda = smiles on smiles for Matt.
David Hennessey unique, but only does high 14sec 1/4 miles :( ........
MrDulvalius69 sometimes it not about the numbers, its all about the joy!
David Hennessey agree, but with a slow car on a road course...not much joy in that. this car belongs at a car show, and at cruise night, nothing more.
He could always go forced induction to resolve the power issue.
stock hp though. Engine compartment's got space for a turbo...
It should have holes in the floor so you can reverse Fred Flintstone style.
I'm kind of surprised the owner or builder hasn't added a small like 3 or 4 hp electric motor to directly power the wheels for a make-do reverse. It would be enough to just move the car at least on a flat surface.
Just carry an oar and stick it out the window
there are other less Rube Goldberg ways to make it reverse. see Quaife.
i thinks it's better to have "THAT ONE CAR" that is so weird... making it normal would kinda ruin the oddity and character of it.
This car is so odd that I'm sure he wouldn't have much trouble getting a volunteer to push it. Or he just has to make sure to bring someone whenever he drives it.
115 horsepower...
And a guy that's driven almost every sort of car you can think of is having the time of his life.
Let's think about that for a moment.
I'm honestly sick and tired of the fighting for Nurburgring lap times, the latest million dollar hypercars that will be yesterday's news in a few months, or the basic-bro meat heads who's fullest extent of creativity is to copy-and-paste a 1000 hp LS or 2JZ swap to do nothing but impress their basic-bro friends and show off on CZcams. I could care less if the top speed of that thing was 100 mph. The ear to ear smile on Matt's face and the scream of that engine speak for themselves.
Reuben Solly I was thinking the exact same thing
Reuben Solly dude you could have said it better.
Absolutely! I also hate it how manufacturers now produce 400-500hp and even more fat pigs weighting over 1700 kilos and cheap fun little sport cars are neglected...
>high horsepower 2jz and ls swaps are meant for turning
>tiny cars with bike engines are meant for drag racing
apples and oranges m8
血塊 pp In Europe tiny cars with bike engines are used in hill climb events and slaloms / gymkhana races. Nothing cares speed trough a corner better than a lightweight car.
One of the least powerful cars on this channel, but quite possibly the best!
Henry Kincaid idk that super modified jag was my favorite. I think we all just like actual builds and swaps
They used to make a supercharger kit for VFRs. Slap that on, and they can put 180hp to the wheel. If that dude could get his hands on one, that would be fucking fantastic.
Turbo this baby and it will match anything with the powerband that it has
Anthony Antoine hell yeah, this thing would fuckin slap with a supercharger
This man is a damn connoisseur. What a unique car!
Well Dean is the main connoisseur
Man, whoever this Dean Williams is, wherever he is, he's a goddamn legend...
Rocknium1 Maybe that's the US spelling? It's spelt the way I spelt it here in Australia
carnnoisseur :)
Albert F you spelled it right fuck that other guy
As someone who's owned 5 VFR's over the past 35 year's, and is now too old to ride anymore, the sound of this little car made my heart ache for the good old days ! Nothing sounded sweeter than a tuned VFR note through a Yosh pipe at about 10,000 rpms !
Love the car and have had plenty of ideas to make something similar since hanging up the helmet ! ❤
I don't think I've ever seen Matt get so quiet in a one take, this thing literally left him speechless. What an amazing car.
This thing sounds SO good, it sounds like a high-revving crossplane V8 due to the 180 degree crankshaft V4.
I've never seen Matt with a happier face than here...it must have been a truly special car...
ever see him at a buffet?
If things went any better he would have showed his "O" face. "Say hello to Lumberg for me!"
@@twistedtaipan3862 His TPS game is strong...lol
He talked about this car again on the podcast recently and said he still wants to buy it
That is the first time I've ever seen Matt smiling non-stop, from the start of the video, till the end, which says a lot about that cool little car.
And that my friends, is what we call a masterpiece.
VFRs sound so damn good...i have a '97 vfr750 and it has a semi gutted muffler...still relatively quiet but sounds like both a V8 down low and a F1 car up in the higher RPMs...especially with the gear driven cams
Anyone that disliked this video should be banned from all car channels.
ban from the internet, you mean.
ban from life, you mean.
and coffee adverts
Yer Boss Well, that seems pretty aggressive for absolutely no reason.
idiotfieldmouse you know i to dont get the dislikes i mean i would never think of building something like this but wooooow is it cool
Best one take, ever. Thing sounds like a baby Judd V8
That's exactly what this thing sounds like lol. I was thinking Ford/Cosworth DFV but a Judd V8 is the closest sound.
rp20832 Yes I was thinking that too...Cosworth v8 but Judd even more so.
rp20832 Lol, I wondered if somebody else was thinking that.
I didn't notice until you pointed out, but damn dude you're dead on! Listen to this N600, then the Judd V8 190e... The similarity is uncanny!
it is a V4...
The best smoking tire One take episode there is to this date.
I don't think I ever saw Matt smile so much!
yeah, and I have smiled all the way through out this video. Must be seeing a car guy REALLY enjoying a car, that's why!
Mark's Random Videos That was my thought too. Never seen Matt so happy in any car.
I think the only time he came close to this, was with the 650whp EVO VIII !
Watch the 3 wheeled Morgan video. I have to say that was higher on the smiles per mile meter. This is definitely a close second. Either way..awesome video.
Matt..please get a 360 camera. I'd love to watch your videos with my VR headset.
Yes ! True, that car was fun but scary at the same time
That is the fucking sickest sounding little car I have ever heard in my life. Matt buy one!
you mean motorcycle.. lol
Try riding on top of a 800cc V4...
reportedly the best all around bike Honda built
Ken Howell not really. It is a motorcycle for middle aged men.
It is a sport tourer, a gentlemans sport bike. Fast, comfortable, refined, reliable, excellent build quality, exotic engine configuration, great handling, great sound, and a true racing heritage going back to the 80's. You have no idea how important the VF and VFR bikes were. Im going to guess you are a young fuckboy on some kind of 1000cc or 600cc supersport. Im 20 and have owned one. You get a much more linear of a power band and more torque as opposed to an inline 4.
Could NOT stop grinning at this little beast. Those cam driven gears in the VFR800- possibly the best sounding bike ever made when uncorked.
Apart from the 750, that is ;)
Bullet proof engines- very mild factory tune.
personally prefer the 1st Gen with 180-degree crank (slightly different lope & sound), but everything till v-tec & elimination of gear-driven cams still sounds insanely good! but esp with that Supertrapp pipe burble!
CBX1000 would like a word
@@ToxicHorsePucky CBX is cool but ive owned both...the VFR750 i have now sounds better tbh. I do miss that CBX but i made a KILLING on it
Undoubtedly one of the most craziest and cleanest projects ever completed.
-VFR800 motorcycle engine+transmission
-Miata NA front and rear suspension, with Ford 7.5in rear axle to convert to RWD
I don't think I've smiled so much through a video like this ever....damn laughing is contagious.
This video never gets old. Between the sounds and the permanent smile on Matt’s face it’s great.
All the advertisers should come to Matt!
All the advertisers should come on Matt!
All the advertisers should come on Matt!
All the advertisers should come with Matt!
He is driving over the speedlimit which is a microaggression for the lefties
😆👏🏻
Props to the builder for using a unique v4 motor, as apposed to doing what everyone does (Hayabusa or R1 motor).
true, but even those motors wouldve been cool in this car. admittedly, it wouldnt have the same sound which is spot on in this car.
VFR 1200 nowhere near as good due to the different crank angle.
Dontcallmeshirley sadly not even close. The 800s can be pushed well over 200 horse. The vtec would be nice for the little extra grunt from two valve down low. Everyone gets that backwards. Instead of the fifth cylinder ala rc211v Honda instead made the 1200 monstrosity that looks fine on paper but can't hang with a warmed over 750 or 800. It gets better fuel economy though right? Umm no. More durable? Also no. Better for upgrades? Nope. PC does almost nothing. Exhaust is an exercise in wasted money and really building one gets a broken engine fairly quickly. It wouldn't live long in a 1400 pound car either. Don't get me wrong they really aren't bad bikes but for the original asking price very disappointing. Honda heard the howls of frustration aaaand back comes the 800. In further neutered from "to enhance midrange performance ". Also still a fine machine at leftover prices. Some below 5k. But not exactly the firebreather the endurance racing bikes were in the 80s. Staying with the v4 a real upgrade would be the motus chevy/Honda/Ducati Frankenstein thing that just works. Or vmax 1700 or burly aftermarket twin or zx14. I'm a Honda guy but it's getting hard to defend brutally outdated overpriced products.
Dontcallmeshirley yeah that turned into a little more of a rant than I meant when I started writing. The 1200 is an okay bike. Just not close to living up to the hype. When they set out to replace the vfr 1100xx and pan/st all in one bike we expected more. Yeah at peak it's about 50 more horsepower, but the nasty dead spot between about three and five thousand makes it ride like a lot less. And yes it would take a serious build to be over 200 reliable horsepower, but a small car would be ideal for it. Lots of room for an intercooler or two so the supercharger does what it really should. I guess we were just spoiled in the 90s with giant leaps forward every couple years. Now it seems like its kind of the chicken and egg thing between shrinking sales and lack of innovation. The new bikes in general are fine of course. I built and rode a few. And get the itch to do something new again. The fire blades for example. The latest greatest can shave a few hundredths off on a well groomed track, but from a real world standpoint your 07 is just as good. And in my opinion preferred because it was/is just a good bike. Without the electronic childproofing the bike media and manufacturers have put ahead of hard engineering. Currently on an 05 rc51 btw. Older but still works. And yeah I miss the v4 burble down low and shriek at the top. Wish Honda would hear that and give us what they could have built.
Yamaha's cross plane I4 has the same firing rhythm as a V4, but almost twice as much power in R1 trim. A larger displacement V4, like the Motus V4 would sound also sound great.
here we are 4 years later and I have still yet to find a car that puts a smile on my face like this one does. Its criminal this video only has 850k views
This is the single coolest car that's been on this show.
themilkinator33. OR Coyote Cayman OR LS3 Jag. HOW BOW DAH
That's actually my number two, damn fine car
that man knows hes driving a gem
it's a brilliant way around the inconveniences of motorcycling, just make the helmet bigger till you can fit a friend! =P
Brendan Lenti bahahaha love this comment!
This car has no reverse....
@@patw9175 I bet you can add some weird electric shit to make it roll back. Like a reverse starter from a Goldwing.
@@patw9175 good thing you can take a friend with you to push it when needed!
Pat W don’t need reverse, just stick a foot out and push against the ground
This is really fucking cool. More people should do this. I wish we had more high revving engines as well though. I feel like it would be cooler then anything else. More fun that way.
Kuddlesworth NA high revving engines are the coolest, best sounding and most fun!
High revving V12 engines are the coolest. That scream is just great.
Rotarys rock too, shame they aren't used more
blame the epa. Theyre smokey like 2-strokes :-/
I've always wanted to do this with two Ducati motors :D just need to find the right pre 75 car, same day this will be done.
Love this channel. Matt is one of the chilliest car enthusiast. Very opened minded. Porsches and Ferraris have there place in the world and are amazing. But the one offs and unique vehicles like this Honda, are what makes The Smoking Tire, stand out as a top tier car channel that the Internet has to offer. Love to see Matt's love for cars come out like it did with this Honda. Solid review guy. Keep them coming!!!
The fact that he’s still got the VFR tank cover on there is so cool.
One of the best sound tracks I've heard on One Take. So cool.
Matt's face has sold me on this car. Insert take my money meme here!
A little Honda with the sound of a BRM V16. What in the world!
Coolest car ive seen for a while, Matt looks so happy I want a go in it. XD
This is everything great about Honda bikes put into a Honda car. Just one of the coolest builds I have ever seen.
I lost track of how many times I've come back to watch this.
When Matt opened up the exhaust, it reminded me of the in car sound of a nascar
I Love that V4 sound. This is what happiness looks like.
11:49 the fact that everybody who had met Matt up on the mountain to film their cars that morning was on the edge of the road cheering it on as it flew by at a 12k full chap speaks to how much joy this little thing brings to everybody who encounters it. You can't drive this and be sad.
" i feel like senna in Monaco " this is the type of cars && feeling people live for!
leo salvador yup I would have said Senna on Suzuka
At least it's better than feeling like Senna on Imola.
Mark ouch
some one tag Moog ...quick!
Yeh they would love this.
@MCMMoog... Damn it.
The smile on Matts face, just makes you wanna build one yourself !
And the sound of a V4 is just perfect !!
This is definitely one of the coolest cars you have ever done.
hands down the coolest one take ever
On a cool scale from 1 to 10 a Ferrari is a 10...this thing is a 12!!
slspg Ferrari is like a 4
two years later and this is still my favourite One Take of all damn time
*This has to be one of, if not THE best cars to ever be featured on this channel. The builder of this N600 built a damn fine car, and it really shows, through the build quality (from what I can see on WheelWell) and the driving dynamics on video.*
I know this was four years ago but I regularly think about how cool this build is and how giddy Mat is while driving it. Mad respect!
this is my new favorite one take
This thing is freakin awesome. Son of a bitch screams.
I died when he opened the dump pipes at 9:11, This thing is a monster!
And I thought it was already on the loud mode lol. I completely forgot that Matt turn to the "quiet mode" right in the beggining.
I love how the camera shakes at high RPMs!
That engine is a masterpiece, as well as Dean’s build. I rode my VFR for 96000 miles and sold it to the next guy knowing it was still a strong engine. I also ran the kerker exhaust on it which sounded exactly how yours sounded when you hit the open pipe lever. I can’t tell you how many good memories flashed through my mind seeing the winding road ahead and hearing that V4 sing! You literally brought tears to my eyes yet the smile from ear to ear also remains. Thank you for posting this. Now this is my answer to people who ask why I rode that bike for so long. Love...pure love. I want this car now.
This is my favorite episode of TheSmokingTire "On Take" ever!
Loud mode- "OH YEAH"
Shadilay The "you've gotta be fucking kidding me!!!" was so sincere and LOL funny!
Might be his best reactions to any car. 😂
Now this Honda really DOES have a motorcycle engine in it!
The original had what looks like an air cooled 350 twin. It had a shroud around the motor and an electric fan for cooling.
@@CncObsession Old one pretty much had a CB360 twin engine.
This car definitely needs a video with it on a lift...
in todays videos we hear Matt laugh and giggle for 14 minutes
with the sound of an angry lawnmower behind him
I really wish my lawnmower sounded like this,I'd cut grass every day lol.
This car is brilliant. I absolutely love it. Very well done too. Not cobbled together. In my opinion, if you don't like this car, there's something wrong with you.
show is over....can't top this unique masterpiece
js92css Yeah, you know your car is awesome when all the other car guys are standing out there like little kids seeing their first Lamborghini or Ferrari as it went screaming by. This thing is so awesome that I might watch it again lol!
OMG my cheeks hurt from smiling 😁 what an amazing experience . watch it.
I have a 1998 VFR with a Staintune pipe. Instead of 1400 lbs, it is around 500 lbs. The 800 cc fuel injected V4 with the gear driven cams is only in the 98-01 VFR. Best sounding engine ever made, imho. Power from 4K to 12K. If one V twin is cool, then two V twins is twice as cool. Best all around motorbike ever made, hands down. Glory days for Honda. Cam
coolest car on Matt's channel!
This was the first one take where when it ended I immediately watched it from the beginning again, the whole way through.
Still probably my fav one take to date, the sheer genuine joy on matts face the entire time.
Am I the only one who thinks it sounds like a NASCAR cup car when it ran open?
Sounds more like an F1 car to me but I have an untrained ear.
Ryan Black I hear NASCAR V8 as well
I don't think I've ever seen matt so happy.
Wow, of all the high horse power, super expensive and unobtainable cars Matt has driven and this 115 hp beast puts them to shame for sheer fun. It points to the basic joy of driving: light weight, loud and high revving motor that you can feel. Such a pleasure to watch.
I think it's safe to assume that Matt didn't get that grin pealed off his face for at least a week after climbing out of the car!! When he got home that night, his wife must have taken one look at that grin and asked just what did he spend his day doing?? That would certainly make it worth going to work... and getting PAID for it!! 😂😂🤣
You should really integrate your promotions while driving the cars. Sip some of that coffee while winding through those mountain passes.
We generally place promotions on videos we've already shot - we kinda know what videos are going to be heavy hitters, and so we place ad spots accordingly. Plus, we shoot WAY ahead of time (this was shot the second week in March) and that way we have a deep catalog of videos which can be aired in any order we like, depending on who's buying which ad spots that week. I have a video I shot before this that I'm holding on to until next week because a client bought an ad spot that he wants to air with a specific type of video, during a specific week.
Right on. However, I'd still like to see you sip coffee while launching a car that hits 60 in under 4 seconds.
that could get messy haha
Why do you wear a graphic tshirt under another shirt during the coffee bit?
Really cool unique car. Reminds me of the Mk1 GTIs screaming on hillclimbs...a car built for pure fun. Cool.
ChaosphereIX yup there is a rabbit not far from me with a busa swap. Cool af
That was sensational .. thats the sort of experience most car enthusiasts would kill for .. even a hard core motorcyclist would love to rip around the roads in something like that 👍😆
Sounds like a road legal Nascar. holy shit that's crazy.
That's what I said!
Such a rad little monster. Keeping it Honda, keeping it unique with the V4, love it.
I'm amazed the internals of it can actually move the car... I thought the rods would snap or something if it tried giving momentum to something this size with two passengers. Great engineering from Honda if this thing is actually just a stock bike engine.
inline 4 brudfa
Nope, its a bike engine from the VFR 800. Unlike cars, motorcycles get really cool engines like V4s and crossplane I4s. That is what happens when you decide that the engine is far more important than "features".
vtr0104 with the right gearing it will cope quite well, it's the clutch that will cop the abuse (then again, if it's using the stock VFR box it'll have a wet clutch too). Gear-driven camshaft VFRs are legendary, one bloke put 446,000 miles on a stock 750 with no more than regular servicing without ever separating the heads from the block.
Always come back to this video, what a beautiful car and swap. There are so few N600s left, I wish I had been born twenty years earlier
I just showed my roommate (who couldn't be less into cars) this video and the one with Alex Roy's Morgan 3-wheeler and he loved these quirky cars. How could you not like this thing? I WANT ONE SO BAD.
I have never seen Matt so happy. He has a huge grin on his face the whole video.
Best reaction to a test drive ever.
You can tell Matt didn't want to let go the car! 14 minute video! Nice car! I'm wondering how much this build cost
NASCAR soundtrack in an old Honda. Brilliant.
Matt was genuinely amused, like a kid in his favorite toy store. I don’t think I have ever seen him smile so hard.
man Americans are so creative and so supportive of others creativity i wish the rest of the world was them same
the game i really think that is the biggest thing my country had to offer
Hahahahaha you funny fucker
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What a dumbass comment.
This is the best One Take episode, period.
Amazing build, absolutely love it. I only came across this video after buying one of these engines for my S800 Honda project (it was super cheap engine an local) an wanted to check what it was gona sound like, then found this gem! I love this video an watch it almost every month to boost my inspiration! This thing sounds insane and I can't wait to get mine up and running an on the road to have a similar experience to you guys here! I was so chuffed to see that someone else had put this engine in a car, not just any car but a similar era and same manufacturer as my car. Sweet, sweet car Steve, and amazing build Dean 👍👍👍
That's the kind of car I would love to see a build log of, or something similar, with a in-depth look and some of the chalenges that occured during the build.
You are in luck Sir.
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Aw yiss.
Dat SOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matt's smile and laughs proves how great this car is. Such a fantastic One Take
If this Dean produced these I'm sure he would sell a fair few, sure it took 5 years to make but I'm sure a good majority of that time was spent on the tweaks
S Miller by looking through the build log I found out that Dean is a middle school English teacher that built this on the weekends as a hobby.
My compliments to the builder of this truly one of the most BAD ASS Honda 600s I've had the pleasure to hear and watch being built and driven. A former employee I worked with many years ago had one that was stock, and it was the most obnoxious little shit, had dual exhaust with glasspacs, and turned heads everywhere he drove it. Dean you took it to another level many times over and I will go to sleep tonight with a grin as wide as the Grand Canyon.Thankyou!!!!!
There are some people that seem shocked how he could've been so blown away by "only 115 hp".
I have both an '89 ST162 Celica (bone stock survivor), and an AE86 Corolla I'm in the process of resurrecting.
My ST162 is my daily, it only makes 115 BHP and it boogies for what it is, and it's a total riot to drive, it's FWD and corners better than it has any business doing, it will fry/smoke tire from a dead stop in either 1st or 2nd, it weighs considerably more than this N600 at 2500 lbs.
It's all about how the vehicle communicates with you, the vibrations, the smells, the way you can feel the suspension set up into and out of corners, the way the weight shifts when you accelerate or break.
These small things add up, and as crazy as it sounds...THAT is what makes a good/fun driving experience.
Power can be fun, but if the chassis is non-responsive, or the car doesn't have decent handling characteristics, it's gonna suck to drive.
That's one of the best you've done. You can't hide the sheer joy of such a machine, love it!