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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: pdxfj on October 09, 2019, 07:22:42 PM

Title: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: pdxfj on October 09, 2019, 07:22:42 PM
Well.. this is somewhat different...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-honda-n600-6/

Dunno.. Might be hoot to drive. 

Title: Re: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: Pat Conlon on October 09, 2019, 07:34:10 PM
Nope, not for me...not enough poop for a steel body car.... a glass body Thunder Roadster will be lighter, faster.

Now, put a Honda K24A2 in that little guy and make the Porsche guys cry.
Title: Re: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: RPM - Robert on October 09, 2019, 10:46:35 PM
That is a legends car chassis, with some added bracing with a Honda body. Can't weigh much more than a roadster. The legends cars are 1300 with driver and the roadster is 1500 with driver so it is probably very similar.
Title: Re: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: Pat Conlon on October 10, 2019, 02:07:35 AM
The Honda is 1500 without driver.
Title: Re: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: RPM - Robert on October 10, 2019, 10:31:33 AM
Still very similar. A few roadster guys are pushing over 1600 lbs. Got a couple 6'7+ big boys running them. At 180 lbs my roadster shits about 1530 with 1 gallon of fuel. Nothing to do to lighten them up, that is legal per the rule book. Spec wheels, shocks, and everything else. Hell they DQ'd a guy a few years ago for sanding the inside of the fiberglass body to remove some weight. I think most of the weight on that thing comes from the bigger fuel cell, if that is wet weight, and from additional bracing. There is a lot of extra tubing on that chassis compared to the legends car chassis.
Title: Re: FJ1200 Honda
Post by: Pat Conlon on October 10, 2019, 04:06:45 PM
Thanks Robert, I didn't know the roadsters were heavier than the legends.
Makes sense now that you explained the chassis differences.

Cheers