Putting the biggest engine you can find into the smallest car you can has been the essence of hot rodding since the very beginning. It is, after all, the easiest way to more power and more acceleration. Sometimes, like when it’s a twin-turbo V16 diesel in a custom rod, it makes sense.
Other times it puts the car in a cartoon. This vintage Honda S600 is one of those examples. With a Toyota Supra inline-six crammed into the chassis and more than 1,300 horsepower on methanol race fuel, it’s impossible not to laugh. At least until it launches.
Honda S600 Transformed From Ho-Hum To Holy S**T
Phil Penny’s Honda S600 was featured recently on Engine Swap Depot. Penny has made this 1960s S600 into one of the stars of the Rising Force YouTube channel and turned it into a monster.
Honda built the S600 from 1964 to 1966. When it left the factory, the car came with a 606-cc – that’s 0.6-liters – DOHC four-cylinder that made 57 horsepower. Sure, it could spin to an amazing 8,500 rpm, but while it might have been fun, it was never going to be quick.
Penny’s first engine replacement came from a Fiat, but even with 37 pounds of boost, he “got tired of it.” That’s when it was time for a Toyota 2JZ. The brand’s iconic and ultra-upgradable inline-six. This is a seriously built 2JZ engine. Apart from all of the internal upgrades, there is a 91mm billet turbocharger that, by itself, is probably larger than the stock four-cylinder. It won’t fit in the car with the engine, so it sticks out about a mile above the hoodline.
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Two fuel injection systems plumbed with 12 1600cc injectors spray enough methanol to support this car running 30 pounds of boost. On the dyno, the car made 1,380 hp before this last trip to the track. That means each of the six cylinders is generating four times more horsepower than the original engine. Each cylinder is about the same displacement as that original engine, too, for that matter.
Quarter-Mile Slashed From Minutes To Instant
This caricature of one of Honda’s first cars can blast through the quarter-mile in 7.6 seconds at 180 mph. Penny says that the engine is capable of making even more power, and saw more than 1,400 hp in the last tuning session, but he’s not sure the car can handle it. The poor thing looks ready to twist in half when the big rear slicks hook up.
It makes stupid noises as it vanishes into the distance, but when making this much power, things can go wrong. Last August, the car melted a valve on one run, requiring a very quick teardown before deciding it was best to hit the shop before going back to the track.
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The original details that remain on this car are incredible. It still has most of its factory body panels, for a start, including the adorable headlights and grille. Even the interior is mostly stock. The perforated vinyl door cards, the steel glovebox latch, and even the headliner are in place. Right beside what looks like an intercooler reservoir tank and a video display that lets Penny see around the enormous turbo that sits in front of him.
Source: Engine Swap Depot
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