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Posted by 'thef1man' on 18 Oct 2016 @ 20:01


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Hi all. I know this might be a bit of a long winded question but I thought I would try and cover it all in one go. I am currently looking to modify my two Honda GX 160s in preparation for a spot of fun/racing. I am intending on doing the work myself as I am retired and love to tinker.
After I have degoverned the engines and upgraded the springs to 18lbs I am looking to max the engine out at around the 6000 mark to preserve the engines.
Q1. Do I need to fit a billet con rod?
Q2 Do I need to fit the aluminium flywheel?
Q3 Debbaffled GX160 exhaust or race pipe?
Q4 Do I have the head skimmed and if so by how much?
Q5 Do I buy a skimmed head?
Q6 Do I fit a GX200 head gasket to the standard head?
Q7 Do I fit a 4 or 8 advance timing key?
Q8 Do I fit lash caps on both inlet and exhaust?
As you can see there are a lot of questions. The reason for this is I have only just got into karting and have already read quite a bit. I don’t mind spending money but I hate wasting it. I only wish to strip and rebuild these engines once for now so any advice would be greatly appreciated and accepted. Many thanks in advance.

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GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'  << You are here!
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'lard ass bob'   (18 Oct 2016 @ 22:10)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 9:55)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 10:11)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Knighty'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 11:35)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Knighty'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 11:51)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 13:02)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'gk43'   (16 Nov 2016 @ 22:22)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'gk43'   (16 Nov 2016 @ 22:25)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'gk43'   (16 Nov 2016 @ 23:08)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Knighty'   (17 Nov 2016 @ 9:27)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'gk43'   (21 Dec 2016 @ 23:28)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'BrianP'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 12:21)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 13:04)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Knighty'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 14:42)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 19:14)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (19 Oct 2016 @ 19:33)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Bobster'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 8:16)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Knighty'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 8:20)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 8:36)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 8:35)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'KelvinNicholls'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 9:15)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 9:18)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Bobster'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 10:41)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (20 Oct 2016 @ 12:09)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'Jon308'   (30 Oct 2016 @ 7:31)
Re: GX160 upgrade  by 'thef1man'   (31 Oct 2016 @ 13:45)

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