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By Anonymous (64.12.103.23) on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 08:47 am:

I was wondering how much realiability a 1200 would have with the 1300 crank rods and the goldwing pistons. Would i be able to drive it on a vacation for instence ? Is there any thing I could do to be able to make it more driveable Maybe a smaller cam or is it ok to drive ?
thanks

By Andrew Fatseas (203.63.44.193) on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 05:59 pm:

Stroking itself doesn't affect reliability, as the modification simply makes your engine more or less the same as the later model EN1 motors, which seem to be just as reliable as any other Honda engine.

Mods such as increasing compression ratio, bigger cams, bigger carbs also increase heat and wear and the engine probably won't last as long, but still should be reliable enough to drive long distances provided everything is done sensibly.

By Anonymous (205.188.200.49) on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 07:36 pm:

I have a dual weber carb setup and I was going to go with the dcoe carbs. I am planning to shave the head a very small amount also a three angle valve job . Im not sure what to do to the cam I was told that the 35-020 would be a good choice if you have any recommendations it would really help me out!! Thanks

By Andrew Fatseas (203.63.44.193) on Sunday, January 20, 2002 - 08:22 pm:

Those carbs will be no problem so long as you get the correct jets, pumps and emulsion tubes sorted for the engine and preferably tune them on a dyno.

I'm not familiar with the cam you're running, but here in Oz the R1 is quite popular (copy of a Mugen grind). I have one - it's quite lumpy at idle but once underway is no problem at all.

By glen (203.25.25.98) on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 01:51 am:

Andrew

Where can I get one of those R1 cams from?

By Anonymous (152.163.205.67) on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 07:05 pm:

The cam I was prefering to was a web cam I would like to know about the r1 as well.

By mo (24.69.255.202) on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 06:21 pm:

great amazing cams .. get intouch with geoff@coltcams.com

really knows his stuff .. and best of all, it's canadian money you'll be dealing with!!
tell him mo sent ya ..

By Charles R. (4.60.146.9) on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 - 10:40 pm:

I've built my engine pretty heavily...1300 crank, overbore to 74mm, 12:1compression, big cam.

Anyway, I've driven this thing thousands of miles, on pump gas, with no problems(*). To make things even harder on the engine, I used cheap parts and raced it regularly.

Honda made a good engine for us. You can trust it.

* I replaced the rod bearings. I spin it pretty high, and thought I heard a slight knock during an autocross. So I changed 'em. One was scuffed, no other harm.