---
title: "Watch This 1,200-HP Honda S600 Run a 7.9 Second Quarter Mile"
description: "1200HP and 1100kg curb weight is a recipe for serious speed."
date: "2017-05-18"
modified: "2017-05-18"
authors:
  - name: "Danny Choy"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/danny-choy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/10412/watch-this-1200-hp-honda-s600-run-a-7-9-second-quarter-mile"
categories:
  - "Honda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "2JZ"
  - "drag racing"
  - "honda"
  - "JDM"
  - "S600"
---

# Watch This 1,200-HP Honda S600 Run a 7.9 Second Quarter Mile

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One of the first sports cars to hail from Japan was the micro-sized [Honda](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/8367/why-now-is-the-time-to-buy-a-honda-s2000>) S600. Launched in 1964, the 606cc motorcycle engine produced a modest 57 horsepower. But somewhere in Australia, one Honda S600 dragster has bigger dreams. Much, much bigger dreams.

YouTube channel [1320video](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PXqiud6dbwOAk8RvslgpQ>) attended the Jamboree event in Sydney, Australia, and was completely gobsmacked by this tiny Honda S600 with a giant 88mm turbocharger sticking out from its hood. The chrome-tastic tumor is bolted to a 3.2-liter 2JZ and is said to make more than a 1,200 horsepower. Combined that power figure with the S600's hilariously light 1,100-kg curb weight, and we're talking about a gnarly 7.96-second quarter mile at 179.61 mph.

Although the mighty little Honda only made it past Round 1 of the Modified 10.5 Class Eliminations, it was easily the crowd favorite at Sydney Dragway.

Check out the insane Honda S600 dragster via [1320video](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0PXqiud6dbwOAk8RvslgpQ>) in the video below:

https://youtube.com/embed/yDWrU3OrQ6M

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