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GX160 upgrade
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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Re: GX160 upgrade by 'lard ass bob' (18 Oct 2016 @ 22:10)

Re: GX160 upgrade by 'thef1man' (19 Oct 2016 @ 9:55)

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Re: GX160 upgrade by 'Knighty' (19 Oct 2016 @ 11:35)

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Re: GX160 upgrade by 'thef1man' (19 Oct 2016 @ 13:02)

Re: GX160 upgrade by 'gk43' (16 Nov 2016 @ 22:22)

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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)

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