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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:13 AM
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Dear S-Car Friends

I got my hands on some old Honda-Club-Magazines (including Revs!, ON-4, Twin-Cam Review, Le Hondiste, Honda Sports)...

This is where I found the following prints of an extensive testing of an S800 MkI Coupe. It was carried out by the "IRMA" whatever that was/is.

Have fun reading...
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:15 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:18 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:20 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:23 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:26 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:28 AM
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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there´s some more...

if that isn´t profound testing. So whoever can tell me what kind of nurds the guys from IRMA were - I would like to know.
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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o.O that's probably the most thorough review I've ever seen in my life. Does anybody still do this sort of thing??
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Old Aug 27, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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it was a lot easier to take a car apart then
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Old Aug 28, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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poor tunnel test. thanks for the read! i'll have to sit down with this later.
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 09:44 PM
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Wow. This isn't just any old magazine test. I'm assuming that Honda contracted this company for the analysis in order to assist them in their engineering research and development, since this was their first car.

It's great to have this, but it would be nice if it was higher-res and a .pdf.
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Old Sep 10, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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@Teggers and everybody

got the test in high-res. It goit that bad when I put it on the forum-server. If anybody wants it I can send it by email.

Mark
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Old Sep 17, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Great info. Thanks!
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