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This Classic Honda Mini Car Is Getting a Big Superbike Horsepower Boost

It's tiny, it's yellow, and it's a distinctly vintage hatchback. No, it's not a Mini; it's a Honda N600 from the early 1970s. Originally, it came with a tiny little 600cc-ish kei car engine that, on a good day, under ideal conditions, made about 40 entire horsepower. 

Lovely to look at; less lovely to drive. Maybe even to the point of frustration, depending on your particular temperament and given level of patience on a specific day.

But that's all about to change at the Cars and Cameras garage. Every year, they gather a bunch of friends for a challenge they very simply call Build Week. In it, they attempt to complete an entire insane project in just one week, working flat out through the whole thing to get it done. There are breaks, sure; but the hope is that, by assembling an entire team of consummate DIYers, they can get heaps of work done in far less time than it would take with fewer hands on deck.

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