- Honda 1300
Infobox Automobile
name=Honda 1300
production=1969-1973
manufacturer=Honda
class=Compact car
engine=1298 cc I4
body_style=2-doorcoupe
4-door sedan
successor=Honda Accord The 1300 was a novel car forHonda . Introduced in 1969, it was afront wheel drive car, and was the largest model the company had ever produced. From 1970 a stylishcoupe complemented the more conservatively styled sedan: both had a 1.3 L engine.The engine
The engine was air-cooled, with a fan attached to the flywheel to pull cool air through the
engine block . This warm air, or hot air from theexhaust manifold , was then used to heat the passenger compartment, a novel approach which was not commonly used afterward. In a departure from the previous Honda practice of using roller bearings on the crankshaft, the 1300 engine had more conventional plain bearings. Two versions of the engine were available. The engine fitted to the 77 sedan and Coupe 7 had a single Keihin carburettor and developed Auto bhp|100|-1, while the engine that powered the 99 sedan and Coupe 9 was equipped with four Keihin carburettors and developed Auto bhp|116|0 at 7,300 rpm.The engine was a
dry-sump design with a pressurized oil system feeding from a tank. An electrical fuel pump was another high-tech novelty which would eventually be common. The electrical system was another matter — it had a separate redundant set of wiring on each side of the car.Replacement
In 1973 the 1300 was succeeded by the technically interesting Honda 145, again offered as a Sedan or a Coupé. The 145's body was little changed from the 1300, but it was powered now by a water cooled 1433 cc engine. The market was not impressed by the 145: only 9,736 were produced as the model quickly found itself overshadowed by Honda's new Civic.
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