- Honda RA271
Racing car
Car_name = Honda RA271
Category =Formula One
F1 car = Y
Constructor = Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Designer =Yoshio Nakamura Shoichi Sano
Team = Honda R&D Co.
Drivers = flagicon|USARonnie Bucknum
Technical ref = cite web|title= 240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology - Honda RA271 |url= http://www.jsae.or.jp/autotech/data_e/1-35e.html |work= Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan |accessdate= 2008-04-11]
Chassis =Aluminium monocoque with tubular rearsubframe .
Front suspension = Double wishbone, with inboardcoilover spring/damper units.
Rear suspension = As front.
Wheelbase = Auto mm|2300|0
Track = F: Auto mm|1300|0
R: Auto mm|1350|0
Engine name = Honda
Capacity = Auto cc-cu in|1495|1
Configuration = 60° V12,
Turbo/NA =naturally-aspirated .
Engine position = Transverse, mid-mounted.
Gearbox name = Honda
Gears = 6-speed
Type =manual transmission .
Differential =
Weight = Auto kg|525|0
Fuel =BP
Tyres = Dunlop
Debut =1964 German Grand Prix
Races = 3
Wins = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest_laps = 0The Honda RA271 was Honda's second
Formula One racing car , and its first to actually enter a race.The car was developed from the company's 1963 prototype, retrospectively designated RA270. The RA271 made its race debut during the
1964 Formula One season , just one year afterHonda started producing road cars, and was the first Japanese-built car ever to enter a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship.Although RA271s only contested three 1964 Grands Prix, driven on each occasion by American
sports car racing -specialistRonnie Bucknum , its innovative, transversely-mounted, Auto L|1.5|0V12 engine – sometimes cited as "the strongest engine of F1's 1.5-litre era"cite web|last= Figa |first= T |url= http://www.forix.com/8w/honda.html |title= Honda: How It All Started |work= 8W |date= 2000-11-18 |accessdate= 2008-04-11] – formed the basis of Honda's race-winning RA272 of F1|1965 at the Mexican GP, driven by Richie Ginther (USA).Engine dimensions of the 1965 48-valve V12 were 58.1 x 47.0 mm 1,495.28 cc. 230 bhp @ 13,000 rpm was quoted. This was the most powerful F1 engine of 1965. The engine was safe to 14,000 rpm. Since the 1967 4-cylinder 498.57 cc engine (57.5 x 48.0mm) eventually gave almost 90 bhp @ 12,600 rpm, the V12 had the potential of 270 bhp with further development.
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