The Honda Ballade CR-U is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style car with a front positioned engine powering the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 3 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.3 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 79 bhp (80 PS/59 kW) at 6000 rpm and 111 Nm (82 lbft/11.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels compliments of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Its claimed kerb weight is 820 kg.
Full specs
|
|
Applicable to the Japanese (JDM) domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2450 mm | 96.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Length | 4160 mm | 163.8 inches | |
| Width | 1625 mm | 64 inches | |
| Height | 1385 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 820 kg | 1808 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 46 litres | 10.1 [12.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.39 | ||
| Frontal area | 1.87 m² | ||
| CdA | 0.73 | ||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | EV | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.3 litre 1342 cc (81.894 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 74 × 78 mm
2.91 × 3.07 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.95 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
3 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output (JIS net) |
80 PS (79 bhp) (59 kW) at 6000 rpm |
||
| maximum torque (JIS net) |
111 Nm (82 ft·lb) (11.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
||
| Specific output (JIS net) |
43.9 kW/litre 59.7 ps/litre 58.9 bhp/litre 0.96 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque (JIS net) |
82.71 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1039.4 kPa (150.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 335.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 97.68 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 71.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 96.34 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.92 kg/kW 23.25 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 6.15-13-4PR | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.15-13-4PR | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.91 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.63 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 611248 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1985 Honda Ballade CR-U Automatic added 2019-10-09. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
|||
