Honda Civic RSL is a car that has a 3 door hatchback body style with a front mounted engine powering the front wheels.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.5 litre capacity. This unit features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 3 valves per cylinder. It produces 75 bhp (76 PS/56 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 109 N·m (80 lb·ft/11.1 kgm) at 3000 rpm.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 765 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 160 km/h, which is 99 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2280 mm | 89.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1280 mm | 50.4 inches | |
| Length | 3730 mm | 146.9 inches | |
| Width | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Height | 1510 mm | 59.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 170 mm | 6.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.64 | ||
| Kerb weight | 765 kg | 1687 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 40 litres | 8.8 [10.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Honda | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1488 cc (90.803 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 74 × 86.5 mm
2.91 × 3.41 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.86 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
3 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS) |
76 PS (75 bhp) (56 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
109 Nm (80 ft·lb) (11.1 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
37.6 kW/litre 51.1 ps/litre 50.4 bhp/litre 0.83 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
73.25 Nm/litre
0.89 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 7.9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ke-Ho carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 920.5 kPa (133.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 372 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 | 160 km/h (99 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 99.4 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 73.11 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 98.04 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.68 kg/kW 22.85 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | 3.100 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.30 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MS.CS.LW. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.71 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.64 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 23672 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Honda Civic RSL added 1995-12-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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