Re: Were Honda Civics ever sold with an air cooled engine?
Were these the minicars with the little12- or 13-inch wheels that were
produced in the 1970s?
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 21:34:47 GMT, "Mike Dennis" <mapson@woh.rr.com>
wrote:
>There were no air-cooled Civics. Only the very first Honda's were that way.
>Mr. Honda wanted to contnue using air-cooled engines in later designs but
>lost out his own engineers, who convinced him that air cooling could not
>remove enough heat from engines with the power-to-weight ratios they were
>planning at the time--an argument based on sound thermodynamic principles,
>IMHO.
>
>Mr. Honda was a very strong-willed person, but he believed more in the
>"Honda Way" than his own technical prowess. If someone had a better and
>could back it up, he listened.
>
>
>
>"GI Hoe" <ralek_blok@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
>news:9be3766a.0307111258.5945009b@posting.google. com...
>> I seem to remember my mom owning an air cooled Honda Civic in the
>> early 80's. Is this possible or am I confused. Were there _ever_ any
>> air cooled Honda Cars sold in North America?
>>
>> Anywhere in the world?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ralek Blok.
>> --
>> Don't laugh. I'm Danish.
>
Ron
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