Bentley 4.5 Lt group S (1927)
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4.5 lt: 655 units built
Blower: 55 units built
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Bentley, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
100 x 140 mm
4398 cc
5.1:1 (s/c)
100 PS/ 75 kW @ 3500 rpm
175 bhp/ 130.5 kw @ 3500 rpm (with s/c)
cast iron block
SOHC, 2 valves/ cyl - 8 valves total
aspiration, 1 x Amhurst Villiers Roots-Type Supercharger with 2 x SU HVG5 Carburetors
magneto ingition
water cooled
Bentley C type gearbox
gear ratios
1st, 3.364/1
2nd, 1.823/2
3rd, 1.357/1
4th, 1.00/1
R, 3.364/1
Bentley D type gearbox
gear ratios
1st, 2.64/1
2nd, 1.63/2
3rd, 1.33/1
4th, 1.00/1
R, 2.64/1
final drive, 3.53/1
length, 4380 mm (172.0")
wheelbase, 3302 mm (130.0")
1625 kg
Results in Endurance Races
Season
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mille Miglia | Targa Florio | Brooklands | Le Mans | Spa | Coppa Florio | |||||||
| Date | 27/3 | 24/4 | 7/5 | 19/6 | 10/7 | 17/7 | ||||||
| Team | 1600km | 540km | 6h | 24h | 24h | GP | ||||||
| Bentley Motors Ltd, ST3001 | #1, acci dent | |||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Starts/finishes 1/0 | 1/0 | |||||||||||
| Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||
| Bentley Motors Ltd | ||||||||||||
| Frank Clement | 1 | |||||||||||
| Leslie Callingham | 1 | |||||||||||
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