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Specifications
44 units built
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Homologation number: 244
Homologation start: 1/5/1968
Analytical specifications and drawings
inline 4 cylinder
1596cc
225 bhp (168 kW) @ 9000 rpm
aspiration, natural with Lucas mechanical fuel injection
BMW M10, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1990cc, 89.0 x 80.0 mm
195 HP (143.52 KW) @ 7300 RPM
2 valves / cylinder, SOHC
aspiration, natural with 2 x Weber 48 DCOE Carburetors
water cooled
Dry sumped with front mounted oil cooler
Climax FPF 2751cc
Hewland FT200, 5 speed Manual gearbox
Cam and pawl rear LSD
fibreglass body on aluminium reinforced steel spaceframe rolling chassis
Front suspension, double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension, lower wishbones, top links, twin trail arms, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
rack-and-pinion steering
disc brakes all-round
550kg
Results in WSCC
BMW M10 engine
Running in Group 6 until Targa Florio
| Car entry | Car number/ result | ||||||||||
| Dayt | Sebring | Brands Hatch | Monza | Targa Florio | Nurb | Spa | Watkins Glen | Zeltweg | Le Man | ||
| Team | 24h | 12h | 6h | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 6h | 500km | 24h | ||
| Chevron Cars | #47, 8th | #31, in entry list | #97, acci dent in practice | #44, in entry list | |||||||
| Chevron Cars, CH-DBE-52 (Ford FVA) Group 6 | #50, 17th | #25, 18th | |||||||||
| Racing Preparations, CH-DBE-57 (Climax 2751cc) Group 6 | #39, in entry list | #238, dns | #11, drive shaft | #10, eng ine | |||||||
| Northumbria Racing (Ford FVA) Group 6 | #52, in entry list | ||||||||||
| Peter Taggart | #29, in entry list | #106, dnt qualify | #54, 19th | ||||||||
| Nikolaus Killenberg | #33, in entry list | #200, in entry list | |||||||||
| Nikolaus Killenberg (BMW 1.6) Group 6 | #38, 31st | ||||||||||
| Trevor Twaites/ George Duncan, CH-DBE-32 | #98, 46th | #46, in entry list | |||||||||
| Red Rose Motors, CH-DBE-54 | #99, acci dent | ||||||||||
| T. R. Clapham | #100, elec trics | #45, in entry list | |||||||||
| Tech-Speed Racing | #101, acci dent | ||||||||||
| Tech-Speed Racing | #102, 14th | ||||||||||
| Roy Johnson/ Howden Ganley, CH-DBE-28 | #47, oil pres sure | ||||||||||
| Total points 3 |
3 | ||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Starts/finishes 16/7 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 9/3 | 4/2 | |||||||
| Driver | Team entries and car number | ||||||||||
| Chevron Cars | |||||||||||
| Brian Classic | 47 | 31 | 97 | 44 | |||||||
| Digby Martland | 47 | 31 | 97 | 44 | |||||||
| John Lepp | 50 | 99 | 25 | ||||||||
| John Bridges | 50 | 99 | 25 | ||||||||
| Racing Preparations | |||||||||||
| John Markey | 39 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||
| Tony Beeson | 238 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||
| Alain De Cadenet | 238 | ||||||||||
| Northumbria Racing | |||||||||||
| John Blades | 52 | ||||||||||
| Neil Corner | 52 | ||||||||||
| Peter Taggart | |||||||||||
| Peter Taggart | 29 | 106 | 54 | ||||||||
| Keith Burnand | 106 | ||||||||||
| Tony Goodwin | 54 | ||||||||||
| Nikolaus Killenberg | |||||||||||
| Nikolaus Killenberg | 33 | 200 | 38 | ||||||||
| Friedhelm Ruhse | 33 | ||||||||||
| Georg Bialas | 200 | 38 | |||||||||
| T. R. Clapham | |||||||||||
| Geoff Breakell | 100 | 45 | |||||||||
| Derek Bell | 45 | ||||||||||
| Tech-Speed Racing | |||||||||||
| Chris Meek | 101 | ||||||||||
| Chris Craft | 101 | ||||||||||
| Allan Rollinson | 102 | ||||||||||
| Moris Nunn | 102 | ||||||||||
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