Jaguar D Type group S (1954)

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On board with Mike Hawthorn in Le Mans 1956: see video

Specifications

72 units built
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Engines

Jaguar XK6 "C" type head

Analytical specifications and drawings

This engine was used in 1954 D type models, in chassis numbers XKD401, XKD402, XKD403, XKD404
Inline 6 cylinder
3442cc capacity
DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
Natural aspiration with 3 x Weber 45 DCO3 carburetors
Power output, 250 bhp / 187 KW @ 5750 rpm
Torque, 325 Nm / 240 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm

Jaguar XK6 "D" type head

Analytical specifications and drawings

Inline 6 cylinder
3442cc capacity
DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
Natural aspiration with 3 x Weber 45 DCO3 carburetors
Power output, 270 bhp / 201 KW @ 6000 rpm
Torque, 325 Nm / 240 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm

Jaguar XK6 "D" type head 3.0

Analytical specifications and drawings

Inline 6 cylinder
2986cc capacity
DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
Natural aspiration with 3 x Weber 45 DCOE carburetors
Power output, 260 HP / 194 KW

Jaguar 4 speed manual gearbox
1st: 2.14/1
2nd: 1.64/1
3rd: 1.277/1
4th: 1.000/1
R: 2.19/1
final drive, 3.54/1, 2.786/1
Dry, triple plate clutch
magnesium alloy monocoque chassis with front subframe, aluminium bodyshell
Front suspension double wishbones, torsion bars, Girling telescopic dampers
Rear suspension live axle, trailing links, transverse torsion bar, Girling telescopic dampers
rack-and-pinion
Dunlop discs, all-round
Length, shortnose: 3912 mm / 154.0 in, longnose: 4102 mm (161.5 in)
Width 1660 mm (65.3 in)
Height 1120 mm (44.1 in)
Wheelbase 2300 mm (90.6 in)
Track (fr/r) 1270 mm (50 in) / 1219 mm (48 in)
tires, 6.50 - 16"
850-880kg
fuel tank, 164 lt
drag coefficient, 0.45

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Results in WSCC

1954Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Mille Miglia	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy	Carrera Pan
Team	1000km	12h	1600km	24h
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKC 402 (XK6 C)				#14, 2nd	#5, oil pressure
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKC 403 (XK6 C)				#12, brakes	#6, 6th
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKC 404 (XK6 C)				#15, gear box
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 406 (XK6 C)					#20, 14th
Total points 14				9	5
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/3				3/1	3/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Jaguar Cars Ltd
Stirling Moss				12	20
Peter Walker				12	20
Tony Rolt				14	5
Duncan Hamilton				14	5
Peter Whitehead				15	6
Ken Wharton				15	6

1955Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Mille Miglia	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy	Targa Florio
Team	1000km	12h	1600km	24h
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 504 (XK6 D 3.4)				#T, spare car
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 505 (XK6 D 3.4)				#6, 1st	#T, spare car
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 506 (XK6 D 3.4)				#7, gear box	#1, eng ine
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 508 (XK6 D 3.4)				#8, acci dent
Jack Broadhead, XKC 403 (XK6 C)					#2, acci dent
B. S. Cunningham, XKD 406 (XK6 C)		#19, 1st
B. S. Cunningham, XKD 507 (XK6 D 3.4)				#9, valve
Ecurie Francorchamps, XKD 503 (XK6 D 3.4)				#10, 3rd
Henri Peignaux/ "Mary" (XK6 D 3.4)				#69, in entry list
Total points 28		10		18
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/3		1/1		4/2	3/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Jaguar Cars Ltd
Mike Hawthorn				6, T	1, T
Ivor Bueb				6
Tony Rolt				7
Duncan Hamilton				7
Don Beauman				8
Norman Dewis				8
Desmond Titterington					1
B. S. Cunningham
Phil Walters		19		9
Mike Hawthorn		19
William Spear				9
Ecurie Francorchamps
Johnny Claes				10
Jacques Swaters				10
Jack Broadhead
Bob Berry					2
Ninian Sanderson					2

1956Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Mille Miglia	Nurburgring	Sverige
Team	1000km	12h	1600km	1000km	GP
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 504 (XK6 D 3.4)				#8T, gear box
Jaguar of New York Distributors Inc, XKD 506 (XK6 D 3.4)		#10, valve
Jaguar of New York Distributors Inc, XKD 508 (XK6 D 3.4)		#9, brakes
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 601 (XK6 D 3.4)		#8, brakes		#7, drive shaft
Jaguar Cars Ltd, XKD 603 (XK6 D 3.4)				#8, acci dent in practice
Graham Whitehead/ Peter Whitehead, XKD 406 (XK6 D 3.4)					#16, 6th
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 501 (XK6 D 3.4)					#15, acci dent
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 502 (XK6 D 3.4)					#14, con rod
B. S. Cunningham, XKD 507 (XK6 D 3.4)		#11, 12th
A. A. Browne, XKD 509 (XK6 D 3.4)		#15, clutch
Alfonso Gomez-Mena/ Santiago Gonzalez, XKD 521 (XK6 D 3.4)		#16, 8th
Loyal Katskee/ Roger Wing, XKD 536 (XK6 D 3.4)		#62, acci dent
Jack Ensley/ Bob Sweikert, XKD 538 (XK6 D 3.4)		#14, 3rd
Jake Kaplan/ Russ Boss (XK6 D 3.4)		#12, brakes
Total points 16		11			5
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 14/4		9/3		2/0	3/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Jaguar Cars Ltd / Jaguar of New York Distributors Inc
Mike Hawthorn		8		7
Desmond Titterington		8		7
Duncan Hamilton		9		8, 8T
Ivor Bueb		9
William Spear		10
Sherwood Johnston		10
Paul Frere				8, 8T
A. A. Browne
Lou Brero		15
Sam Weiss		15
Ecurie Ecosse
Desmond Titterington					14, 15
Jock Lawrence					14
Ron Flockhart					15
Ninian Sanderson					15

1957

Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Mille Miglia	Nurburgring	Le Mans	Sverige	Venezuela
Team	1000km	12h	1600km	1000km	24h	GP	GP
Jaguar Cars North America, XKD 605 (XK6 D 3.4)		#5, 3rd
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 501 (XK6 D 3.4)			#518, loos petrol tank
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 504 (XK6 D 3.4)				#9, 11th
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 603 (XK6 D 3.4)	#14, 4th			#10, 8th	#15, 2nd	#2, 11th
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 606 (XK6 D 3.4)	#12, acci dent			#11, 16th	#3, 1st	#1, 8th
Alfonso Gomez-Mena/ Ernie Erickson/ Santiago Gonzalez, XKD 503 (XK6 D 3.4)		#9, piston
Los Amigos, XKD 513 (XK6 D 3.4)					#17, 3rd
Murkett Bros, XKD 517 (XK6 D 3.4)				#16, acci dent
R. V. Milosevich, XKD 528 (XK6 D 3.4)		#10, rear axle
Loyal Katskee, XKD 536 (XK6 D 3.4)		in entry list
Jack Ensley/ Pat O'Connor, XKD 553 (XK6 D 3.4)		#8, rear axle
Ecurie Nationale Belge, XKD 573 (XK6 D 3.4)					#16, 4th	#10, 5th
D. Hamilton/ Masten Gregory, XKD 601 (XK6 D 3.4)					#4, 6th
B. S. Cunningham (XK6 3810cc)		#6, valve
B. S. Cunningham (XK6 3810cc)		#7, 5th
B. S. Cunningham (XK6 D 3.4)		#6T, spare car
Total points 72	7	14		3	39	9
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 21/14	2/1	6/2	1/0	4/3	5/5	3/3
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Jaguar Cars North America
Mike Hawthorn		5
Ivor Bueb		5
Ecurie Ecosse
Roberto Mieres	12, 14
Ninian Sanderson	14			16	15	2
Ron Flockhart	12		518	10	3
Jack Fairman				10		2
Ivor Bueb				9	3
Jock Lawrence				9	15	1
Dick Steed				11
Archie Scott-Brown						1
B. S. Cunningham
Walt Hansgen		6
Russ Boss		6
Briggs Cunningham		7, 6T
Bill Lloyd		7, 6T
R. V. Milosevich
Pete Woods		10
Bobby Unser		10
Murkett Bros
Henry Taylor				16
Archie Scott-Brown				16
Ecurie Nationale Belge
Paul Frere					16
Freddy Rousselle					16
Alain de Changy						10
Claude Dubois						10
Los Amigos
Jean Lucas					17
"Mary"					17

1958Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy
Team	1000km	12h		1000km	24h
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 504 (XK6 D 3.0)		#8, valve springs		#8, front susp	#7, eng ine	#4, 5th
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 603 (XK6 D 3.0)		#9, valve springs		#9, acci dent	#6, eng ine
Ecurie Ecosse (XK6 D 3.0)				#10, 9th
Maurice Charles/ John Young, XKD 502 (XK6 D 3.0)					#57, acci dent
Henri Peignaux, XKD 513 (XK6 D 3.0)					#11, fatal acci dent
Jonathan Sieff/ Maurice Charles, XKD 518 (XK6 D 3.0)						#12, 9th
Jack Ensley, XKD 538 (XK6 D 3.0)		in entry list
Duncan Hamilton, XKD 601 (XK6 D 3.0)					#8, acci dent	#6, 6th
Alfred Momo (XK6 D 3.0)		#12, piston
Total points 15				2		13
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 14/4		3/0		3/1	5/0	3/3
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Ecurie Ecosse
Ninian Sanderson		8		8	7
Ivor Bueb		8		8	8
Ron Flockhart		9		9
Masten Gregory		9		9	6	4
Jack Fairman				10	6
Jock Lawrence				10	7
Innes Ireland						4
Alfred Momo
Briggs Cunningham		12
Walt Hansgen		12
J. Duncan Hamilton
Duncan Hamilton					8
Henri Peignaux
André Guelfi					11
"Mary"					11

1959Season
XK6 D 3.0 engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans	Tourist Trophy
Team	12h		1000km	24h
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 603 (XK6 D 3.0)				#3, eng ine	#7, 7th
Maurice Charles, XKD 502 (XK6 D 3.0)				in entry list
Total points 4					4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1				1/0	1/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Ecurie Ecosse
Innes Ireland				3
Masten Gregory				3
Ron Flockhart					7
John Bekaert					7

1960Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Aires	Sebring	Targa Florio	Nurburgring	Le Mans
Team	1000km	12h		1000km	24h
Ecurie Ecosse, XKD 606 (XK6 D 3.0)					#5, crank shaft
H. van der Ham/ Claude Bruinsma (XK6 D 3.0)				#10, in entry list
Mauricio Alves Carvalho de Macedo/ Goncalo de Souza (XK6 D 3.0)				#76, in entry list
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/0					1/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Ecurie Ecosse
Ron Flockhart					5
Bruce Halford					5

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