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6 units built (3 converted from XJR6)
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Jaguar V12 TWR, V12 (60o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine. Click here
6995cc, 94.0 x 84.0 mm
aluminium block and head
SOHC, 2 valves / cylinder - 24 valves total
720 bhp / 537 KW @ 7000 rpm
820 Nm / 605 ft lbs @ 5250 rpm
aspiration, natural with Zytec multipoint electronic fuel injection
March/TWR 5 speed Manual gearbox
carbon fibre and Kevlar monocoque with fully stressed engine, carbon composite body panels
Front suspension double wishbones, push-rod and rocker activated coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension rocker operated double coil springs over dampers
rack and pinion
ventilated carbon disks all-round
Length 4800 mm (189 in)
Width 2000 mm (78.7 in)
Height 1100 mm (43.3 in)
Wheelbase 2780 mm (109.4 in)
Track (fr/r) 1500 mm (59.1 in) / 1500 mm (59.1 in)
930kg
Results in WSCC
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||||
| Jarama | Jerez | Monza | Silver stone | Le Man | Norisring | Brands Hatch | Nurbur | Spa | Fuji | ||
| Team | 360km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 24h | 200mile | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | |
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-186 | #6, valve spring | #6, head gasket | |||||||||
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-286 | #5, acci dent | ||||||||||
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-386 | #4T, spare car | #4T, spare car | #4T, spare car | #4T, spare car | |||||||
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-187 | #5, 1st | #5, drive shaft | #5, 1st | #5, 2nd | #5, transm ission | #5, 3rd | #5, eng ine | #5, 2nd | #5, 1st | ||
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-287 | #4, 3rd | #4, 1st | #4, acci dent | #4, 1st | #4, 4th | #4, 1st | #4, 1st | #4, 4th | #4, 2nd | ||
| Silk Cut Jaguar, TWR-J12C-387 | #4, 5th | #4T, spare car | #4T, spare car | #4T, ##spare car## | #6, 1st | ||||||
| Total points 143 |
18 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 26 | 19 | |
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 23/16 | 2/2 | 2/1 | 2/1 | 3/2 | 3/1 | 2/1 | 2/2 | 2/1 | 3/3 | 2/2 | |
| Driver | Team entries and car number | ||||||||||
| Silk Cut Jaguar | |||||||||||
| Jan Lammers | 5, 4T | 5 | 5, 4T | 5, 4T | 4, 5 | 5 | 5, 4T | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| John Watson | 5, 4T | 5 | 5, 4T | 5 | 5 | 5, 4T | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Eddie Cheever | 4, 4T | 4, 4T | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Raul Boesel | 4, 4T | 4 | 4, 4T | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| John Nielsen | 4T | 4, 4T | 6 | 6 | 4, 4T | 4 | |||||
| Martin Brundle | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Win Percy | 5 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Dumfries | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
TWR-J12C-186, TWR-J12C-286 and TWR-J12C-386 are modified XJR6 chassis and converted to XJR8
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