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1948: Jaguar XK120
1951: Jaguar XK120 M or SE
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Specifications
7612 units built (roadster)
2678 units built (coupe)
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Engines
Analytical specifications and drawings
Inline 6 cylinder
3442cc capacity
DOHC, 2 valves per cylinder
2 x double SU H6 Carburetors
Power output
1948: 160 HP / 119 KW @ 5000 rpm, 262 Nm / 193 ft lbs @ 2500 rpm
1951 M: 180 HP / 134 KW@ 5300 rpm, 275 Nm / 203 ft lbs @ 4000 rpm
Moss 4 speed Manual gearbox
1st: 3.377/1
2nd: 1.982/1
3rd: 1.367/1
4th: 1.00/1
R: 3.377/1
final drive, 3.54/1 or 4.09/1, 3.77/1, 3.31/1, 4.27/1, 4.55/1.
steel body on steel box-type frame
Front suspension double wishbones, torsion bars, Newton telescopic dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs, Girling lever arm dampers
Burmann recirculating ball steering
Lockheed drums 305 mm diameter, all-round
Length 4394 mm (173 in)
Width 1562 mm (61.5 in)
Height 1397 mm (55 in)
Wheelbase 2591 mm (102 in)
Track (fr/r) 1295 mm (51 in) / 1270 mm (50 in)
wheels 5K x 16"
tires 6.00 × 16"
1200-1300kg
fuel tank, 70 lt
drag coefficient, 0.55
Results in famous races (until 1952) and in WSCC (1953+)
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||
| Targa Florio | Mille Miglia | Carrera Pan | Le Mans | Dolo miti | Tourist Trophy | Sebring | ||||||
| Date | 2/4 | 23/4 | 10/5 | 25/6 | 16/7 | 19/9 | 31/12 | |||||
| Team | 1080km | 1600km | 3000km | 24h | 300km | 3h | 6h | |||||
| Jaguar Cars, 660040 | #735, 5th | #17, clutch | #6, 7th | |||||||||
| Jaguar Cars, 660041 | #741, acci dent | #15, 12th | #8, acci dent in practice | |||||||||
| Jaguar Cars, 660042 | #16, 15th | |||||||||||
| Jaguar Cars, 660057 | #738, dnf | #7, 1st | ||||||||||
| Jaguar Cars, 660002 | #5, 2nd | |||||||||||
| Clemente Biondetti, 660043 | #501, eng ine | #729, 8th | ||||||||||
| "I.D.E.B."/ Alessandro Gaboardi | #737, 16th | |||||||||||
| Fitch/ Whitmore | #23, 13th | |||||||||||
| McIntosh/ Doyle | #33, 14th | |||||||||||
| Brown/ Hassan | #35, dnf | |||||||||||
| Total points 31 |
8 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 15/10 | 1/0 | 5/3 | 3/2 | 4/3 | 2/2 | |||||||
| Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||
| Jaguar Cars | ||||||||||||
| Leslie Johnson | 735 | 17 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Lea | 735 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Wisdom | 738 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Hume | 738 | |||||||||||
| Nick Haines | 741 | 15 | 8 | |||||||||
| Rodolfo Haller | 741 | |||||||||||
| Peter C. T. Clark | 15 | |||||||||||
| Peter Whitehead | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||
| John Marshall | 16 | |||||||||||
| Bert Hadley | 17 | |||||||||||
| Stirling Moss | 7 | |||||||||||
| Clemente Biondetti | ||||||||||||
| Clemente Biondetti | 501 | 729 | ||||||||||
| Gino Bronzoni | 729 | |||||||||||
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