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Chassis numbers
Chassis #BHL123 with Jaguar 3.8 lt engine
Specifications
11 units built
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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
dual Facet fuel pumps
Jaguar D Type, 4 speed manual gearbox
2.14:1, 1.63:1, 1.27:1, and 1:1
final drive 3.73/1, Salisbury limited slip rear differential
Aluminum Body over steel tubular frame chassis
Front suspension double wishbones, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers
Rear suspension DeDion axle, twin trailing arms, coil springs over telescopic shock absorbers
rack and pinion steering
Girling calipers with Dunlop disc brakes, inboard at rear. (master) Dual Girling master cylinders with bias bar, and remote mounted reservoirs. Wilwood residual pressure valves.
Length 4388 mm (172.8 in)
Width 1702 mm (67 in)
Height 789 mm (31.1 in)
Wheelbase Jaguar: 2305 mm (90.7 in), Chevrolet: 2337 mm (92 in)
Track (fr) 1321 mm (52 in)
Track (R) Jaguar: 1359 mm (53.5 in), Chevrolet: 1372 mm (54 in)
wheels, 5.5 x 16"
tires, 6.00 - 16"
800-900kg
1100kg (Coupe '63)
Results in WSCC
Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||||
Sebring | Targa Florio | Nurburgring | Le Mans | Tourist Trophy | ||||||||||
Team | 12h | 1000km | 24h | |||||||||||
Brian Lister Engineering, BHL123 (Jaguar) | #2, disqu alified | |||||||||||||
Brian Lister Engineering, BHL122 (Jaguar) | #9, acci dent | #8, oil leak | ||||||||||||
Brian Lister Engineering, BHL2/59 (Jaguar LM) | #1, eng ine | |||||||||||||
Brian Lister Engineering, BHL3/59 (Jaguar LM) | #2, eng ine | |||||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||||
Works Starts/finishes 5/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 | ||||||||||
Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||||
Brian Lister Engineering | ||||||||||||||
Ivor Bueb | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Stirling Moss | 2 | |||||||||||||
Mike Taylor | 9 | + | ||||||||||||
Peter Blond | 9 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
Bruce Halford | 1 | |||||||||||||
Walt Hansgen | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jonathan Sieff | 8 |


Costin Jaguar BHL123

Coupe '62

Coupe '62

Drawings
Chassis

The Lister twin-tube frame's main members are 3" diameter, fourteen gauge, seamless drawn, mild steel tubing.
Essentially two dimensional and with very little triangulation, this is not a "space frame" design