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Specifications
7 units built
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- 1500cc Connaught engine
MG XPEG, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine. Click here
1466cc, 72.0 x 90.0 mm
8.33:1
70 HP / 5700 rpm
78 lbft / 3400 rpm
cast iron block, aluminium alloy head
drop forged steel crankshaft with 3 main bearings
2 valves / cylinder, OHV, chain driven
aspiration, natural with 2 x SU H6 Carburetors
firing order 1-3-4-2
water cooled
wet sump
Coventry Climax FWA "75", straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1098cc, 72.4 x 66.68 mm
9.8 : 1
56 kW / 75 hp @ 6200 rpm
92 Nm / 68 ft-lb @ 5000 rpm
drop forged steel crankshaft with 3 main bearings
2 valves / cylinder, SOHC
aspiration, natural with 2 x 1-1/2" SU H4 horizontal carburetors, 2 x Weber 38 DOC3
distributor ignition
water cooled
MG TC, 4 speed manual gearbox
aluminium body on tubular steel spaceframe chassis
Front suspension swing axles, coil springs over dampers
Rear suspension DeDion axle, transverse coil spring over damper
drums, all-round
Length 3962 mm (156 in)
Width 1397 mm (55 in)
Height 812 mm (32 in)
Wheelbase 2222 mm (87.5 in)
Track (fr/r) 1226 mm (48.3 in) / 1206 mm (47.5 in)
520kg
Results in WSCC
Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||
Buenos Aires | Sebring | Mille Miglia | Le Mans | Tourist Trophy | Carrera Pan | ||||
Team | 1000km | 12h | 1600km | 24h | |||||
Lotus Engineering (MG 1.5) | #41, acci dent | ||||||||
Lotus Engineering (MG 1.5) | #42, track rod | ||||||||
Lotus Engineering (Climax 1.1) | #46, wheel | ||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||
Works Starts/finishes 3/0 | 3/0 | ||||||||
Drivers | Team entries and car number | ||||||||
Lotus Engineering | |||||||||
Colin Chapman | 41 | ||||||||
Michael Costin | 41 | ||||||||
Nigel Allen | 42 | ||||||||
Mike Anthony | 42 | ||||||||
Dick Steed | 46 | ||||||||
Peter Scott-Russell | 46 |


Climax FWA engine

Climax FWA engine block
MG XPEG engine

MG XPEG engine block
MG XPEG engine block
MG XPEG engine block
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Coventry Climax FWA engine
MG XPEG engine

