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Lotus 910S, straight 4 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine, located middle longitudinally
2174cc, 95.3 x 76.2 mm
400bhp @ 7200rpm
DOHC, 4 valves/cyl - 16 valves total
aspiration, one hybrid Garrett T3/T4 turbocharger with Motec M8 multipoint Electronic fuel injection
Motec M8 electronic ignition
water cooled with refrigerator located at the front
dry sump with oil cooler
Hewland DG300 straight-cut 5-speed manual gearbox
1st 3.36/1
2nd 2.05/1
3rd 1.38/1
4th 1.03/1
5th 0.82/1
Final drive 3.89/1, LSD rear differential
Dry AP clutch
Steel backbone type 114 chassis with intergral role cage, 2 door coupe Fibre Glass / Epoxy shell bodyshell with carbon fibre closing panels
Front: Double wishbones, Penske coil springs / dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear: Twin lateral links and trailing arms, Penske coil springs / dampers, anti-roll bar
power assisted rack and pinion steering
Front: 330mm ventilated discs, 6-pot calipers Rear: 330mm ventilated discs, 4-pot calipers
Length: 4300mm
Width: 1950mm
Height: 1100mm
Wheelbase: 2440mm
wheels, 9x18 (f) 11x18 (r)
tires, Michelin Pilot SX slicks 24/64 -18 (front), 27/65 -18 (rear)
915kg
fuel tank 100 lt
Results in BPR International GT Endurance Series
| Car entry | Car number, result | ||||||||||
| Paul Ricard | Jarama | Dijon | Paris | Valle lunga | Spa | Suzuka | Zhuhai | ||||
| Team | 4h | 4h | 4h | 1000km | 4h | 4h | 1000km | 3h | |||
| Chamberlain Engineering | #26, dnf | #26, in entry list | #26, in entry list | #26, gear box | #26, in entry list | #2, 10th | #2, dnf | ||||
| Chamberlain Engineering | #29, 8th | #3, in entry list | #27, dnf | ||||||||
| Total points 4 |
3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 6/2 | 2/1 | 1/0 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||||||
Team and drivers entries
Results in Endurance races
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number, result | ||||||||||
| Daytona | Sebring | Le Mans | |||||||||
| Date | 31/1 | 20/3 | 20/6 | ||||||||
| Duration | 24h | 12h | 24h | ||||||||
| Team\ Championship | IMSA | IMSA | |||||||||
| Lotus Sport/Chamberlain Engineering | #44, head gasket | ||||||||||
| Lotus Sport/Chamberlain Engineering | #45, over heating | ||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 2/0 | 2/0 | ||||||||||
Team and drivers entries
Article from Autocar, 8/1993
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