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28 units built
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straight 6 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
2991cc, 84 x 90 mm
9.5:1
260 BHP (194 KW) @ 6000 RPM
232 lbft (314 NM) @ 5000 RPM
aluminium alloy block and head
DOHC, 2 valves/cyl - 12 valves total
aspiration: natural with 3 x Weber 45 DCO3 dual barrel carburetors
twin spark
dry sump
ZF 4 speed manual gearbox
1st: 2.14/1
2nd: 1.45/1
3rd: 1.20/1
4th: 1.00/1
R: 3.56/1
final drive, 4.18/1, 3.65/1, 4.65/1, 5.00/1, 5.45/1
tubular frame chassis, Fantuzzi aluminium bodyshell
Front suspension unequal length wishbones, coil springs, hydraulic shock absorbers
Rear suspension DeDion axle, transverse semi-elliptic leaf spring, hydraulic Houdaille shock absorber
worm and sector steering
hydraulic drums, all-round
Length 1450 mm (57.1 in)
Width 1450 mm (57.1 in)
Height 980 mm (38.6 in)
Wheelbase 2310 mm (90.9 in)
Track (fr/r) 1300 mm (51.2 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in)
tires: front 6.00 - 16", rear 6.50 - 16"
790kg
fuel tank, 140 lt
drag coefficient 0.45
Results in WSCC
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||
| Buenos Aires | Sebring | Mille Miglia | Le Mans | Tourist Trophy | Targa Florio | |||||||
| Team | 1000km | 12h | 1600km | 24h | ||||||||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati, 3054 | #727, dnf | #15, gear box | #15, 5th | #118, rear axle | ||||||||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati, 3055 | #16, gear box | #14, acci dent | ||||||||||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati, 3063 | in entry list | |||||||||||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati | in entry list | |||||||||||
| William C. Spear/ Sherwood Johnston, 3053 | #35, 3rd | |||||||||||
| Maserati Co. & B. S. Cunningham, 3061 | #36, 4th | |||||||||||
| Total points 21 |
15 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 8/3 | 2/2 | 1/0 | 2/0 | 2/1 | 1/0 | |||||||
| Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati | ||||||||||||
| John Fitch | + | |||||||||||
| Sergio Mantovani | + | |||||||||||
| Luigi Musso | + | 16 | 14, 15 | 118 | ||||||||
| Cesare Perdisa | 36 | 727 | 15 | |||||||||
| Gino Valenzano | 36 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Roberto Mieres | 15 | |||||||||||
| Jean Behra | 14 | |||||||||||
| Franco Bordoni | 15 | |||||||||||
| Luigi Villoresi | 118 | |||||||||||
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