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• Rubber bushing
  ...rsional vibrations. To quote William Heynes in ref.<ref>Heynes, W M. ''The Jaguar Engine'', a paper presented to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 2
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• SS Cars
  ...er the new name in 1934. In 1945 the company changed its name to [[Jaguar|Jaguar Cars Ltd]]. ...e latter from SS with the bodywork being added in the Coventry works. The engines were modified to designs by [[William Heynes]] and [[Harry Weslake]].
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• Atalanta (1937 automobile)
  ...omewhat erratic 4 cylinder overhead cam 1½ litre 78 bhp and 2-litre 98 bhp engines with three valves per cylinder which had been previously fitted to some [[F ...l 1958. [[Lea-Francis]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Jaguar|Jaguar]] engines were used.
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• Nikasil
  ...ent for hard-chrome plated cylinder bores for Mecury Marine Racing, Kohler Engines, and as a repair replacement for factory-chromed snowmobiles, dirt bikes, A ...in the 1990s. It was used by companies such as [[BMW]], [[Ferrari]] and [[Jaguar]] in their new engine families. However, the sulfur found in much of the wo
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• Guy Motors
  ...made the ABC designed Wasp and Dragonfly aircraft engines, [[Tylor]] truck engines and [[Maudslay Motor Company|Maudslay]] gearboxes as well as being the coun ...r|Jaguar]] in 1961 and badged Guy buses ceased production in 1964. In 1966 Jaguar became part of the [[British Motor Holdings]].
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• Jaguar XJ13
  ...olor:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | [[Image:28660 1.jpg|250px|1966 Jaguar XJ13]] ...span=2 style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; background:#ddb;" | [[Jaguar]]
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• Jaguar AJ-V6 engine
  |Engine Name = Jaguar AJ-V6 |Manufacturer = [[Jaguar]]
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• BMW 8 Series Review
  * Smooth engines * [[Jaguar XK8]]
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• Jaguar AJ-V8 engine
  |Engine Name = Jaguar AJ-V8 |Manufacturer = [[Jaguar]]
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• Tickford
  ...es for Aston Martin (V8 in Nimrod and EMKA chassis) and developed Cosworth engines for Ray Mallock Racing and Ecurie Ecosse, powering Aston Martin to third pl ...lso during this period, Tickford designed, developed and built Formula One engines, including some with unique 5-valve cylinder heads. A Tickford 5v version
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• Jaguar S-Type
  ...ge:Photography 8E581B1A-99BB-4FE7-899B-089CAA0FBEF6 378x624.jpg|300px|2004 Jaguar S-Type]] ! colspan=2 | '''Jaguar S-Type'''
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• Jaguar R4
  ...span=2 style="text-align:center; font-weight:normal; background:#ddb;" | [[Jaguar]] | [[Jaguar]]
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• Maserati Kyalami
  ...anything good (confer his Deauville, a smoothed-out copy of [[Jaguar]]'s [[Jaguar XJ6|XJ6]], or his sports car prototype shown at the Turin Salon in 1974, a ...osely related to its contemporary Quattroporte, also offered with the same engines and gearboxes.
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• Premier Automotive Group
  ...AG grew to include responsibility for the [[Lincoln]], [[Aston Martin]], [[Jaguar]], [[Mercury]], [[Land Rover]] and [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] brands. Lincoln an ...<!-- Bot generated title -->] from leftlanenews.com</ref> In March 2008, [[Jaguar]] and [[Land Rover]] were sold to [[Tata Motors]]. In March 2010, Ford anno
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• Ford GT90
  ...wishbone suspension]] and the five-speed manual [[gearbox]] came from the Jaguar, while the engine was from another member of the Ford family. ...ular engine]]. Two V8 engines each had portions removed, and the cut down engines were welded together. In total, this yielded a 90-degree V-12, with 90.2 m
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• Group C
  ...rim — the 3.2&nbsp;L [[Porsche 935]] was capable of more than 800&nbsp;hp. Engines had to be from a recognized manufacturer which had cars homologated in the ...r large naturally aspirated engines to compete with small forced induction engines. In addition, all races were to be contested over at least 1000&nbsp;km —
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• De Tomaso Deauville
  | [[Jaguar XJ|XJ6]] ...y, the 270 hp example, sold only 241 copies. In reality only the strongest engines were selected, in order to move a nearly 2-ton sedan with reasonable perfor
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• Jaguar XK6 engine
  |Engine Name = Jaguar XK engine |Manufacturer = [[Jaguar]]
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• Ford Duratorq engine
  ...le in [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Peugeot]], [[Citroën]], [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]], [[Land Rover]], [[Volvo]] and [[Mazda]] vehicles. They are given differ The straight-4 engines are sold under the '''Duratorq TDCi''' name by Ford, and as the '''HDi''' b
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• Getrag
  *** [[Jaguar S-Type]]
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• Daimler Motor Company
  ...was a subsidiary of BSA from 1910 up until 1960, when it became part of [[Jaguar]] and the brand was used for their luxury models. It is now a subsidiary of ...any acquired a [[Knight Engine]] licence in 1908 to build [[sleeve valve]] engines for its automobiles.
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• Lincoln LS
  ...ivil action against General Motors - this was an official RPO code for two engines - the legendary LS6 454 producing 450 [[HP|horsepower]].) The car is, howev ...o the discontinuation of the [[Lincoln Continental|Continental]]), and the engines received a boost in power, with the addition of an electronic throttle cont
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• Coventry Climax
  | title = Legendary Car Engines: Inner Secrets of the World's 20 Best ...WK]], who produced over 1000 light cars with Coventry-Simplex two-cylinder engines between 1911 and 1915. Just before World War I a Coventry-Simplex engine w
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• Jaguar Mark V
  |Marque = [[Jaguar]] ...r production with slight changes, and is now unofficially known as the ''[[Jaguar Mark IV|Mark IV]]'' because it came before the Mark V.
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• World Sportscar Championship
  ...ther than Le Mans, despite the potential of the [[Jaguar C-Type|C-]] and [[Jaguar D-Type|D-Type]]s. ...d by a new Group 5 Sports Car class. These cars were limited to 3.0&nbsp;L engines by the FIA (a move that some cynics believed was made to benefit the French
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• Carrera Panamericana
  ...sche 911|911]]s. Rarer cars included [[Saab 96]]s, [[Volvo PV544]]s, and [[Jaguar MkII]] saloons. ...underpinnings more closely related to modern [[NASCAR]] entries. Tuned V8 engines of more than 500PS are common, especially in the American cars, and the car
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• Jaguar X-Type
  |Image = [[Image:Xtype091.jpg|300px|Jaguar X-TYPE]] |Marque = [[Jaguar]]
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• BMW F10
  |Similar = [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class]]<br>[[Audi A6]]<br>[[Jaguar XF]] ...f straight 6 engines, completing the petrol engine range. [[Straight six]] engines offer superior refinement over their 4 cylinder counterparts, as well as be
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• Compression ratio
  ...est capacity. It is a fundamental specification for many common combustion engines. ...d combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engines)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at t
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• Iso Rivolta
  ...n cars of Iso. Starting in 1971, [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] 351 Cleveland engines replaced the GM small block. The most well-known [[Gran Turismo]] of Iso Ri
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• Riley
  ...n the Riley Engine Company, also in Coventry. At first, he simply supplied engines for Riley motorcycles, but the company soon began to focus on four-wheeled ...der 10&nbsp;hp (7.5&nbsp;kW) car. Riley also began manufacturing aeroplane engines and became a key supplier in Britain's buildup for World War I.
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• Lanchester Motor Company
  ...irst production cars in 1900. These had two cylinder horizontal air cooled engines with two crankshafts rotating in opposite directions to give smooth running ...rent company, Daimler, was in decline and in 1960 was absorbed by [[Jaguar|Jaguar]], who used the Daimler name in the same way Daimler had used the Lancheste
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• Mercedes-Benz R107
  ...ents of the mid size Mercedes-Benz W114 model and mated them to the larger engines from the S-Class. The W 107 chassis is also referred to as "R 107" for "Rei ...e 380SEC. It was aimed at the same market as more exotic machines like the Jaguar E-Type and Citroën SM.
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• Alta Car and Engineering Company
  ...d 1952, as well as [[Grand Prix]] events prior to this. They also supplied engines to a small number of other constructors, most noteably the [[Connaught|Conn ...verstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. Over the next few years 1.5L and 2.5L Alta engines would find their way into a slew of British-built F1 hopefuls, the most suc
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• British Leyland
  ...the competition from yet more, previously LMC marques. Rover competed with Jaguar at the expensive end of the market, and Triumph with its family cars and sp :*Coventry Climax Limited (fork lift trucks and specialist engines)
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• Mitsuoka Viewt
  ...s a modification of the [[Nissan March]]/Micra, intended to resemble the [[Jaguar Mark 2]]. It, along with Mitsuoka's earlier [[Mitsuoka Galue|Galue]], encou ...and the cabin appears rounder. However, Mitsuoka have persisted with their Jaguar-style front and rear.
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• Nash-Healey
  .... It was expensive to build because of all the shipping involved. The Nash engines and other mechanical components came from the U.S. to Britain. The body was ...ssador|Ambassador's]] inline six-cylinder (252&nbsp;in³, 4130 cc, 140 hp.) engines, three-speed manual transmissions with [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]],
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• Gottlieb Daimler
  ...m Maybach]] were two inventors whose dream was to create small, high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They designed in 1885 a pre ...im Maybach moved to work at the world's largest manufacturer of stationary engines of the time, the [[Deutz AG|Deutz-AG-Gasmotorenfabrik]] in [[Cologne]]. It
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• Spa 1000 km
  ...o 480&nbsp;km as a rule change required the use of [[Formula One]]-derived engines that last no longer. Due to the decline of the WSC, the "1000km" was discon | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]
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• Horsepower
  The most-common definition of [[HP|horsepower]] for engines is the one originally proposed by James Watt in 1782. Under this system, o ...s was a minor issue in the days when measurement systems varied widely and engines produced less power, but has become a major sticking point today. Exotic c
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...n relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than engines with fewer cylinders.<ref>Nunney, pp. 12-13</ref> ...the largest modern ones in passenger cars are the 4.2l found in several [[Jaguar]]s, the 4.3l [[Hemi Six]], the 4.0 [[TVR Speed Six]], the 4.0 [[Ford Barra]
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...e edge of the track close to the finish line for hours, then restart their engines and crawl around the track one last time in order to finish after the 24 ho ...prior to the start. On the starter's signal, the drivers could start their engines and start the race. In 1971, a full [[rolling start]] was introduced, as us
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• Manifold
  ...ulse could have a negative effect. This poses a very difficult problem for engines, since valve timing is dynamic and based on engine speed, whereas the pulse ...me engines the intake runners are straight for minimal resistance. In most engines, however, the runners have curves...and some very convoluted to achieve des
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...esellschaft'' (DMG). Its purpose was the construction of small, high speed engines based on the same [[stationary engine]] technology. ...etor]], and so on. The company would manufacture small internal combustion engines suitable for use on land, sea, and in the air (the basis for a symbol Daiml
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• Sauber
  ...]] and the world sports car championship, competing against [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] and [[Porsche]]. Among others, drivers like [[Michael Schumacher]], [[Hei ...]] Engineering'', a company founded for the sole purpose of building these engines, that were nearly identical to the ones used by Ferrari. Sauber licenced ne
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• Alvis Cars
  ...Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceas ...John and Co. Ltd., was founded in 1919. Its first products were stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motorscooter. The company's founder T.G. John was a
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• Gas turbine
  As with all cyclic heat engines, higher combustion temperature means greater [[fuel efficiency|efficiency]] ...ten make the construction of a simple turbine more complicated than piston engines.
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• Pininfarina
  ...ati]], [[Cadillac|Cadillac]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], [[Peugeot]], [[Jaguar|Jaguar]], [[Volvo]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[MG|MG]], [[Cisitalia|Cisitalia]], and [[La ...ll be offered with a normally-aspirated gasoline engine, as well as diesel engines with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection.
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• BMW 8 Series
  | [[Jaguar XK8]] All engines are robust and reliable if properly serviced and the ZF Atomatic gearboxes
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• Ron Dennis
  ...ccessful recruitment of the [[Porsche]] automobile firm to build the cars' engines from 1984-87. ...cLaren International. Ojjeh invested in [[Porsche]]-built [[turbocharged]] engines which carried the name of his company, Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG).<ref>
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