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    Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, racing, and other speciality engine manufacturer. The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer...
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    was designed with a dry-sump, all aluminium, DOHC four cylinder Coventry Climax FPF engine of 1.5 to 2.5 Litre displacement built for Formula Two and...
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    Jack Brabham – Repco Brabham BT4 Coventry Climax FPF 1963 Hordern Trophy – John Youl – Cooper T55 Coventry Climax FPF 1964 Hordern Trophy Leo Geoghegan...
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    advanced build than seen in the Lotus 18. Powered by the 1.5-litre Coventry Climax FPF 4-cylinder engine, it used disc brakes all round. Used by the works...
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  • T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was not awarded points for his victory in the Longford race New Zealand driver Angus Hyslop (Cooper T53 Coventry Climax FPF) was...
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    Stirling Moss, driving a Lotus 18 Coventry Climax FPF. Pole Position: Stirling Moss (Lotus 18 Coventry Climax FPF), 1:39.3 Weather: Hot (41 degrees C)...
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    featured open-top bodywork. Initially using a 2.75-litre version of the Coventry Climax FPF straight-four engine, it later used a Traco-Oldsmobile 3.5-litre...
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    front-engined Grand Prix cars. The dominant engine of this formula was the Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder, with the rare Borgward sixteen-valve unit enjoying...
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    fiberglass body over a space frame, originally designed with 1.5 - 2.75L Coventry Climax FPF engine built for Grand Prix cars, mated to Lotus' own five-speed...
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    victory for a rear-engined racing car. Mildren eschewed the more usual Coventry Climax FPF engine in favour of a Maserati sports car unit to power his Cooper...
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    2,467 cc Coventry Climax FPF (3.70" x 3.50") four cylinder DOHC engine inherited from the Grand Prix version of Lotus 16. In 1960, the FPF was enlarged...
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    four-cylinder engines; including a Ford-Cosworth FVA, a BMW M10, and a Coventry Climax FPF. Power output ranged between 200–225 hp (149–168 kW). The B8 entered...
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    positions. It was powered by a naturally-aspirated 2.7 L (160 cu in) Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder engine; producing 220 hp (160 kW), and 200 lb⋅ft (270 N⋅m)...
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    his three-year-old ex McLaren Tasman Cooper powered by a 2.7-litre Coventry Climax FPF. Unfortunately, Love had to make a late pit stop for fuel and could...
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    the season. (In the event, it did not race until the next year). The Coventry Climax 4-cylinder unit used by Cooper and Team Lotus was chosen as a stopgap...
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    T53, it was powered by the 170 hp (130 kW) naturally aspirated Coventry-Climax FPF four-cylinder engine driving through a new Cooper six-speed gearbox. The...
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    and 1963. It was powered by a 250 hp (190 kW) 2.75 L (168 cu in) Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder, but later used an Aston Martin six-cylinder engine...
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    itself was Coventry Climax's FPF straight-4, in a variety of sizes. Initially the cars were fitted with the 2-litre powerplant, but as Climax gradually...
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    the 25. Both Coventry Climax FWMV and BRM P56 engines were generally fitted, with at least one example running with the Coventry Climax FPF four-cylinder...
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    Ferguson P99 (redirect from Ferguson Climax)
    Ferguson Climax, it derived its P99 name from its Harry Ferguson Research project number. It used either a 1.5-litre or a 2.5-litre Climax engine. It...
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    Chapman would use on later models. To better use the power of the Coventry Climax engine, it was designed, as usual, for low weight and low drag, relying...
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    Cooper Car Company Jim Russell Bruce McLaren Cooper T49 ‘Monaco’ Coventry Climax FPF 1964cc S4 79 Accident (6hr) DNF S2.0 32 Porsche KG Hans Herrmann...
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    one season. The first Mk1s took to the track with old 2.7-liter Coventry Climax FPF inline-4 engines in their place. Once the Weslake was ready, however...
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    board agreed to his proposal in light of the expected rival 2.75 L Coventry Climax FPF DOHC engine being of four-cylinder configuration deemed to be near-obsolete...
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    commercially available fuel. This encouraged the use of engines such as the Coventry Climax FPF unit which had been prominent in the 2.5 litre FIA Formula One category...
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  • bloke I'd have gone into partnership with". Later, Brabham offered a Coventry-Climax FWE-engined version of the Herald, with 83 hp (62 kW) and uprated suspension...
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    Elites. One of the three works cars had been given the 2-litre (120 cu in) FPF Climax engine to enter the GT-2000 class against a pair of privateer AC Aces...
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    Lex Davison winning his fourth and last AGP driving a Cooper T51 Coventry Climax FPF. The original lap distance of 3.379 km (2.100 mi) was reduced to...
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  • Circular (18 ft 10 in). The lift rotor - driven by 170 bhp 2-litre Coventry Climax FPF engine - ran round the periphery of the hull (a plywood construction);...
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  • 250 bhp (190 kW). This value is still higher than that provided by the Coventry Climax FPF straight-4, used by contemporary manufacturers such as Lotus and...
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