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  2. Bentley 4½ Litre - Wikipedia

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    Bentley racing car "Mother Gun", built 1927, 4.5 L engine. BentleyLitre No. 10 took third at the 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans. Between 1927 and 1931 the BentleyLitre competed in several competitions, primarily the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first was the Old Mother Gun at the 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven as a prototype before production ...

  3. Bentley Blower No.1 - Wikipedia

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    Bentley adhered strictly to his own assertion that increasing displacement is always preferable to forced induction: [5] To supercharge a Bentley engine was to pervert its design and corrupt its performance. However, in the winter of 1926/7, chassis FR5189, a 3-litre car, was the first car fitted with a supercharger at the factory.

  4. Bentley 4 Litre - Wikipedia

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    The 4-litre chassis was conceived and built in a failed attempt to restore Bentley to a good financial state. Announced 15 May 1931, [ 6 ] it used a modified 4-litre Ricardo IOE engine in a shortened 8 Litre chassis at two-thirds of the price of the 8 Litre in an attempt to compete with the Rolls-Royce 20/25 .

  5. Porsche flat-twelve engine - Wikipedia

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    By 1971, the original 4.5-liter engine, which had produced around 520 hp in 1969, had been enlarged through 4.9-liters (600 hp) to 5-liters and produced a maximum of 630 hp. The favorite team to win, Gulf-backed John Wyer Automotive, lined up three 917Ks, two with the 4.9-liter engine, and one with the 4.5-liter unit.

  6. Bentley Bentayga - Wikipedia

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    This engine is Bentley's first diesel and only offered in the Bentayga. Included are a badge on the front wing and the trapezoid quad exhaust tips. Bentley claims performance of the 4.0 L, twin-turbo diesel of 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 4.6 seconds, 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) in 4.8 s, and a top speed of 168 mph (270 km/h). [26]

  7. Bentley Speed Six - Wikipedia

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    The Bentley Speed Six chassis was introduced in 1928 [5] as a more sporting version of the BentleyLitre. [12] With a single-port block, two SU carburettors, [5] [8] [11] a high-performance camshaft, [14] and a compression ratio of 5.3:1, the Speed Six's engine produced 180 hp (130 kW) at 3500 rpm.

  8. Daimler V8 engines - Wikipedia

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    V-8 engines were produced by the Daimler Company in displacements of 2.5 L (153 cu in) (1959-1968) and 4.5 L (275 cu in) (1959-1968). Designed for Daimler by Edward Turner, they were initially used in the SP250 sports car and the Majestic Major saloon respectively; ultimately, the 2.5 L was mostly used in the Daimler 2.5 V8 (later named V8-250) saloon made with Jaguar Mark 2 unit bodies from ...

  9. Bentley 3.5 Litre - Wikipedia

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    3½-litre coupé de ville by Thrupp & Maberly 1934. The BentleyLitre (later enlarged to 4¼ Litre) was a luxury car produced by Bentley from 1933 to 1939. It was presented to the public in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931.