Jaguar C-Type

Nau'in C-Jaguar (wanda ake kira Jaguar XK120-C ) motar wasanni ce ta tsere da Jaguar ta gina kuma an sayar dashi daga shekara ta 1951 izuwa shekara ta 1953. "C" yana nufin "gasa".

Motar ta haɗu da kayan aiki na zamani, hanyar da aka tabbatar da XK120, tare da firam ɗin tubular mai nauyi wanda Jaguar Chief Engineer William Heynes ya tsara, da kuma jikin aluminum mai iska mai iska, wanda William Heynes ya haɓaka, RJ (Bob) Knight da kuma daga baya Malcolm Sayer . An gina nau'ikan nau'ikan C-53, 43 daga cikinsu an sayar da su ga masu zaman kansu, galibi a cikin Amurka. 

 Ƙayyadaddun bayanai 
XK120's 3.4-lita twin-cam, injin madaidaiciya-6 wanda aka samar tsakanin 160 da  . An fara kunna sigar C-Type zuwa kusan  . Nau'in C na farko an saka su tare da SU carburettors da birki na ganga. Daga baya C-Types, wanda aka samar daga tsakiyar 1953, sun fi ƙarfi, ta amfani da tagwayen choke Weber carburettors sau uku da manyan camshafts . Hakanan sun kasance masu sauƙi, kuma an inganta aikin birki ta hanyar amfani da birki na diski akan dukkan ƙafafu huɗu. Heynes ne ya tsara shi mai nauyi, tubular da yawa, firam mai triangular. Heynes, Knight da Sayer tare sun haɓaka jikin aerodynamic. An yi shi da aluminium a cikin salon barchetta, ba shi da abubuwa masu tafiya a hanya kamar kafet, kayan aikin yanayi da hannayen ƙofar waje. A cewar Jaguar Heritage Registry, an samar da motocin a tsakanin Mayu 1952, farawa da XKC001, kuma ya ƙare a cikin Agusta 1953 tare da XK054. An yiwa asalin jikin alloy alama da prefix K (misali K1037).

 Racing 
C-Type ya yi nasara a tsere, musamman a tseren sa'o'i 24 na Le Mans, wanda ya lashe sau biyu.

A cikin 1951, motar ta yi nasara a ƙoƙarinta na farko. Ma'aikatar ta shiga uku, wanda haɗin gwiwar direban su Stirling Moss da Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson da Triple Mille Miglia nasara Clemente Biondetti, da kuma masu nasara na ƙarshe, Peter Walker da Peter Whitehead . Motar Walker-Whitehead ita ce kadai hanyar shiga masana'anta da aka gama, sauran biyun kuma sun yi ritaya da rashin man fetur. Wani keɓaɓɓen shiga XK120, mallakar Robert Lawrie, wanda Ivan Waller ya jagoranta, shi ma ya kammala tseren, ya ƙare na 11. 

A cikin 1952, Jaguar, ya damu da rahoton game da saurin Mercedes-Benz 300SLs wanda zai gudana a Le Mans, ya canza yanayin iska na C-Type don ƙara saurin gudu. Koyaya, sake fasalin tsarin sanyaya ya sanya motocin su kasance masu rauni ga zafi fiye da kima,  kuma duka ukun sun yi ritaya daga tseren. Motocin Peter Whitehead -Ian Stewart da Tony Rolt / Dancan Hamilton sun busa gaskets, da kuma motar Stirling Moss-Peter Walker, ita kaɗai ce ba ta da zafi bayan tana da cikakken radiator mai girma da sauri, ta rasa matsewar mai bayan fashewar inji.  Gwaji da Norman Dewis ya yi a MIRA bayan tseren ya tabbatar da cewa yawan zafi ya faru ne ta hanyar bita ga tsarin sanyaya fiye da yadda aka canza yanayin aerodynamics: ruwan famfo na ruwa ya ragu sosai, don haka yana jujjuyawa da sauri kuma yana haifar da cavitation; Hakanan tankin na kai yana gaban babban babban gefen fasinja, nesa da radiator, kuma diamita na tubing ya yi ƙanƙanta a 7/8 inch. Tare da girman juzu'in famfo, kuma bututun ya karu zuwa 1 1/4 inch, an kawar da matsalar. Babban koma baya na sabon siffar jiki shine ya rage karfin wutsiya har ya haifar da tashin hankali da rashin kwanciyar hankali a cikin sauri sama da  . akan Madaidaicin Mulsanne . Waɗannan motocin suna da lambobin chassis XKC 001, 002 da 011. Biyu na farko an tarwatsa su a masana'antar, kuma na uku ya tsira a cikin nau'in C-na al'ada.

A cikin 1953, C-Types ya sake yin nasara, kuma ya sanya na biyu da na huɗu.  A wannan lokacin jikin ya kasance a cikin bakin ciki, aluminum mai haske da kuma ainihin tagwayen H8 yashi yashi SU carburettors an maye gurbinsu da DCO3 40mm Webers guda uku, wanda ya taimaka wajen bunkasa wutar lantarki zuwa  . Philip Porter ya ambaci ƙarin canje-canje: