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Puma XK120 - Performance, Technical Data, Features, Comparisons, History - a definite survey

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Puma XK100

In 1948, amid the improvement period of the XK Jaguar sports auto motor, a little amount of a littler unit were incorporated to be fitted with an option rendition of what might in the end be known as the XK120.

This 4-chamber, twofold overhead cam motor, with a three bearing crankshaft, had the same bore as the "120", yet the stroke was shorter thus created a unit with a 1970 cc limit.

This built up 105 bhp at 5000 rpm, and 111 ft/lbs of torque at 2500 rpm, and created a top rate of 98 mph, and a 0-60 mph time of 15.7 secs.

The motor was bound to be utilized as a part of the XK100 Jaguar sports auto, a littler adaptation of the "120", the main distinction between the two being the motor size. It was to be promoted in the UK just.

Toward the end, of all Jaguars autos, this one never came to the generation stage subsequent to the expense of creation would have been practically the same as that of the XK120.

Puma XK120

Since the recently built up 6-chamber, twofold overhead cam motor was accessible, every one of that was required was to locate an energizing outlet for it.

Utilizing an abbreviated rendition of the suspension utilized as a part of the Jaguar Mark 7 cantina, together with aluminum body boards, the XK Open Two Seater Super Sports, as it was called, was presented at the 1948 Motor Show, and showcased as a low volume claim to fame auto.

It was the first Jaguar sports auto to be assembled following 1940.

The auto was a sensation, with requests overpowering the creation abilities such that the body must be upgraded utilizing steel instead of aluminum boards so that it could be based on a generation line.

The initial 239 units were hand made with wooden edges, and generation did not go ahead stream until the convertible showed up in 1950, when it was renamed the XK120 Jaguar sports auto.

Since the motor was created amid the war, it was assigned by the image "X", importance exploratory, and the 120 alluded to its top velocity.

The altered head roadster showed up in 1951, with the drop head variation after two years.

The convertible utilized essential hood and sticks climate assurance in addition to separable side screens, whilst the drop head car had end up windows and a nice hood that could be stowed away.

With an aluminum barrel head, a pressure proportion of 8.1:1, and fitted with two SU carburettors, it built up 160 bhp at 5000 rpm, and delivered a top rate of 120 mph, with a 0-60 mph time of 8.9 secs.

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