Chevron B16
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 Chevron B16
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| B16 | |
| Production period: | 1969-1970 |
| Class : | race car |
| Body versions : | Coupe |
| Engines: |
Gasoline engines : 1.6–2.0 liters |
| Length: | 3937 mm |
| Width: | 1778 mm |
| Height: | 940 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2362 mm |
| Empty weight : | 590 kg |
| Previous model | B8 |
| successor | B19 |
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The Chevron B16 was developed in 1969 by the British racing car manufacturer Chevron as a two-seater racing sports car for the brand world championship . Brian Redman won his very first outing, the 500 km race on the Nürburgring , on September 7, 1969, in a time of 3: 13: 01.6 hours. Clemens Schickentanz achieved the last victory with a Chevron B16 on July 11, 1971 in the sports car race at the Norisring .
Technology and specimens
As with the predecessor B8, Derek Bennett (1933–1978) used a tubular frame construction with stiffening sheets made of steel and aluminum as the chassis. The chassis with double wishbones on all wheels corresponded to the usual. Derek Bennett also designed the body made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, which was manufactured by Specialized Moldings. The first cars were powered by a 1.6-liter Ford Cosworth FVA engine of Formula 2. Thanks to the personal contact between Bennett and Keith Duckworth , the Cosworth engine with 1598 cc displacement was revised. A 1790 cc capacity enlarged revealed in this motor has a higher power of 235 bhp (175 kW) at 8750 min -1 . Eighteen copies of this engine were delivered to Chevron, later a BMW M-10 engine with a displacement of 2 liters and a Mazda rotary engine were also used. A total of 23 Chevron B16s were built, which is considered to be one of the most beautiful Chevron sports cars. In 2013, a Chevron B16 sold for just under £ 270,000 at an auction in London . Kit Car replicas of the Chevron B16 were offered in the 1990s.
B16 Spyder
The single-seat, open Chevron B16 Spyder with a 1790 cm³ Cosworth engine was also successfully used by Brian Redman in 1970 at the European sports car championship in the 2-liter class.
500 km race on the Nürburgring
The favorites for the 1969 500 km race at the Nürburgring were three Abarths , a prototype and two sports cars, with drivers Johannes Ortner , Toine Hezemans and Gijs van Lennep , who achieved such good times on Friday that they did not attend training on Saturday . But on Saturday Brian Redman drove a lap in the new Chevron B16 with 1.6-liter engine in 8: 33.5 minutes and thus in a time 5.6 seconds shorter than Hezemans with the 2-liter Abarth. Redman led the race from start to finish and drove the fastest lap with 8: 40.4 minutes. Places two to five went to Abarth drivers Hezemans, von Lennep and Ortner and Herbert Schultze in an Alfa Romeo Tipo 33. In contrast to long-distance races, the drivers covered the 500 kilometers without replacing them.
B16
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B16 (Mazda)
B16 (Mazda)
Technical specifications
| Parameters | Chevron B 16 BMW (1969/70) |
|---|---|
| engine | BMW M 10, inline four-cylinder |
| Displacement | 1990.8 cc |
| Bore × stroke | 89 × 80 mm |
| power | 220 hp (160 kW) at 7800 rpm |
| Max. Torque | 210 Nm at 6630 rpm |
| Mixture preparation | Carburettor Weber 45 DCOE |
| transmission | Five-speed transmission, Hewland FT 200 rear-wheel drive |
| body | Glass fiber reinforced plastic (fiberglass) |
| Front suspension | Double wishbones |
| Rear suspension | reversed wishbone below, wishbone above, diagonal link above and below |
| steering | Rack and pinion steering |
| Brakes | Discs, Ø front 272 mm, rear 262 mm |
| wheelbase | 2340 mm |
| wheel size | front 8.2 / 20 × 13, rear 13.0 / 25.5 × 13 |
| Dimensions L × W × H | 4113 × 1680 × 920 mm |
| Empty weight (without driver) | 660 kg |
literature
David Gordon: Chevron. The Derek Bennett Story. Patrick Stephens Limited, Haynes & Co. Ltd., 1991, ISBN 1-85260-318-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ultimatecarpage.com Chevron B16 Cosworth (accessed August 9, 2014)
- ↑ a b ams , issue 20/1969, pp. 104-108.
- ↑ David Gordon: Chevron. P. 261
- ↑ ultimatecarpage.com Chevron B16 Cosworth (accessed August 9, 2014)
- ↑ David Gordon: Chevron. P. 254
- ↑ Erich Kahnt: Came, saw, won . In Curbs No. 13, June 2016, p. 62.
- ↑ David Gordon: Chevron. P. 97
- ↑ Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. Haynes Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , p. 56.
- ↑ David Gordon: Chevron. P. 254
- ↑ ultimatecarpage.com Chevron B16-Spyder (accessed August 9, 2014)
- ↑ http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec/4982/Chevron-B16-Spyder-Cosworth.html