MG Q-Type

MG
Q-Type (QA)
Production period:	1934
Class :	race car
Body versions :	Monoposto , roadster
Engines:	Otto engine : 0.75 liters (107 kW)
Length:	3632 mm
Width:	1346 mm
Height:
Wheelbase :	2388 mm
Empty weight :
successor	MG R-Type

The MG Q-Type or MG QA was a racing car that MG manufactured in 1934. The chassis was based on that of the K3 Magnette , but was narrower and had the axles of the NA / NE Magnette . The engine had the block of the PA / PB Midget , but a different crankshaft for a displacement of 746 cm³, whereby the stroke was reduced from 83 mm to 71 mm. There was also a sprint version, the output of which reached 146 bhp (107 kW), which corresponds to a specific output of almost 200 hp / ltr. corresponded. At that time, this was the highest specific power output of an engine anywhere in the world.

Probably only eight copies were made (Sedgewick speaks of nine) because the cars were very expensive at £ 550–650 and the rigid axles had difficulty coping with the engine power. The single-seater version achieved a lap speed of 195 km / h in Brooklands with George Harvey-Noble as the driver , the two-seater still 192 km / h.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WE Blower: MG Workshop and Tuning Manual. Motor Racing publications, London 1952.
2. ↑ M. Sedgewick: AZ of Cars of the 1930s. Bay View Books, Devon 1989, ISBN 1-870979-38-9 .
3. ^ Mike Allison: The Magic of MG. Dalton Watson, London 1972, ISBN 0-901564-09-5 .
4. ^ N. Georgano: Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. HMSO, London 2000, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 .
5. ↑ Malcolm Green: MG Sports Cars. CLB, Godalming 1997, ISBN 1-85833-606-6 .
6. ↑ M. Sedgewick: AZ of Cars of the 1930s. Bay View Books, Devon 1989, ISBN 1-870979-38-9 .