British forklift truck, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer
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Coventry Climax
Company type
Limited company
Industry
Speciality machinery and engine manufacture
Predecessor
Johnson & Smith Ltd.
Founded
1903
Defunct
1986 (Coventry Climax Holdings Ltd)
Fate
Purchased by Jaguar Cars, businesses merged by British Leyland or divested
Successor
Kalmar Climax (forklift business)
Headquarters
Coventry
Key people
Lee Stroyer,
Henry Pelham Lee,
Leonard Pelham Lee
Walter Hassan,
Harry Mundy,
Peter Windsor Smith
Coventry Climax as a Formula One engine manufacturer
CoventryClimax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, racing, and other speciality engine manufacturer. The company was started in 1903 as Lee Stroyer...
design and development of three very successful engines: Jaguar XK, CoventryClimax and Jaguar V12, as well as the ERA racing car. Hassan was born in London...
that he would be interested in purchasing a TVR chassis fitted with a CoventryClimax FWA engine. TVR completed the chassis in May 1956, and it had arrived...
game studio based in Japan Climax Group, a global game development studio CoventryClimax, an engine manufacturer The Climax (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
design to new development heights. The 33 was again powered by the 1500 cc Climax engine. The 33 was almost identical to the 25, but had suspension designed...
because of the surprising failure of the CoventryClimax 1.5-Litre FWMW Flat-16 project, which prevented Climax from developing a 3-Litre successor. They...
entered by the private team of Rob Walker, and powered by a 2-litre Coventry-Climax Straight-4. This was the first victory for a car with the engine mounted...
system. The design was popularized in motor racing by the 1961–1965 CoventryClimax FWMV Formula One engine, and the 1967–1985 Cosworth DFV engine was...
included a choice of side or overhead valve engines from Ford, a CoventryClimax unit, the engine from the MGA and, ultimately, the 1798cc BMC B-series...
sports car like performance from a 75 hp (56 kW), 1,216 cc (1.2 L) CoventryClimax FWE all-aluminium Inline-four engine while returning a fuel consumption...
made, few teams were prepared as the main engine supplier in the UK, CoventryClimax, decided to get out of race engine building. Jack Brabham used his...
four-cylinder engines; including a Ford-Cosworth FVA, a BMW M10, and a CoventryClimax FPF. Power output ranged between 200–225 hp (149–168 kW). The B8 entered...
Mans, was fitted with a 1100 cc (67ci) CoventryClimax FWA engine ;occasionally with a 1500 cc (92ci) CoventryClimax FWB engine), mounted in the front of...
bloke I'd have gone into partnership with". Later, Brabham offered a Coventry-Climax FWE-engined version of the Herald, with 83 hp (62 kW) and uprated suspension...
powered by the Mk.II 1496cc through to the Mk.5 1499cc versions of the CoventryClimax FWMV V8 in crossplane and flatplane formats. Later, Reg Parnell Racing...
Godiva Fire Pumps was an offshoot from CoventryClimax, directed by Charles Pelham Lee, son of Leonard Pelham Lee. The building of fire pumps was initially...
the 25. Both CoventryClimax FWMV and BRM P56 engines were generally fitted, with at least one example running with the CoventryClimax FPF four-cylinder...
and 1966 was a transitional year, with 2.0 L versions of the BRM and Coventry-Climax V8 engines being used by several entrants. The appearance of the standard-produced...
principals. Using a car built by former Emeryson designer Emery and an old CoventryClimax engine, they participated in a single Grand Prix. Trevor Taylor drove...
levels of international motorsport. Initially appearing with a 2.7L CoventryClimax inline 4-cylinder engine, the car was designed around a 3.0L Gurney-Weslake...
powered by 1087 or 1232-cc four-cylinder or 1467 or 1991-cc six-cylinder CoventryClimax overhead inlet and side exhaust valve designed engines (modified and...
front-engined Grand Prix cars. The dominant engine of this formula was the CoventryClimax FPF four-cylinder, with the rare Borgward sixteen-valve unit enjoying...