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David Keith Duckworth (10 August 1933 – 18 December 2005[1]) was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV (Double Four Valve) engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One.

  1. ^ Motorsport.com CHAMPCAR/CART: The passing of Keith Duckworth Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine 2005-12-19

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Keith Duckworth

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David Keith Duckworth (10 August 1933 – 18 December 2005) was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV (Double...

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Mike Costin

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(born 10 July 1929, in Hendon) is a British engineer. Together with Keith Duckworth, he co-founded Cosworth Engineering, a producer of Ford-funded and...

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Cosworth

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Costin and Keith Duckworth. Its company name, "Cosworth", was derived as a portmanteau of the surnames of its two founders (Costin and Duckworth). Both of...

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Cosworth GBA

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Engine Cosworth. The engine manufacturer Cosworth, founded in 1958 by Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin, was represented in the Formula 1 World Championship...

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Chevron B16

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engine from Formula 2. Thanks to personal contact between Bennett and Keith Duckworth, the Cosworth engine was revised with a displacement of 1,598 cc (97...

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Team Lotus

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switch to the new Ford Cosworth DFV, designed by former Lotus employee Keith Duckworth, in 1967 returned the team to winning form. Although they failed to...

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Lotus 92

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Lotus car to carry the Cosworth DFY V8 engine (a development of the Keith Duckworth designed Cosworth DFV which Lotus had introduced to F1 in 1967), while...

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Cosworth DFV

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reasons not to develop a large capacity engine. Chapman approached Keith Duckworth, previously a gearbox engineer at Lotus but now running his fledgling...

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Colin Chapman

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Lotus employees over the years were Cosworth founders Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth, and Graham Hill who worked at Lotus as a mechanic as a means of earning...

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Norton Challenge P86

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as the Norton Cosworth, is a racing motorcycle designed in 1973 by Keith Duckworth of Cosworth Engineering for Norton Motorcyles. The 750 cc (46 cu in)...

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Lotus Cortina

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released the 116E five bearing 1,498 cc engine and work centred on this. Keith Duckworth, from Cosworth, played an important part in tuning of the engine. The...

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9 Days in Summer

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amassing an incredible 155 wins. The film opens showing Cosworth designer Keith Duckworth silently working away at his drawing board, then cuts to footage of...

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Weslake

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 41. Norman Burr (2015). First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth. p. 285. ISBN 9781845845285. "Skidmarks – (Excelsior-Henderson) X Factor...

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Ford Kent engine

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replacement for the Coventry Climax FWE engine used in Lotus Elite. As Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin, the co-founders of Cosworth, used to be Lotus Development...

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Sleeve valve

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Mike Hewland with his assistant John Logan, and also independently Keith Duckworth, experimented with a single-cylinder sleeve-valve test engine when...

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List of companies named after people

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Costa Coffee – Bruno Costa and Sergio Costa Cosworth – Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth Courage Compétition – Yves Courage Cox Enterprises – James M. Cox Cox...

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Blackburn

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Anastasios Donis (born 1996), footballer for Stade Reims and Greece Keith Duckworth (1933–2005), motor-racing engine designer David Dunn (born 1979), footballer...

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Lola THL2

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by the Cosworth DFV engine designer and Cosworth technical director Keith Duckworth and chief designer Geoff Goddard; the turbo engine was rated at about...

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Norman Hossack

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Triumph Trident 900 in 1994, commissioned by Formula 1 entrepreneur Keith Duckworth. This proved to be an ideal application, as the cylinder heads of the...

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Lotus Elan

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Peel/Avengers) - £146,000 1968 S3 DHC ex-Rob Walker - £44,000 1968 S4 FDC ex-Keith Duckworth - £32,000 1966 S3 DHC ex-Peter Sellers - £66,000 Elan 1600 and S2:...

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Frank Costin

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Costin Sports Roadster. He also created an ultra-light glider with Keith Duckworth, an old friend and his brother's business partner. In his youth, Costin...

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Lotus 900 series

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Jackie (15 October 2014). First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBE. Veloce Publishing. p. 205. ISBN 978-1845845285. Robson, Graham...

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Nigel Roebuck

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educated at Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire, also the alma mater of Keith Duckworth, another well-known figure in Formula One. He wrote freelance articles...

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