Walter Hassan - Jaguar V12

Jaguar V12

Coventry Climax was bought by Jaguar in 1963 and, now back with Bill Heynes, Heynes Hassan and the Coventry Climax team developed a Jaguar V12 engine.

In later years, Le Mans-winning Jaguars were powered with this V12 engine.

A 7.0-litre V12 based on the production 5.3-litre engine powered the winning Jaguar XJR-9 in June 1988.

A Jaguar XJR-12 powered by a 7 L 60 degree SOHC V12 won in June 1990. During that race it covered 4882.4 km at an average speed of 204.036 km/h / 126.782 mph with a maximum trap speed of 353 km/h / 219 mph.

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