The Caparo T1 engine is a 3.5-liter, naturally-aspirated, V-8 racing engine, designed, developed, and made by ''

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'', and used in the

Caparo T1 The Caparo T1 is a British mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-seat automobile that was built by Caparo Vehicle Technologies, founded by design director Ben Scott-Geddes, engineering director Graham Halstead, engineers formerly involved in the d ...

sports car, between 2006 and 2015. The engine itself is derived from the Nissan/Infiniti

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engine, only slightly detuned.

Overview

The T1 sports a , 32-valve, , all-aluminium, naturally-aspirated, ''

'' V-8, with cylinder banks mounted at 90°, and lubricated via a dry-sump oil system. The engine has gone through several designs, previously including a smaller 2.4-litre

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unit. The production design generates a maximum power of at 10,500 revolutions per minute and a maximum torque of at 9,000 revolutions per minute, giving the car a

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of 1,223 horsepower per tonne (912.8 kW/t). In addition, the engine has been reported to successfully reach on

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fuel. The engine is controlled via a fully tunable Pectel SQ6

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and the throttle is controlled via a

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system.

Applications

*Caparo T1

References

{{Reflist} V8 engines