MG Q-type

Infobox Automobile


name = MG Q-type
manufacturer = MG Car Company
production = 1934
8 made cite book |last=Allison |first=Mike |title=The Magic of MG|year=1972 |publisher=Dalton Watson |location=London, UK |id=ISBN 0-901564-095]
class =Racing car
body_style = open single or two seat
wheelbase = 94 inches (2388 mm)cite book
last=Sedgwick |first=M.
title=A-Z of Cars of the 1930s|year=1989 |publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK
isbn=1-870979-38-9]
length = 143 inches (3632 mm) cite book
last=Blower |first=W.E.
title=MG Workshop and Tuning Manual
year=1952
publisher=Motor Racing publications |location=London, UK ]
width = 53 inches (1346 mm)
engine = 746 cc four cylinder, overhead cam, supercharged.
transmission = four speed preselector
predecessor = none
successor = MG R-typeThe MG Q-type (sometimes referred to as the QA) was a racing car produced by the MG Car company in 1934. The chassis was based on the one used on the MG K3 but was narrower and used N-type axles. The engine used the cylinder block from the P-type but with a special crankshaft to bring the capacity down to 746 cc by reducing the stroke from 83 mm to 71 mm. A high pressure Zoller supercharger was fitted giving a boost to 2.5 atmospheres (1.8kg/cc) and allowing the engine to produce convert|113|bhp|abbr=on at 7200 rpm.. A sprint version was also made with output increased to convert|146|bhp|abbr=on which at nearly convert|200|bhp|abbr=on per litre was the highest specific output of any engine in the world at the time cite book
last=Georgano |first=N.
title=Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile
year=2000 |publisher=HMSO |location=London
isbn=1-57958-293-1]

Probably only eight were made (Michael Sedgwick states nine) as the car was expensive at £550-650 cite book
last=Green |first=Malcolm
title=MG Sports Cars
year=1997 |publisher=CLB |location=Godalming, UK |id=ISBN 1-85833-606-6] and the rigid axle chassis had difficulty in dealing with the power of the engine. The single seat version achieved a lap speed of convert|122|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on at Brooklands race track driven by George Harvey-Noble and the two seater was capable of 120 mph.

References

External links

* [http://www.mgenthusiast.com/modelguide.php?seemodel=16 MG Q-type picture and brief description]

* cite web
title="Kenneth in "Q" model at Donington Park, July 14th 1934"
url=http://www.brooklandsarchives.com/Gallery_E7/target53.html
publisher=Brooklands photo archive
format=photo