MARK 8
1954 Sports Racing
Car . Engine: MG 1467cc-------------------- Gearbox: MG 4
Speed----------------- Chassis: Tubular
space frame----- Front Suspension:
Independent Rear Suspension:
deDion axle--- Wheelbase: 7
ft 3.5 in.----------------- Front track:
4 ft 0.5 in.---------------- Rear Track: 3
ft. 11.5 in.------------- Length: 13 ft.
8 in.--------------------- Weight: 1025
lbs.---------------------- Chapman brought
aerodynamics to---------- racing
with Frank Costin, aeronautical------ aerodynamics
engineer with De Havilland Aircraft Company.------------------------------------ The Mark 8 could
exceed 125mph with----- only 85 horsepower.-------------------------------- The Mark 8 had
a fully paneled undertray, illustrating
that Costin was fully aware---- that the air
flow beneath the car was-------- as important
as that above the car, a------- lesson that Chapman
was to later take--- to the extreme.--------------------------------------- .
