Already the gentlemen of the racing business were knocking on his door since the engine had been on display at the Earls Court Motor-show, on the marine stand. Lee thought that victories in races would influence prospective buyers, it was decided that the engine would be raced. They were rewarded with a Home Office contract. When started for the first time, it ran successfully, and easily produced 38bhp. Seven months later, in April 1951, the first 1020cc FW engine was ready, FW for Feather Weight. The S7 engine was entirely of alloy, it had wedge-shaped combustion chambers, and an overhead camshaft. Hassan took a close look at motorcycle technology (which at the time was ahead of cars), and in particular at the Sunbeam S7. September of that year, Leonard Lee of Coventry Climax met his new chief engineer, Walter Hassan (1905-.) and they decided that their product needed an up-date. Army fire-pumps had to deliver 35bhp at 3,500rpm. Ministry of Defence had set, were changed. In 1950 (at the time of the Korean war) the specifications for fire-pumps, that the U.K. Coventry Climax - The Imp Site The Imp Site
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