![]() JM19D | |||||
Category | IMSA GTP Lights/Group C2 | ||||
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Constructor | Argo Racing Cars | ||||
Designer(s) | Jo Marquart Achim Storz | ||||
Technical specifications | |||||
Chassis | Aluminum honeycomb monocoque covered in carbon fiber composite body | ||||
Suspension | Double wishbones, coil springs over shock absorbers, anti-roll bar | ||||
Length | 4,670 mm (183.9 in) | ||||
Width | 1,920 mm (75.6 in) | ||||
Height | 1,100 mm (43.3 in) | ||||
Axle track | 1,480 mm (58.3 in) (front) 1,470 mm (57.9 in) (rear) | ||||
Wheelbase | 2,670 mm (105.1 in) | ||||
Engine | See table mid-engined | ||||
Transmission | Hewland DGB 5-speed manual | ||||
Weight | 700–707 kg (1,543.2–1,558.7 lb) | ||||
Competition history | |||||
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The Argo JM19, and its derivatives/evolutions, the Argo JM19C, and the Argo JM19D, are a series of IMSA GTP Lights/Group C2 sports prototype, designed, developed, and built by British constructor Argo Racing Cars, for the IMSA GT Championship, introduced in 1985. [2] Its use in sports car racing continued into the early 1990s. It won a total of 7 races, and scored a total of 21 podium finishes. It was powered by a number of different engines, including a Mazda 13B rotary engine, a Buick V6 turbo engine, [3] a Ferrari V8 engine, and even a Ford-Cosworth DFL V8 Formula One-derived engine. [4] It did, however, find most of its success when equipped with the Mazda-powered Wankel rotary engines. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Engine Make | Engine Model | Engine Type | Displacement | Horsepower | Torque | ref |
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Buick | Indy | V6 | 2,990 cubic centimetres (182.5 cubic inches) | 420 horsepower (313 kilowatts) | 500 newton-metres (369 pound-feet) | [10] [11] |
Chevrolet | 350 | V8 | 5,733 cubic centimetres (349.8 cubic inches) | 574 horsepower (428 kilowatts) | 746 newton-metres (550 pound-feet) | [12] [13] |
Ferrari | Dino 2.9 | 2,927 cubic centimetres (178.6 cubic inches) | 510 horsepower (380 kilowatts) | 490 newton-metres (361 pound-feet) | [12] | |
Ford-Cosworth | DFV | 2,993 cubic centimetres (182.6 cubic inches) | 500 horsepower (373 kilowatts) | 380 newton-metres (280 pound-feet) | [10] | |
DFL | 3,955 cubic centimetres (241.3 cubic inches) | 700 horsepower (522 kilowatts) | 691 newton-metres (510 pound-feet) | [10] [14] | ||
Judd | KV | 3,000 cubic centimetres (183.1 cubic inches) | 520 horsepower (388 kilowatts) | 410 newton-metres (302 pound-feet) | [15] [16] | |
Mazda | 13J | 2 Rotor | 1,308 cubic centimetres (79.8 cubic inches) | 325 horsepower (242 kilowatts) | 375 newton-metres (277 pound-feet) | [10] [17] |
Motori Moderni | JH21 | V6 | 1,981 cubic centimetres (120.9 cubic inches) | 780 horsepower (582 kilowatts) | 710 newton-metres (524 pound-feet) | [12] |
Porsche | Type 930 | F6 | 2,993 cubic centimetres (182.6 cubic inches) | 465 horsepower (347 kilowatts) | 400 newton-metres (295 pound-feet) | [18] |
Zakspeed | L4-1850 | I4 | 1,850 cubic centimetres (112.9 cubic inches) | 500 horsepower (373 kilowatts) | 400 newton-metres (295 pound-feet) | [10] [19] |