{"id":591,"date":"2013-02-11T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T07:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:55:12","slug":"sunbeam-3-litre-super-sports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=591","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam 3 Litre Super Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1925-1930<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/3litre.jpg\" width=\"449\" height=\"263\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 3 Litre Twin Cam Sunbeam engine was designed in 1923 by Vincent Bertarione with input from Georges Roesch. Louis Coatalen was responsible for putting the package together, using a chassis based on the Sunbeam 16\/50.<\/p>\n<p>The E sanction 3 Litre was launched in 1925 and demonstrated by Henry Segrave.<\/p>\n<p>The engine was a 2916cc six cylinder, with two valves per cylinder, twin overhead camshafts and twin Claudel Hobson carburettors. As with Sunbeam racing cars, dry sump lubrication was used.<\/p>\n<p>Initially the car was criticized for having a weak chassis. Once this was put right it came to be known for its handling and controllability.<\/p>\n<p>Two 3 Litres were entered at Le Mans in 1925, driven by Segrave\/Duller and Chassagne\/Davis. The Chassagne\/Davis car finished second to a Lorraine-Dietrich, despite damage from having been forced off the road. The Segrave\/Duller car expired after a long running duel with a Bentley.<\/p>\n<p>For 1926 the F sanction was released. It addressed shortcomings in the original design. The distinction between E and F sanction cars is blurred though, there being some intermediate cars featuring parts of each model.<\/p>\n<p>A supercharged model was introduced in 1929.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 315 were made.<\/p>\n<p><center>photo: The Automobile<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1925-1930 &nbsp; &nbsp; The 3 Litre Twin Cam Sunbeam engine was designed in 1923 by Vincent Bertarione with input from Georges Roesch. Louis Coatalen was responsible for putting the package together, using a chassis based on the Sunbeam 16\/50. The E sanction 3 Litre was launched in 1925 and demonstrated by Henry Segrave. The engine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=591\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunbeam 3 Litre Super Sports<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-591","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-9x","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/591\/revisions\/592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}