Cosworth DFV engine
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The Cosworth DFV engine is a legendary 3.0-liter V8 racing engine that dominated Formula One from the late 1960s through the 1980s, powering numerous championship-winning cars.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cosworth DFV engine canonical | 1 |
| Cosworth DFY engine | 1 |
| Cosworth V8 Formula One engines | 1 |
| Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 |
| Ford-Cosworth DFV | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13315342 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cosworth DFV engine Context triple: [Cosworth, notableProduct, Cosworth DFV engine]
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A.
Rover K-series engine
The Rover K-series engine is a lightweight, all-aluminum inline-four automotive engine introduced in the late 1980s, known for its innovative construction, widespread use in Rover and MG cars, and later reputation for head gasket issues.
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Toyota Racing Development engine
The Toyota Racing Development engine is a high-performance, competition-tuned power unit engineered by Toyota’s motorsports division for use in top-level racing series such as NASCAR.
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C.
Renault V‑8 engine
The Renault V‑8 engine is an early French air-cooled V8 aircraft engine widely used in pre–World War I and World War I-era military and training airplanes.
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D.
Rocket V8 engine
The Rocket V8 engine was Oldsmobile’s pioneering overhead-valve V8 introduced in the late 1940s, widely credited with helping launch the American high-performance and muscle car era.
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E.
Rover T-series engine
The Rover T-series engine is a 2.0-liter inline-four petrol engine produced by Rover in the 1990s, known for its robust construction and use in various Rover and MG models.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cosworth DFV engine Target entity description: The Cosworth DFV engine is a legendary 3.0-liter V8 racing engine that dominated Formula One from the late 1960s through the 1980s, powering numerous championship-winning cars.
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A.
Rover K-series engine
The Rover K-series engine is a lightweight, all-aluminum inline-four automotive engine introduced in the late 1980s, known for its innovative construction, widespread use in Rover and MG cars, and later reputation for head gasket issues.
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B.
Toyota Racing Development engine
The Toyota Racing Development engine is a high-performance, competition-tuned power unit engineered by Toyota’s motorsports division for use in top-level racing series such as NASCAR.
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C.
Renault V‑8 engine
The Renault V‑8 engine is an early French air-cooled V8 aircraft engine widely used in pre–World War I and World War I-era military and training airplanes.
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D.
Rocket V8 engine
The Rocket V8 engine was Oldsmobile’s pioneering overhead-valve V8 introduced in the late 1940s, widely credited with helping launch the American high-performance and muscle car era.
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E.
Rover T-series engine
The Rover T-series engine is a 2.0-liter inline-four petrol engine produced by Rover in the 1990s, known for its robust construction and use in various Rover and MG models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
V8 engine
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internal combustion engine ⓘ racing engine ⓘ |
| alsoUsedIn |
Formula Two (derivatives)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sports car racing (derivatives) ⓘ |
| aspiration | naturally aspirated ⓘ |
| bore | 85.67 mm ⓘ |
| category | Formula One engine ⓘ |
| configuration | 90-degree V8 ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | water-cooled ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cycleType | four-stroke ⓘ |
| cylinderCount | 8 ⓘ |
| designer |
Keith Duckworth
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Costin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacement | 3.0 litres ⓘ |
| dominatedEra |
1970s
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early 1980s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ |
| firstRace | 1967 Dutch Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUseInSeason | 1967 Formula One season GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstWin | 1967 Dutch Grand Prix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWinningCar | Lotus 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstWinningDriver | Jim Clark GENERATED ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | fuel injection ⓘ |
| fuelType | petrol ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedUse | Formula One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| layout | mid-mounted in F1 cars ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Cosworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Double Four Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
compact and lightweight design
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high specific output for its time ⓘ stressed-member chassis mounting ⓘ |
| notableTeamUser |
Brabham
NERFINISHED
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McLaren NERFINISHED ⓘ Team Lotus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyrrell NERFINISHED ⓘ Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfFamily | Cosworth DF engine family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
around 400 bhp at introduction
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over 500 bhp in later developments ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1967 ⓘ |
| stroke | 64.77 mm ⓘ |
| successor | Cosworth DFY engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInChampionships | FIA Formula One World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valvesPerCylinder | 4 ⓘ |
| valvetrain | double overhead camshafts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Cosworth DFV engine Description of subject: The Cosworth DFV engine is a legendary 3.0-liter V8 racing engine that dominated Formula One from the late 1960s through the 1980s, powering numerous championship-winning cars.
Referenced by (5)
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