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Performance of cross web pistons and 4 pinned rings on a 20 HP car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 16\1\  Scan209
Date  9th September 1928
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce}
c. to BJ. Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
4741
R4/M19.9.28.
20 HP. ETC. PISTONS. G.4. X.5040 X.5230 X.741 X.5050
Although we have no further interest in the
cross web pistons tried on the above car, one should not
conclude that 4 pinned rings will not hold gas-tight.
We are anxious to hear of new heawd and exhaust
for this.
R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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