Letter from the Experimental Department responding to queries about engine specifications and intake noise.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\4\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 5th July 1935 | |
| X1036 Exptl. Dept. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 21/KW. 5th July, 1935. A. {Mr Adams} Blundell, Esq., "Burgos" 361, Walsgrave Road, Coventry. Dear Sir, Thank you for your letter of July 2nd. Replying to your queries :- (1) The engine capacity is 3650 c.c's. (2) The bore and stroke is 3¼ x 4½. (3) The most violent periods of intake noise occur at 1500 and 3000 r.p.m. (4) Number of cylinders - 6. We note that you have also produced an exhaust silencer, and suggest that we defer a test of this until we have tried out the air silencers. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||
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).