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Specifications sheet providing data for the Lincoln & Lincoln Zephyr.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 127\2\  scan0040
Date  6th April 1937
  
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LINCOLN & LINCOLN ZEPHYR DATA.
6th April/37.
Main bearing dia.
Zephyr - length over block 25¼".
Big End - 2⅛" dia width ¾"
Bohn Aluminium Bearing.
Con. Rod. Wts. Including Bearing Zephyr 1 lb 8½ ozs.
Lincoln 2 lbs 5½ ozs.
.300 Between valve seats on Zephyr.
1⅛" valve centres & cyl. bore Zephyr.
¾" Between closest adjacent bores.
Casting wall thickness 3/16".
Water between bores 5/16".
Ex. Ports 1⅛" dia.
Cyl. block cast by Campbell Wyatt, Muskegon.
Block Wt. Fully machined 235-245 lbs.
Honing carried out by 400 E.7. Stone.
Boring by 550 R.P.M. Carballoy tool.
Main bearings 4/10 thou. limit for parallel & alignment.
Oil tube pushed in on small splines with 2 to 3 thou. interference.
Block inserts parallel .004 interference fit.
Rods. running clearance 1-2 Thous.
Mains 1½ to 3 thous.
  
  
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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