Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

Dimensions for an American straight-eight crankshaft, specifically a Pontiac model.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 22\4\  Scan020
Date  8th October 1934
  
X6708

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 9/MA.8.10.34.

AMERICAN STRAIGHT-EIGHT CRANKSHAFT.

Here is a blueprint of the Pontiac crankshaft. I should not take this as being a particularly good sample. A more up-to-date engine is the one fitted to the LaSalle the dimensions of which are as follows :-

Main Journals. Diameter. Length.

Front 2.250 1.625

Front Inter. 2.437 1.250

Centre 2.500 1.375

Rear 2.562 1.250

Rear 2.625 1.562

Crank pins 2.250 1.375

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


Copyright Sustain 2026, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙