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Weight impact of adding front-wheel brakes, a larger radiator, and a new 4-speed gearbox.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 73\1\  scan0229
Date  8th February 1924
  
To BJ. from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG8.2.24.

With reference to your memo. BJ12/E6.2.24. We attach a report on the EAC. engine weight. We should anticipate that the addition of front wheel brakes will add approximately 100 lbs. to the chassis weight. There will also be a larger radiator and bonnet which may add a further 20/25 lbs.

It is possible, however, that a certain amount of weight may be saved in the new 4-speed gearbox. It is impossible to say definitely at present what this will be.

Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
  
  
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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