Performance of the Claudel Hobson carburetter and awaiting experiments with induction pipes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\3\ scan0003 | |
| Date | 14th December 1914 | |
| To Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} for EH from R. {Sir Henry Royce} 2. COPY R6/IB141214. complicated and costly scheme, but you will understand that a decrease in petrol consumption would justify considerable weight and complication. I understand from users of Vauxhall, and other cars, that the Claudel Hobson cannot be considered a satisfactory carburetter for ordinary motor car practice, although it seems quite a favourite when in the hands of a racing driver and when power only is need at full throttle, which is probably due to its straight through passages. We await also your experiments with long and short induction pipes. F.H.R. | ||
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).