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Exhaust boom issue on a 20 HP car and a proposed new exhaust system.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\3\  scan0090
Date  27th March 1929
  
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To DA. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} from Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/LG27.3.29.

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We now have a 20 HP. with tubular cross members and 5/1 compression ratio turoulent head.

The main difficulty with this car is the exhaust boom which has a sharp period almost exactly similar to that we experienced on the S.S.

We should like an exhaust system with a cast manifold on the lines of 22-EX. This exhaust is the system with the pipes leading into the centre of the silencers. If we could have this, it would remove the main objection to this car.

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