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Instructions and blueprint list for a 40/50 HP Chassis cylinder, valves, and fittings experiment.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\3\  Scan065
Date  18th August 1931
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}

Y7050.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS3/EH.18.8.31.

Re 40/50 HP Chassis - Cylinder - Section 5050.
Valves & Fittings - Sec: 5060.

5.250 to 1 Compression Ratio.

Please receive herewith blueprints of the following drawings, detailed to Scheme 1528:-

Section 5050.
E.82455 Cylinder Head which replaces E.78854.
E.82456 Valve Guide (Inlet) " " E.80299.
E.82457 " " (Exhaust) " " E.80298.

Section 5060.
E.82458 Valve (Inlet) which replaces E.78492.
E.82459 " (Exhaust) " " E.78493.

Also print of Scheme 1528.

Remainder of parts to standard LOP's. E.78949 and E.78569 respectively.

This completes instructions for the above experiment.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS.
  
  
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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