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The durability of a Cast Iron engine unit after 4,300 miles of road and track testing, including at Brooklands.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 124\1\  scan0093
Date  29th April 1939
  
-3- RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Sym. 3/MH. {M. Huckerby} 29.4.39.

standard engine and the Cast Iron engine.

This particular Cast Iron engine unit in 29.G.Vl. {V. Lewis / Mr Valentine}
car, B.60 No.2, has now run 4,300 miles on the road,
including 60 laps of full throttle work on Brooklands track,
and a considerable amount of over-reving during experimental
tests and has stood up very well, in fact we cannot say
that all its "thrashing" has had any detrimental effect
upon it whatever.


RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Sym.
  
  
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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