Power output and track tests of the Continental Model car, chassis 27-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 19\1\ Scan124 | |
| Date | 5th October 1931 | |
| 87120. To R. {Sir Henry Royce} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. to Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c.c. to Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} B. c.c. to By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} POWER OUTPUT MODEL CONTINENTAL CAR. We attach herewith power curves of the unit we have just fitted to 27-EX. the "Model" car. The compression ratio is slightly lower than 5:1 but should only make a difference of 1½% to the power, output. The air silencer mentioned is the experimental one of which you already have particulars. The car has completed tests on the track and has shewn an excellent turn of speed. A full report will follow in due course. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Attached Print Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} F.26. | ||
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).