Requesting blueprints for induction pipes and packing blocks for research on a straight 8 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\5\ scan0049 | |
| Date | 12th August 1938 | |
| 1044. HPS {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} 1/G.12.8.38. R. {Sir Henry Royce} B.80 CHASSIS. INLET PIPES - SECTION 5070. Please receive herewith two blueprints of each of the following, with an extra print of parts marked @ :- S.CD.806 Induction Pipe with various heights of carburetter. @ Ex.S.925 Induction Pipe - 1 off. @ Ex.S.926 Packing Block for carburetter. 2 off. The above is in accordance with memo Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5/R.19.7.38., and provides an induction pipe based on PD.231 for the straight 8 engine. Various heights for the carburetter are obtainable with the packing blocks provided, for research work on throttle flow, which is as verbally requested by Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation} Kindly instruct one set. Ald {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} | ||
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).