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).
Responding to a proposal to alter exhaust valves, citing past negative experiences with Ostenetic Steel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\6\ Scan175 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1930 | |
| To Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} From Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} No.4/MJ.3.9.30. X7230. EXHAUST VALVES. X.4011. X.4488. X.7230. X.5230. Replying to Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}18/E2.9.30. We do not propose to be pushed into any alteration of exhaust valves. R.{Sir Henry Royce} pressed us to use Ostenetic Steel which landed us into trouble and a considerable amount of scrap. We do not remember ever having a case either on a car engine or an "F" engine of trouble with the exhaust valves, except the one reported on 24-EX. In view of the excellent record of exhaust valves we shall want to do many 10,000 miles before we are satisfied with any new design. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||