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).
Engine performance issues like 'spitting in the silencer', comparing with American and Experimental cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 6\7\ 07-page085 | |
| Date | 21th May 1930 guessed | |
| -2- thermostatically operated shutters should be an advantage. Again, the fitting of the throttle is most important, but we are sure that this is not a fault at present. We do not think that the Americans can claim to have eliminated spitting in the silencer. Certainly, the car they have over here does not do it, but neither do any of our Experimental PI cars. Furthermore, we have removed from the American car, all the pieces to which they attribute the good behaviour, and it is still free from the trouble. We are working on the problem and hope to be able to put your car right. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/sm. | ||