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).
Experiments on the torque arm sphere due to increased car weight from a 5.6 litre engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 100\1\ scan0183 | |
| Date | 29th August 1938 | |
| -2- Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/Ev{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}8/N.29.8.38 Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Experiments will have to tell us whether dropping the torque arm sphere by .375" will be adequate for this car, in view of the increase in the complete car weight, especially when fitted with the 5.6 litre engine. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||