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).
Specifications for the construction of the Sports Phantom Trials Car, EAC.14.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 70\1\ scan0057 | |
| Date | 19th December 1927 | |
| E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Dept. F.{Mr Friese} Dept. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Dept. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Dept. C. BY/SS.{S. Smith} C. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} N8774 BY/Cgh{W Clough}3/G.19.12.27. SPORTS PHANTOM TRIALS CAR - EAC.14. --------------------------------- It has now been decided to build EAC.14 as a Sports Phantom Trials car in place of EAC.8, therefore will you please prepare a new typewritten index sheet based on the following, and let us have four copies :- Crankcase and bearings to include stiffer type crankcase and rubber suspension for rear end. Crankshaft with oval webs 3¼" wide, otherwise standard. Pistons - Sand castings of the die cast type. Cylinder to be cast iron modified to take new head. Cylinder head to be the turbulent type giving a compression ratio of 5 to 1. Valve Springs - double type. Flywheel and Clutch to be No.5 lightened type with stronger clutch brake springs. Rear Axle to be same as standard, but to be fitted with 15/52 ratio bevels. Front Axle to be standard except that it must be suitable for front axle control. Steering Column with 2¼" diameter tube, and to suit the new position. - with stay and .720 lead worm. Radiator with integral shutters and shorter tubes. Dashboard - Cast type. Modified Petrol Tank. Battery Box inside frame. Control for Front Axle. Hartford and Hydraulic shock dampers - front and rear. Special Spare Wheel Carrier inside body at rear to suit standard wire wheels. | ||