List of action items and comparisons for various automotive components and systems, with assigned personnel.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 3\6\ 06-page236 | |
| Date | 2nd October 1934 guessed | |
| -2- (6) Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) Slow Running. (a) Camshafts. New Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) short duration. (b) Compare 20/25 with Bentley and R.R. induction systems. (c) Will fabric coupling reduce chunks in the drive, over-run rattles etc. (d) Is ignition at fault. Swindall and Salt. (7) Steering. (a) La {L. A. Archer} Salle steering on Spectre(Codename for Phantom III). (b) Marles on 20/25. (c) Stiffen up Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) steering for Bentley. (d) Test Cadillac and 27-EX undamped. (e) " with L.H. RR. steering. (f) Check 17-G-IV steering with Dubonnet. Hardy and Leslie. (8) Suspension. (a) Check Cadillac bump and rebound on the front. (b) Can Chevrolet check their damping once pot has been assembled. (c) Compare Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) roll rod stiffness with that of Cadillac. Leslie. (9) Exhaust. (a) Effect of valve timing on "tinniness". (b) Effect of compression ratio on silencing difficulty. (c) Eliminate power loss in Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) system. Use 27-EX scheme. (d) Stiffen up 27-EX frame to get true effect of parallel motion, or alternatively fit its scheme to second Spectre(Codename for Phantom III). (e) Effect of manifold on tinniness. (f) Compare 27-EX with standard car. Whyman and Bowen. (10) Pistons. (a) Aluminite. (b) Lubrication from con. rod. (c) Rings with increased radial pressure. (d) Aluminites for Spectre(Codename for Phantom III). (e) New grinding for semi-split Spectre(Codename for Phantom III) pistons. (f) Trials cars with Aerolites. (g) Order RR.53 Aerolites for test. Matthews. | ||
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).