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).
Weight comparison between standard and pedestal pistons and a report on their operational testing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\1\ scan0101 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1926 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- should be an advantage. The following is a comparison of the weights of the standard and pedestal pistons :- WEIGHT. Complete with Aluminium Gudgeon pin com- gudgeon pin piston plete without ped- but no piston only. estals and fixing rings. bolts. Standard - 2.648 lbs. 2.000 lbs. .453 lbs. Pedestal. 2.750 lbs. 1.775 lbs. .336 lbs. LeC.2237. We have since tested - under light conditions - another set of pedestal pistons in the engine for car 7-EX. and found them to be quite good and silent in operation. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/A.C.Lovesey. | ||