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).
Page discussing engine design choices, comparing silent chains to gears and mentioning American car parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\2\ img147 | |
| Date | 17th February 1934 guessed | |
| VII unknown to them as assistants in getting silence. An efficient crankshaft damper is a necessity. I believe that it would pay us to run the Cadillac 16, or any other big car that we get from America, 10,000 miles only for proving the efficiency or otherwise of the Silent Chain. In our new designs it seems illogical that we should stay with the Ford Car and have gears, rather than the Lincoln & have silent Chain, without at least doing developement work to see which & our own results is likely to be the better job. Incidentally the Morse Co apologised for the extravagance of the layout on the Cadillac which costs, complete with Chain, three sprockets and auto adjuster 9 $. per Car. Hydraulic Tappet Camshaft - Here is the toe of the Hydraulic tappet Camshaft on the Cadillac Morflex Coupling I send a pamphlet relating to this and have samples. It looks a nice job for auxiliary drives being easier to balance and having a longer life than the fabric coupling. | ||