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).
Crankshaft balance and design, with a comparison to the Cadillac V8 downdraught arrangement, including sketches.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\4\ img167 | |
| Date | 16th December 1935 guessed | |
| HOTELS NEW YORKER & LEXINGTON, NEW YORK · NETHERLAND PLAZA, CINCINNATI · ADOLPHUS, DALLAS · VAN CLEVE, DAYTON Book-Cadillac Hotel DETROIT Ralph Hitz President 2. on each throw is correct and deflection came hiles without centrifugal forces. To crankshaft with the new [illegible] without bearing loads. on a 6 Cylinder only 4. crankshafts are "revised" & this arrangement is one although having correct 'mass balance' does not for the movement bearing loads, & has an unnecessary amount of inertia. on a 8-cylinder shaft the methods are nearly the same result. As regards distribution in the V8 Cadillacs new down-draught arrangement is fairly good & would be better if the motor was some 4" higher (not possible under their bonnet) and the tank was attached to the risers and not the bottom of the induction pipes. [Text with diagrams] hub is taken true Sect at hub heat large chamfer also improvement | ||