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).
The decision to abolish the liner used with low compression pistons for early postwar cars.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\3\ scan0242 | |
| Date | 16th June 1920 | |
| X.4146 Mr. Shelton. from By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to EFC. By/3/P16.6.20. X.2748. X.4146. CHASSIS - PISTONS. X.790. It has been decided by Conference that we shall abolish the liner used in conjunction with the low compression piston, with the object of reducing the compression from what it was in the early postwar cars. Would you kindly arrange to get out a new piston to cover the modification in question nd submit same to me as soon as it is available. By, | ||