Proposal for a new 14 HP six-cylinder engine crankshaft, with a request for design details of the Marmon crankshaft.
| Identifier | Morton\M1.9\ img013 | |
| Date | 31th August 1921 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from R. {Sir Henry Royce} Copy to CJ. SWALLOW(Experimental 3rd LINE MODEL 12/15hp 2-3 seater)? The Crankshaft W. 37 ORIGINAL to prototypes R4/G29/8/21. X1692 X4405 RE CRANKSHAFT FOR NEW 14 H.P. SIX-CYLINDER ENGINE. Will you kindly let us know whether you consider the crankshaft on the Marmon really satisfactory. We are proposing a somewhat similar crankshaft for the new 14 H.P. six-cylinder. In the case of our smaller engine we hope it will be capable of running at 4,000 revs., but as the Marmon is a much bigger engine, we thought that if it could do, say, 2700, our smaller one would do 4,000 easily with a crankshaft of about the same proportions. We send you a sketch of our proposals for this crankshaft, and shall be glad if you will send us the design and dimensions of the Marmon crankshaft. R. {Sir Henry Royce} JRR FO AUG 31 1921 RECEIVED | ||
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