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 continued use of Ethyl fuel despite potential misfiring issues in Bentley vehicles.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 150\1\ scan0239 | |
| Date | 4th November 1936 | |
| -2- Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 15/GR. {George Ratcliffe} 4.11.36. their plugs occasionally if they are to have the benefits of Ethyl fuel, and, at the same time, indulge in continuous low speed traffic work. So we hope that this will clear the present situation. We still consider that it would be entirely wrong to discontinue the use of Ethyl because of the trouble experienced by a certain number of people who drive in an abnormal manner. If we did, in the case of the Bentley, a large proportion of rational customers who at present never get misfiring would have to have their compression ratio reduced, and the performance of the car would thereby be impaired. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||