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).
Requesting the standardisation of vacuum-controlled distributors on a cast iron engine to improve fuel consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\5\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 29th June 1939 | |
| 1249. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GR.{George Ratcliffe} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/R.29.6.39. FUEL CONSUMPTION C.I. ENGINE. We want a cast iron engine to run with vacuum controlled distributors so that we can gain experience. This fitting is going to be standardised on this unit as it is imperative in order to get decent fuel consumption. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||