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).
Analysis of an Alfa Romeo 8-cylinder racing engine and its aluminium alloy.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\5\ scan0082 | |
| Date | 8th July 1932 | |
| S/W. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}..from PN.{Mr Northey} V4482. PN.{Mr Northey}2/WT8.7.32. I am sending some figures relating to the new racing Alfa Romeo 8-cylinder engine valve-gear and also quantitative analysis of the aluminium alloy used in the cylinder castings and head which may be of interest. These figures were obtained by Bn.{W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} from the car which Birkin recently drove at Le Mans. PN.{Mr Northey} | ||