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Continued report on suspension complaints and performance feedback for car 46-PK's engine and brakes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 69\2\  scan0111
Date  14th July 1924 guessed
  
contd :-

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There was cause for complaint, but 90% of it was due to the rear. I cannot suggest any better stiffness for the front springs which I think will be found extremely good.
We may however prefer all the damping in the springs and slight, or no shock dampers for ordinary demonstration, and slow speed cars.

I will write more about 46-PK later. We saw a few ways of improving it, but it was noticed that :-

(a) The engine was excellent for smoothness and silence.

(b) Brakes were extremely good indeed.

R. {Sir Henry Royce}
  
  
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).


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