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 technical analysis and measurements of a dismantled Alfa Romeo engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\5\ scan0027 | |
| Date | 2nd February 1932 | |
| RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} 84482. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}1/MA.2. 2. 32. ALFA ROMEO. While this engine is dismantled will you please do the following for us :- (1) Make a drawing of the crankshaft. (2) Ascertain the weights of :- (a) Big end. (b) Little end and piston. (c) Inlet and exhaust valves. (3) Measure the swept volume of (a) the engine. (b) the supercharger. (4) Get particulars of the valve springs including loads at valve open and closed. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/H.Grylls. | ||