Agreeing to decrease the stroke of the Peregrine engine to ensure parts interchangeability with the Bensport engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page036 | |
| Date | 8th July 1932 | |
| X4027. To Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} E.1/HP.8.7.32. X4027 X4253. C. for. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} By. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} re Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) and Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley). In reply to your memo Sg. {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} 4/E.7.7.32, I agree that it is most regrettable that we should have to decrease the stroke of the Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) now that we have got one made, but so far as can be seen it is the only way of ensuring interchangeability of the crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, and cylinder liners of the Peregrine(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) and Bensport(Codename for 3 1/2-litre Bentley) engines. The capacity will be 2290 cc. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||
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).