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).
List of discussion points and queries regarding various engine components, continued on page 2.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65a\1\ scan0334 | |
| Date | 1st May 1928 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- (12) TUBULAR RODS. ? good for EAC.10. (13) EXHAUST PIPES. Cannot understand use of bellows on exhaust pipe to front silencer. I think we ought to try a plain fixed pipe here before proceeding to further alterations. (14) IGNITION WIRING. With the new water heated induction pipe we wish to introduce an improved scheme of ignition wiring making sparking plugs more accessible, reducing length of wire and passing inside exhaust pipe at rear end of cyl. block. LeC.2555. (15) TORQUE REACTION DAMPER - buckled on 12-EX. Does this require more clearance? (16) CRANKSHAFT DAMPER. Why not cotton duck? (17) CAMSHAFT BEARINGS - in aluminium. (18) MODIFIED CENTRAL OILING SCHEME. (19) OIL LEVEL GAUGE. More clearance for knob sliding in glass tube, rod material less easily bent. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||