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).
Modifications to address petrol supply failures caused by exhaust heat.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 44\1\ Scan260 | |
| Date | 1st November 1928 | |
| To R.{Sir Henry Royce} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to BJ. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to OY. BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X3700 Hsl/LG17.11.28. FAILURES OF PETROL SUPPLY. X8510 It will be necessary for us to make the proposed modification at once as the cars are on test. On experimental cars we always use a low grade fuel and for that reason have been entirely free from the trouble. The addition of the Zenith type filter slightly increases the trouble but the fault will occur without this filter. We should be better off on 'SS{S. Smith}' with the carb. on the other side as it is the exhaust heat which causes the trouble. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||