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).
Effect of a large capacity fuel tank on the S.U. petrol pump for an Ulster Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90a\6\ Scan032 | |
| Date | 28th July 1936 | |
| x-62 28 To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}15/JH. 28.7.36. Large Capacity Tank - Ulster Bentley. The additional head of petrol will have no detrimental effect on the S.U. Petrol Pump. I have checked this using a 2'6" positive head on the suction side of the pump, which is in excess of what will be experienced in the car with the tank full. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/J.B.Dixon. | ||