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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
  
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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.
  
  
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).


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