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).
Request for three Bentley cylinder blocks to be honed to new dimensions for piston clearance tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 86\1\ scan0181 | |
| Date | 18th December 1935 | |
| <219 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Mths.{Reg Matthews}4/KW.18.12.35. Bentley Cylinder Blocks. We should like three Cylinder Blocks that have been removed from 3 1/4" bore engines when converted to large bore units honing to the following dimensions - 1 Cylinder Block to 3.252" 1 " " " 3.253" 1 " " " 3.254" These cylinder blocks are to be used for Piston tests and will be used for determining the amount of clearance we can allow before Piston knocks are audible. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/R.Matthews. | ||