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).
Cost-effectiveness of a new ignition control design aimed at reducing fuel consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\5\ scan0140 | |
| Date | 28th July 1937 | |
| 1249. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}13/R.28.7.37. Increased Ignition Control to Reduce Fuel Consumption. Before the recent re-organisation E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} was anxious for us to test a design of ignition control which was operated by the accelerator pedal. It is difficult to see that this device should be much more effective than the suction control which we have already tested. Furthermore, the cost of the suction device is 4/9d., the cost of the new design is 10/6d. We, therefore, want to be sure before we do a lot of testing that the additional expense is really justified. Possibly those responsible for the design would set out the advantages of the Rolls-Royce scheme in the form of a memo. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||