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).
Issue of spitting in the exhaust on the S.S. chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 14\6\ Scan104 | |
| Date | 8th August 1929 | |
| EXTRACT FROM :- x7230. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Mx{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer}5/OG8. 8. 29. RE. S.S. CHASSIS. ----------------- 8. SPITTING IN EXHAUST. This is more marked on the SS.{S. Smith} than the Phantom, with the throttle closed. We feel that it is possibly due to difference in carburation, and the deletion of the hot spot. We have done all we can to the butterfly valve, by minimizing end play, without much improvement. | ||