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).
Curing piston knocks and the consequences of fitting certain pistons to meet the limits set by the Sales Department.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M3\M3.7\ img018 | |
| Date | 11th April 1925 | |
| JPARRS.med | 11-4-25. A.L. | FOOD.SPS.H.H Contd. -3- of piston knocks; we do not hold out any hopes whatever of curing them. We shall be sending to you in about a weeks time 49-GB. On this car we will fit pistons which will be, what we consider, within the limits to suit the Sales Dept: If the Sales:Dept: force us to the limit with piston knocks, then we shall have aluminium pistons seizing. [Handwritten initials] | ||