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 a non-technical explanation of the advantages of high compression engines based on recent tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 29\3\ Scan095 | |
| Date | 29th July 1922 | |
| X. 788. To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from Tr.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} Tr{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance}8/DN29.7.22. ENGINE COMPRESSION. X.788. X.790 From the recent tests at Brooklands and any other experience, will you please let me know what advantage high compression engines have over medium compression and low compression, and to what extent in the following respects:- (a) Acceleration. (b) Highest road speed. (c) Hill climbing. Will you please give this information in terms which would be understood by a non-technical customer. CJ. informs me that he is very anxious to have this information and any other results of the test at Brooklands at the earliest possible moment. Tr.{Capt. F. W. Turner - Finance} | ||