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).
Proposal for testing a water cooling scheme for valves and exhaust outlets to improve engine performance and reduce detonation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 66\3\ scan0215 | |
| Date | 12th June 1927 guessed | |
| - 2 - (2) Since the water is directed straight at the valves and exhaust outlets, the claim is made that one obtains - Cooler valves. Reduced tendency to pop back and fire after switching off and - Reduced tendency to detonate. We have the idea that the possibilities of this scheme could be tested very easily by the method shown in attached sketch, SK 165. Yours very truly, Maurice Olley Encl. SK 165 | ||