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).
The performance and issues of car 32-EX during a trip to Brooklands.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 155\1\ scan0205 | |
| Date | 2nd April 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X 1320 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}14/JH. 2.4.36. 32-EX at Brooklands 1.4.36. Derby - Brooklands - Mileage 137 Petrol used 17 galls. 3 pts. Petrol consumption 7.82 M.P.G. Average speed, total 44.5 M.P.H. Average speed, first 2 hrs. 51.4 M.P.H. Brooklands - Derby - Mileage, 143.7 Time 3 hrs. 35 mins. Average speed 40 M.P.H. Total mileage 280.7 Oil consumption 499.2 M.P.G. On the way to the track the ignition timing on both banks slipped and it was necessary to retime the ignitions before the car could be moved. Owing to the track closing at 1-15 there was insufficient time to start the carburation tests. It has been found on dismantling the engine that two keys have sheared on the ignition tower cross shaft; L.85109. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.{Mr Friese} Dodd. | ||