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).
Weight-saving analysis listing potential component deletions and modifications.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\4\ scan0090 | |
| Date | 29th August 1936 guessed | |
| (2) Probables. lbs. ozs. (1) Deletion of oil cooler and matrix. 3 15 (2) Deletion of main filter and case. 4 0 (3) Deletion of Top Water Rails. 6 0 (4) Deletion of Auto Tappets. 10 0 (5) Anticipated saving on Crankshaft by modification LeC.5230. 9 0 (6) Induction System. Alum. in place of l/c hot spot. 8 0 Use of 4 port heads deletes manifold D plates. 6 8 Probables Total. 47 7 Possibles Total. 44 13 Grand Total 92 4 % saving of existing unit weight 10% approximately. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/L.H. Swindall. | ||