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).
Comparison of American car engine weights with notes on contemporary automotive technology.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\1\ img340 | |
| Date | 9th February 1934 guessed | |
| not easy to form an intelligent opinion exact comparison with our own. ENGINE WEIGHTS. Type Displacement Wt of engine with flywheel backplate & everything inc dynamo except starter motor. No clutch or trans mission Packard line 8 320 cu. ins. 808 LBS Alum. Crankcase Cadillac 8 Vee 352 cu. ins. 720 LBS alum Crankcase Buick Line 8 340 cu. ins. 900 LBS Cast iron C. Case Cadillac 12. 368 cu. ins. 920 LBS Cadillac 16. 452 " " 1105 LBS The vacuum control and startix both seem to be expiring. Cadillacs have started up quite a considerable supercharge campaign. Am sending you a drawing of the antifriction plates in the Chrysler Spring. It is noticeable how stickey the Bentley steering gets with normal oil in cold weather. It is seven below zero today | ||