THE CHINA
MAIL.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932.
MOTORISTS THIS IS YOUR PAGE
FORD INSTALLATION BRITISH COMMERCIAL MOTORS BRITISH MOTOR DEVELOPMENT THE “REGAL" AGAIN SHOWS ITS}
COSTS $6,000,000.
Alternate Current Motors.
HORSE-POWER SAVED.
IN SOUTH AFRICA.
IN INDIA..
Director
HOW THE CAR - MAKER SELECTS A CARBURETTER
reston-
METTLE.
The now The ability of British lorries to
Evidence of the staying power of Company-Allied take the rough with the smooth, and Motors, Ltd.-which was recently the A.E.C. (ACLO) 120 h.p. Regal' one of to stand up to the hardest work formed to distribute and service was given recently when with the minimum attention is Rolls Royce, Humber, and Hillman these models went on a demonstra-
Among the many exhaustive tests running adjustment can be regulat-exhaust manifold, which begins to steadily increasing the demand for cars, and Commier commercial vehi-¡tion run to Spain.
Mixture clea, them in many overseas countries.
in Western India, Delhi, The vehicle was called for at carried out by a motorcar manu-ed. Intermediate tuning arrange-show excessive heat.
United In South Africa, for instance, and
Provinces has short notice by the Most Excellent facturer, when developing a new ments, provided to ensure smooth weak! But the flowmeter tells him opened its during the past few months, many now
showrooms the Marques de Sales, who is model, those made in search of the progression with throttle move that he can amply afford to use a Bombay and Delhi. A A.E.C.'s sole distributor in Spain, perfect carburetter are interesting ment, do not vitally concern the bigger main jot. He does. Big motors and little motors; prominent transport users have in
of the distinguished
Another "run-up" is taken. The and influential and no time was given either for and important. Before going on tester at present, except so far as electric motors no larger than those purchased Albions, some needed to operate sewing machines most interesting examples being gathering, numbering over 200, at the proper tuning up of the engine, the road the rival instruments are they are capable of influencing fuel dynamometer is steady on the load Power is good; to others capable of producing 1,750 the Victoria Falls and Transvaal tended the function, including or the usual testing of the chassis tried out with an engine on the economy. Otherwise they are mat- all the way up. horsepower....27,000 of them in Power Co., Ltd., who bought a 4 many prominent Government offi-, before the vehicle left England. test bench. The bench test gives ters for adjustment on the road censumption figures are all....are undergoing change over tonner, and shortly afterwards cials, while the Press and Trade The run to Madrid was, therefore, definite comparative resulta, al-He is out now for horse-power and able. This is nearer the mark. A though the conditions differ from fuel-consumption figures with a still wider choke is tried, but de- regarded in the nature of a test. at the Ford Motor Company's Rouge a 30/35 cwt. chassis; the Benoni were strongly represented. Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The Municipality, who are putting a The showrooms at Bombay are at The Marques de Sales himself those of the road, where the com-fixed throttle at a series of fixed finitely spoila the performance low work, now about forty-five per cent. couple of 29-seater Albion Busca Hughes Road, Cumballa Hill, and designed the coachwork; and for bination of load and speed is ever points throughout the range of en-down, even with a larger main jet,
The its long journey the vehicle was changing.
gine speed.
which runs into heavy consumption completed, already represents an ex-into service; the Natal Cane By-jat Kashmir Gate in Delhi.
Meanwhile the engine tester has at higher speeds. What gain there of Allied filled up with petrol, oil, and water, Information is collected says the! penditure of more than US $6,000,- Products, Ltd., who have been supManaging 000. It is estimated that an addi-plied with a handsome 5-ton lorry Motors is Mr. Raymond Chandler, grensad, supplied with the usual Motor by the technical departments been concerned with various mat- is at the peak does not justify tional year will be required to finish and the Shell Co., of South Africa, later manager of Rolls Royce (In- box of tools, which in this case was of the carburetter manufacturora ters of his own responsibility. As either of these faults. This is not Back goes the the installation.
who purchased a 30/35 awt. model. dia), Ltd., while Mr. J. W. S. screwed to the floor, and a box of regarding the dimensions and char-a conscientious man, he may take a racing job. The job, said to be the most for-
Milnes, late of Rooten, Ltd., Devon- spare parts asked for by the acteristics of the new engine; prima final look over the valve clear second choke, and a few testa thermo-establish the best main jet size. midable of its kind ever undertaken, | Four Chevrolet trucks are used shire House, London, is Sales Spanish distributor. Both these arily, of course, the bore, stroke ances; he glances at the
During the and number of cylinders and the meters; regulates the water flow; All is ready now for an observed entails the substitution of alternat-by George G. Holland, famous Sid- Director, and their reports indicate boxes were sealed.
revolution speed at all is ready. Off she goes, throttle "run-up" to be recorded. ing current motors for those of the
man, to transport that they consider bright prospects short time the preparations were approximate theatrical rey
being made the "Regal" which which
A Happy Ending. the peak of the wide. direct current type. The move in and stage movie shows through the are before the new enterprise.
At the lower rates of revolution And that is the tale, briefly told, went straight off the "table" to the
curve power
is
ex- to be
dynamometer shows high of a full-throttle bench test, from | bodybuilders—was not subjected to pected. Further information in-the
any kind of test. It was, as a mat- cludes the arrangement of the in-gures, culminating at the speed the carburation point of view; and, ter of fact, on its way to Spain a duction system; whether it requires at which the engine gives its in this case, with a happy ending. By far the greater proportion of few hours after the body had been a vertical or a horizontal carburet-maximum torque. Careful adjust- At a recent hill-climbing contest completed.
iter; dimensions for fitting; ar- ment of the ignition control is, road work is done on fractional handicap held near Salisbury,
The journey from London to rangement of controls; and the needed here to get the best results. throttle openings, and therefore Rhodesia, in which competitors re- Madrid-including deviations from "head at which fuel is fed to the
A tendency for the lead to fall the full throttle test on the bench turned the best times of two runs, the direct route-amounted to ap- float chamber, if this is unusually off slightly after a few seconds at ja followed by a series taken
It was high, as is sometimes the case with each reading draws the carburetter three-quarters, a half and a quar aan M. G. Midget, driven by Mr. Le proximately 1,055 miles.
both the 1,100 c.c. and "unlimited"; minutes (running time), at an
tester's eye to the flowmeter. This ter opening. Owing to greater de- M. Robinson, won first place in accomplished in 31 hours, 10 fuel pumps.
confirms his suspicion. The mix- pressions under these conditions classes with a speed of 48.1 m.p.h.javerage speed of 34 m.p.k.
Primed with these facts, the carture is too rich low down. As the the ratio of fuel consumption to In the 1,100 c.c. class two Morris
buretter tester goes forth, suitably speed is increased this symptom power becomes increased. A cer There was no involuntary stop equipped, to do battle for the Minors were placed second and of any kind. The only pauses honour and the proft of his firm. dies away temporarily; but it reap- tain aspect of road conditions is A peak is approximated to but not exactly re peare still higher up. In the experimental department of reached too early, The power la produced. sicep, and necessary fuel replenish the car works he is greeted by men disappointing, and fuel consump The bench test records the obser A 1927 model Chevrolet touring ment. No adjustments or replace whom he has probably met before. tion excessive,
a part of the company's programme provinces of Victoria, South Aus- view of future tralia and West Australia. Electric of expansion in needs. Benefits from the change power for the movie and "talkie" will include reduction in motor con- machines and are lighting le sup trol costs, greater safety to work plied by the truck's motor, hitched men and an easy ability to expand to two extra generators. production facilities.
In approaching the task Ford en Four Chevrolet touring cars. gineers made a complete survey of mounted to run on tracks, but other the entire plant taking into consi- wise fully equipped are used by deration the various sizes and duties Brazilian railway for car line ins of the old motora. From this surpection.
series vey was formulated schedules covering the requirements More than approximately one car of individual buildings and depart-out of every five built in the U.S.A.
Practically all machinery is a Chevrolet six. ments. ranging from small machine to mile-
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sulted in a gross saving of more proximately US$600,000.
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long conveyors will be affected. It than 2,000 horsepower as compared
A smaller main vation of a succession of static con- more A similar car has been driven has already been demonstrated that with the former set-up.
than ments of any kind were made on
jet, while curing this, may cause ditions which are not true in- the new installation will in many change over at the Detroit plant of 200,000 miles trans-country the journey, so that the boxes of It may be that he represents the instances Bave from one to two the Lincoln Motor Company, a divi- operation in Spain, encountering tools and spares arrived in Madrid makers of the carburetter fitted to weakness at intermediate speeds, tegrants of a given period taken on where the figures are already the road in ordinary circumstances horsepower 01 each machine. aion of the Ford Motor Company, every climatic and road condition in with their seals intact. There was, current models, and he is there to
hold the field against all comers normal.
of traffic and undulation. The Changes so far completed have re-will result in an expenditure of ap- that country of snow-capped moun- In fact, not a single tool in the pos- But whoever he may be, he can de- So much for the preliminary can ultimate test is for the road par acasion of the driver, who, by an tains and torrid plains.
oversight, had left his personal bag pend upon fair treatment, every ter. The carburetter tester recon- formance and can be done only on
reasonable help and cheerful en- siders the fact that this engine, al- the road. of tools bebind him at the start.
than On its arrival in Madrid, the couragement. These competent, un-though perhaps of no more
The snap-opening flend; all the assuming men of experimental 21⁄2 litres capacity, is designed to pitfalile and flat apots that lurk ACLO "Regal" was met by a Span- staffs are genuine enthusiasts, and peak at about 4,500 r.p.m. Volume between 8 and 80 miles an hour in ish demonstration driver. The
there is nothing petty in their out- is wanted, and plenty of it. A top: the competition to surpass fuel in the tank being sufficient for look. immediate requirements, the vehi-
choke of larger diameter then; bat those acceleration figures which On the new engine bolted to the not too large. The torque at low make impressive reading not only cle-after its long trip at a sustain- ed high speed-was straight away test bed he may find a carburetter speeds must be remembered. The in advertisements but also in the taken over by a strange driver, and already in position; a competitor's pumping capacity of a compara- authoritative words of official-road within an hour was demonstrating nstrument recently tested. In this tively small engine will not induce tests; the varying characteristica and undergoing exhaustive tests, case the foreman will usually agree an adequate depression around the of different industion systems; the demand for steam- which lasted nearly 6 hours.
to a preliminary "run-up" being main jet, or diffusion orifices, at increasing Bearing in mind the elimination taken with it for comparative pur- low speeds, if a choke diameter is engine flexibility, combined with of all the usual factory tests made poses under existing barometric considered solely from the point the fuel economy of a Diesel an-
conditions.
of view of senzational peak figures. gino; an infallible "tickover" dur- necessary by the hurried departure,
ing prolonged idling in congested the performance of this coach is a As a spectator, for the time Inevitable compromise!
However, a discreet Increase in traffic, followed by an immaculate remarkable tribute to the efficiency being, the carburetter tester takes
unblemished by the with which all A.E.C. vehicles are a position from which he can con- choke size works wonders. A few getaway,
The readings taken up and down the lumpy symptoms of "piling-up"; all built, and furnishes excellent proof veniently watch everything.
met by the of the staying power of the 120 h.p. engine is coupled to a dynamo-scale tell the tester-what he wants; thess demands are engine.
meter, giving readings in pounds to know. The power at low speeds modern carburetter in a way which, During the journey, those aboard that are proportional to the torque, is down a little, while high up taken for granted by newcomers, is the "Regal" were warned by drivers from which the brake horse-power there is an improvement. Holding more appreciated. by those with of long distance night fiah ve is calculated at the various speeds the load at speeds in the neighbour-memories and experience of motor. hicles, that they would find shown by the revolution indicator. hood of 2,000 r.p.m. he watches the ing in days gone by. carburation very bad among the Overhead is the tank from which] - hills, and that the engine would fre- fuel is supplied at a rate indicated quently be found "hunting."(on the flowmeter scale in pinta per| But the warnings, in this case, were hour. For absolute comparison found unnecessary, for even when this figure is converted to pints per going through a mountainous by-b.h.p. per hour. Thermometers way at 6,000 feet, and the pass of show the temperature of circulat Semosierra, above Madrid, there'ing water and lubricant; and not was not the slightest falling off in to be overlooked in the final the pulling power of the engine, for reckoning in the barometer. which particular watch was kept.
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This demonstration gives the carburetter man a clear idea of what he is up against and amplifies TO FOIL THE BANDITS.
the data upon which he has estimated the characteristics of the The prevalance of crimes of vio engine and therefore based bis an lence in connection with messen aumed setting.
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