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MOTORING NOTES
62 M.P.H. RACE IN A MIST.
THE LIGHTWEIGHT TOURIST TROPHY,
LONDONER WINS.
DOUGLAS, Isle of Mun,.
June 6th. Mr. P. A. Longman, of Ealing, W., riding an O.K. Supreme, won the Lightweight Tourist Trophy, motor cycle
950cc for rage machines, covering the 24 miles 300 yards road course in 4 hours 11 minutos 59 seconds, an average speed of 80.90 miles per hour. On the second circuit he broke the lap record for lightweights by one Becond.
The time was slightly slower than that of last year, but conditions were more severe. A blanket of mist lay, over the mountain section
of the race.
of the course during the early part Mr. C. S. Barrow riding a Royal Enfield was second in 4 hours 20 minutes 1 second at an average of 58.02 miles an hour, and Mr. E. Twemlow on a Det was third, his time being 4 hours minutes 28 seconds, and his average 56.83 miles
miles an hour.
Longinan, the winner is 31 years old. His wife watched his victory, I in his 6rst Tourist Trophy win though he has been placed twice in the Senior events.
Duel With Handley. The race was a struggle between Longman and Handley, with the former gaining steadily. Handley was cornering magnificently and remained in second place for five laps when, owing to mechanical trouble, he had to retire. Bennett, the winner of the Junior race on Monday, retired with mechanical trouble during the third lap. Of the starters 12 retired.
(Continued on nëxt' C'olumn). ·
(CONTD.)
THE COST OF SPORTS PERFORMANCE.
The majority of light car manu facturera offer 'n choice of either touring or sports models, and a glance at their catalogues will show that a much higher price is asked for the last named type. It is well known, says The Light Car and Cyclecar, that the engine of a sports car must be specially tuned to give the additional power necessary to drive the car at a higher speed than the touring type, and this tuning in spoken of, sometimes rather vaguely, AS "hotting up." It would be accurate to say, however, that there are two types of tuning, because in addition to straight forward, "hotting up there are super-tuning methods in fairly common use.
When a car manufacturer evolves a satisfactory supersports engine and is able to "produse it n standard model, it still will be ex- tremely costly when compared with experimental engine. upon the de a normal touring engine for a sign of which the standard super- sports medel is based, may easily have cost some thousands pounds, the greater proportion of the money having been spent in research work and testing. Although the special Biel, alloys and other metals used An its construction are very expen- eve, it is the craftsmanship of in- dividuals which counts.
Handley during the race filled at the pits and was away again with- The attendant in seconds. found time to sponge his face with eau de Cologne. Longman swallow- fed a glass of champagne while re- filling, and was also sponged and dashed off.
Despite the mist, there were only minor accidenta. C. L. Boudio, a rider from the Channel Islands, was lucky to escape with bruises only when his front forka broke as be was travelling at speed.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th, 1928.
CARE OF THE CAR.
THE LUBRICATION PROBLEM.
INITIAL ENTHUSIASM THAT WEARS OFF,
[BY GEORGE C. STEAD.]
each part at so many miles, checking the level of oil in the en- gine, gearbox and back axle, drain ing the sump and radiator at the mileages stated, and generally mak ing a fuss of the car.
After a few thousand miles, how ever, this early enthu inam wears off, and the chief, attention which the car receives is the filling of the sump and radiator at indefinite in- tervals, and the replenishment of the petrol tank in order to main- tain the necessary fuel supplies, Lubrication of the minor parts of the chassis often consists of a few perlunetory abs with the grense gun at the more exposed nipples, but the proper lubrication of the more inaccessible parts is usually left to a more convenient period when there is more time to spare a happy state of affairs which very rarely occurs,
The conclusion has been forced on me, from an inspection of many modern chassis, that there are far too many points requiring periodic attention as regards hubrication by the owner. When the car is brand new, with its varnish gleaming
Some of the better instruction- brightly and its nickel work shin: books give the number of points on ing. most owners make a careful the chassis which require grease study of the instruction book and gun lubrication. In many cases the carry out all the recommendations number is well over thirty. Assum contained therein, such as lubricating that it only takes 30 sec. to
lubricate each nipple, nevertheless there is a good quarter of an hour in the actual process of lubrication, while there may be anything over half an hour in discovering the right point of lubrication, and in getting the grease gun into concee tion. Added to this time must be the period employed in refilling the grease gun. It is very rarely that the gun has sufficient capacity or is sufficiently filled to lubricate the whole of the chassis, and the un pleasant task of unscrewing the top and Eng the gun has to be gone through on practically every co casion.
Successful experiments have been in a continuous bath of water and made in respect of the abolition of grit, and they therefore must be spring shackles, rubber pads being fully packed with grease to exclude used in cir place. This, so far, this destructive matter. By mak seems to be the successful solutioning these weather and greaseproof. of the problem of abolishing nearly the necessity for lubrication would twelve lubrication points with semi-be reduced.
It is agreed that a certain number elliptic springs.
The most thirsty parts of the car of points must be lubricated. for labricants "are" the universal | périodically, and it is also agreed joints and steering heads. With that the less accessible the points the metal types of joints it is often the leas often will they be attended possible to give two full pumps of Lo The solution," therefore, lies in grease to each joint if lubrication making every vital point accessible, ñas not been locked after, carefully, | as is done to a certain extent on This difficulty should be overcome the Lagonda, where there is a bat- by making the joint covers absolute tery of nipples on either side of ly grease-proof. It is obvious that the frame, leading grease through the lubricant is not destroyed, but small pipes to the necessary points. must be squeezed out somewhere,
3,000,000 MILES OF ROAD and if it could be retained con-
IN U.S. siderably less attention would be required.
It is surely possible to reduce the number of points requiring lubrica tion, or, alternatively, to make the lubrication points more accessible, Experiments have been made with what are known as oil-less bushings, in which graphite is incorporated
WASHINGTON. Lubrication of steering heads has in the bearing surface. I have two purposes. The first is, natural-
There are 3,001,625 miles of roads found these quite satisfactory itly, to give free motion but the in the United States, according to left alone, but if a misguided second, and more important, is to the American Road Builders' "As- owner attempts to oil them it causes prevent moisture entering the bear-sociation. On January 1st, 1928. swelling of bearing surface and ng surfaces and setting up wear, approximately 688,000 miles had
On a wet day the steering beads run been improved to some degree. consequent partial wizure.
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