RIDING COMFORT.
SUBJECT FOR DEVELOP MENT.
Riding comfort and economy.in the use of fuel are the main sub
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that inurbased orankcase dilution: bae resulted in lower fuel volatility, greater difficulty in' starting and considerable waste. in driving.
The water cooling system has also presented itself as part of Jents for development by auto the fuel problem, "since it has engineers of the country, accord-been found that the temperature
Improvement in the riding lengine parts.
ROADS TESTED
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1925.
A BRITISH LIGHT CAR IN JAPAN.
The following account of an A.O: owner-driver's experience of mountain touring in Japan has been passed on to us by Mr 8. F. Edge, the governing director of the A.C. Company.
on ono side of the This is the story of a trip made now ing to review of the research of the water jacket has a marked in an A. C. Sporta modal, one of valley, now on the other, and activies under direction of the influence on the rate of crankcase England's most popular light also plays hide and sook with the American Society of Automotivo, dilution Indirectly it means cars, from. Osaka, via Yagi, railway track for some miles.
Passing through the pictures- greater waste, not only in fual Hase, and Haibara, over the Engineers./
but in the wear and tear of the hills to Yamade, Iss. From que village of Kabuto the road thare the journey was up climbs to about 1,000ft. Two men through Tau over the Kabuto working on the hillside shouted, qualities of automobiles has long.
Togo to Otsu, and back to Kobe and came running down to meet attracted the interest of amo
through Kyoto, Kameoks, and us, and told us that the road was engineers. Out of this topic has come numerous devices and ideas Besides those problems, the Ikeda a very romantle ride for quite impassable a little farther for greater comfort to the auto
In the search for engineers have been studying a vehicle that originated in work-on, and that we should have to turn back. However, an inspec- passengers.
various phases of highway cou aday England.
Sunday morning was very fine, tion ebowed that the break was Improved methods along this line atruction and use, especially in they have gone to steamship and relation to woar and tear by and a visit was paid to the temple not quite hopeless. There had railway companies for lessons haavy trucks. The Bureau of at Hase. No. 8 of the thirty-three been a landslide, and about 20ft. from their experiences in im Pablic Roads and the Rubhor holy places. Light rain began had sunk nearly a yard. By proving the comfort of their Association of America have to fall about nine, but it cleared filling in some stones and grad- passengers,
been co-oporating with the society up and a start was made by the ing off the sharp edges of the In its fuel research work, the in this work, and tests have been stoep grade up the pass. An alti-break, we were able to get the society has had the co-operation conducted by those organizations tude of 1,080ft. was noted at the car over under its own power.
top, and then the rain began On the other side of the pass of the American Petroleum In Arlington, Va.
again, and continued "off and good time was made through, stilute, the Bureau of Standards
on till nightfall
Kamitsuge, Ohara, and other and the National Automobile
Other projects undergoing re-
villagos to Mikuhio Rain bagat Chamber of Commerce. It has search by the society engineers
at 5 o'clock, and the side curtains been their dominant idea to look include truck-transporation costs, forward into the future outcome tyre design and air contamination was very fine, and the road, were fixed just in time, as it came by automobile exhaust gas. The although winding and narrow, down violently for about fifteen last two subjects, once mastered, had a fairly good surface. The minutes and then suddenly stopp promise increasing comfort and next hoight noted was 2,180ft., ed. Near Ishibe the road was up Dilution of crankcase oll hae relief to automobile riders and and the road dipped down for a for cable laying, open holes, heaps
of fuel use.
DILUTED OIL.
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been part of this fuel research alothers.
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stretch, but rose again to 2,210ft. of stones, and huge iron manhole. st two places. Many very sharp covers calling for careful naviga-į bends called for careful driving, tion. A few miles of better road, particularly when passing the and we reached Kusatsu country carts and when meeting darkness feil. Fords which came round corners. without the slightest warning, From Kusatsu the road was in taking no notice of a Bosch horna frightful state owing to cable that oarried for miles. For long laying. The recent rain had not stretches the road runs beside improved mattere, and the car the river, gradually getting down slithered and skidded through a till the level is resobed at Shindo, sea of mud. Many open ex- where the width and also surface cavations, taking up half of the improve, and a better spoed is already narrow road, left only possible. It was getting dark bare room to get past. Just be- when Yamada was reached, and fore reaching Otsu we came to the Gonikai Hotel. The mileage two big army care, the leading from Qsaka, was 112.
one being badly stuck. For- Returning the next morning,tunately our A.Č. owner carries the same road was followed as a repa for suck emergencies, and far as Matsuzaka, but from there we attached that to the dumb we kept straight on to Tsu, irons, and persuaded some of the long, straggling town, where onlookers to tail on. The milit- some difficulty was found on 40-ary seemed doubtful about the count of streets being torn up for proceeding, but wore profuse with cable laying. Clearing the town thanks when the car was safely by the Seki road, open country hauled out. For our part we was soon reached, and ahalt was were doubtful whether those two made fortiffin in very pretty pine cars got to Kusatau that night,
commanding such a delightful get through in the next mile or view all round that close on two two.
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hours were spent before restart- Passing over the famous Seta ing.
on Karabashi, stop, was Sooo Seki could be seen across roade for the night at Zeze, on the level fields, and was reached the shore of Lake Biwa, where by a steep grade surmounted by vory comfortable accommodation atorii, passing under which was found in a very old-fashion- sharp turn loft brought us to the ed hotel right on the water's long, narrow village atreut, with edge. The day's run was 84 hardly room for more than one-miles.
way traffic. At end of the village There were various reasoDS that road leads up the for a late start on the last day Kabuto pass, gradually climb of the trip, but one may be ing
amid striking bill mentioned. One member of the scenery. The road is narrow, party had a pair of ourling tongs but with 2 fair surface, and in his kit, and took great care crosses the river several times, over putting a marcel wave on
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his front hair. A short run brought us to Kyoto, sad as it was a holiday the city wae en fete, with many maidens abroad. in gala attire, a possible excuse for the marcol wave.
The road to Kameoką, was rather unpleasant by reason of certain carts for the first few! miles, but we rap past them and soon reached the open country. Passing through Kamooka we took the road to Ibaraki obd Ikeda, turning to the right after to miles (the Ibaraki road gotug to the left). Then up a narrow etony road whloh presently be- come a very stoep grade. very rough surface, with patches of haavy clay and many abrupt bonds. Passing under a big torii after about 234 miles of etreauous climb, 1,050ft. was noted, and then the road dipped alittle, and the surface was better. For the next two miles! the grade was not so severe, and the smoother going allowed top gear. The top of the pass wAS 74 miles from" Kameoks, and the alevation 1,220ft. The road down on the other side was pretty rough in places, and very narrow, Reaching Ikeda we had to go very slowly through the narrow street, congested with traffic, but after crossing the river wo found olear road through to Nishinomiva, where the Kobe- Osaka road was joined.. Aftor the country roads this seemed wide in comparison, and as it was a holiday there was not the usual amount of car traffic, so time was mado in Kobe..."
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