THE HONGKONG TLLEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1926.
MOM
A British Master Motor
If you could visit any one of the seven huge Morr.s factories in Eng and, you would, know at once why no engine, in any car, at any price, gives more con- sistent low-cost unning than the Morris master motor.
From all over the world comes daily proof that the "heart" of the Morris car is a master product-tuned to mechanical perfection-bult of best. British material for a long life of faithful service. No wonder so many motorists are changing over to the Morris. Have you tried out a new
World" model?
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HINT MOTORIST
FOR
THE
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
"RACING AN ENGINE TO TEST. IT:
IDLING.
Would that somebody had the thirda throttle opening without skill and forces so to set forth being ohoked down. In other the destructive effects of racing words at the slow rate of gas de- motor car engluos that motorists mand, the throttle valve, in tho would realize them and refrain position mentioned does not re- from inflicting this particularly strict the flow of gas appreciably drastic form of abuse upon their and therefore no more gas will own engines! There is hardly entre the engine if the valve is an instruction book in which is wide open. With the car on level not found some such statement going, the engine has power on- an: "Don't raco the engine, ough to turn over. very fast and there is no worse kind of abuse," when it does so it calls for a very and such assertions are not a bit rapid flow of mixture, so rapid exaggerated. How can it be indeed that if the throttle were otherwise, whon it is remembered even slightly closed, it would that a racing engine, not being offer resistance to gas movement connected to any load, must be and reduce the amount entering expanding all the power, which it the engine, thus alackening an is developing upon itaolf to wear gine speed. out its own parts and pound, it-TWO CYLINDERS WEAK WHEN self to piecos. Racing a now en-
Question My -ongino gino which has not been fully broken in and racing a cold en- runs evenly and pulls fiue on gino, filled with congealed oil, the road, but recently, I tried are forms of super misuse. Why short-circuiling the spark-pluga is it then that so many motorists when it was running slowly in porsist in starting their engines the garage and noticed that two and racing them for a while be-cylinders could be cut out entire fore they start their cars? The ly without making the speed any only reasonable conclusions are lower. How can this be the case that they are testing them to seo and the engine work all right in if they are going to run or that service?..
Answer: When an engine is they think they are warming! them up. Such operators koop idling, throttled away down, it is stopping on the accelerator, mukundeual to find that the cylinders ing the engine roar intermittent-jare contributing any appreciable ly and excruciatingly or keep it power. More often one or more racing continuously for minutes of them, while they may be firing, before they start. There is noth-fare adding noxt to nothing to the ing at all but useless wear and turning effect. Under these con-
distribution tour and offense to the public inditions, tho
better to mixture to the several cylinders this practice. It is put the engine right to work may be very unequal slight air- using the choke a little at first, il leake into certain cylinders have necessary. If anything is wrong, extreme effect in weakening the it will soon be apparent, but the minute charges which they are car will be on its way, at least, taking and the effect of remain and the engine will bo warming ing unburned gas in the clearance up while doing useful rather than spaces weakens these very small chargos unequally. Howevor destructive work.
when the thrott e is opened and ACTION OF THROTTLE.
larger charges are drawn, the cf- fect of dead gaacs, air-loaks and Question-I notice that in climbing steep hills, with the on-improper manifold action become Kino pratty well slowed down, the of much less relative importance car goes no faster with the and the engine may run almost throttle wide open than when it perfectly regularly. The very is almost one-third closed, while small charges taken by a closely throttled engine, is what ex- on level going the car speeds up proportionally until the throttleggerates inequalities of uction is wide opon. Why is this? Is among the cylinders. there anything wrong with my
carburetor?
DJ
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Answer: This is no sign of U. S. AUTOMOBILES.
carburetor trouble. All care act this way. When the engine is very much slowed down under load on a hard hill, it really is drawing a mixture through the carburetor at a very slow rate, so slow indeed, that all the gas which it requires to fill its cylina
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Automobile prices are still on sound basis in the opinion of two-leading executives in the industry, and the possibility of a prico war is farthest from their minds, says the Wall Street Journal. It is pointed out that changes in prices which have boon made ro- cently by "sama large producers. ware in the form of adjustments designed .to meet individual situations of the Companics con- cerned and will not result in general price-cutting.
The recent reduction of $100 on one well known car has brought the price situation up.for consideration by many other Companies, " the journal says. While officials are loathe to discuss price policies for com petitive reasons, it is learned in banking quarters closely in touch with the situation that the con- sensus among such representa- tive Companies as General Mctors; Dodge, Chryslar, Willys-Overland and Studebaker is to maintain the present price structure until either an increase or decrease in costs of production justifies a change. Due to tho narrow margin of profit on which many Companies have been. operating, it is believed that any offort to force prices below the present compotitive level is like- ly to result in a sharp reduction in profits with little if any com- pensating gain in volume...
BRITISH REGISTRA- TIONS GAIN.
In the year ended August 31, there waro 1,600,000 motor vehicles registered in Groat Britain. This was an increase of 180,000 over the preceding year. The total was composed. of 670,000 motor-cars, 630,000 motor byoles, 248,000 commercial vehicles and 99,000 hackneya: The British motor cyola industry- continuos to maintain a strong position.in both the domestic and foreign market. One manufac- turor is reputed to have sold, last your, more motor cyclos than.
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