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Many Fall in 1927.
Motor Speed rècords foll-like ninepins last year, and 1927 will alway be remembered amongst motorista as one of the most re- markable racing years in the his tory of the development of the
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It will go down in history as the year when a land machine passed. thu divo hundred mile an hour mark. At the beginning of the year the flying kilometre,
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
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ALBERT L. CLOUGH
DISAPPOINTING RING-FITTING JOBS.
Skill and Judgment Necessary.
A large number of local motor-the make of engine in question in which may be taken as the high-ists complain that after having performing their ring replacement apced mark of all records, stood new piston-rings installed in their jobs on engines of the same model. at 174.889 miles an hour, while at engines in the hope of stepping oil This advice should not be takon the end of the year it had been pumping and gas leaks, these de- to imply that the factory recom- raised to the colossal figure of feets are not removed, but in many mended ring is necessarily the best 202.08 m.p.h. For this Britain instances are intensified by the one to be had, but merely that it was reponalble, and as has so change.
is a ring which is found to "get, frequently happened before in the
by" and is fully as likely to give. history of the sport, the Sunbeamt
satisfaction us some other chosen firm designed and built the car
Successful replacement of pis-more or less at random from the that did it. At the commencement ton-rings is a piece of work requirifty-seven" (or so) varieties on of the year four men were in the ing not only expert workmanship the market. Before making any running for the world's speed and specialised knowledge of this radical changes from the kind of crown. There was the late Mr. branch of repair work but exact ringa supplied with an engine such Parry Thomas, the wizard of information as to the condition of 18 adopting of controlling rights Brookland who then held the re-the cylinders, in which the rings it is best to have the change O K cord, there was Captain Malcom are to be placed and the exercise by the engine manufacturer. Campbell, who was first down on of sound judgment as to whether Pendine Sands 1o wrest the ring replacement under existing coveted honour from him; there cylinder bore condition, will prove was Major H. O, D. Segrave, whose satisfactory. machine with two giant neroplane engines was being prepared; while
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Secure Expert Advice.
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Not a Job for the Layman.
What happened when Major
As very few motorists have the Segrave reached America is well instruments for making the exact known. He put all the other re-measurements required in de cords in the shade by attaining over 203 miles an hour.
The rise of the firm of Bentley to its present unique position is one of the most sensational things
the choke much the oil in my car thins rapidly and the engine loads up with gasoline if I slow down below 16 m.p.h. If I adjust the carburettor rich enough to'giro power to pull hills this loading oc curs and if I make it cleaner the no hot-air stove on the carburetor, engine backfires on hills. There is How can I remove these, troubles? Answer-Your carburetor in one which has a heating jas around
Question. Although I don't use
mixing chamber through.
the Continent an Egyptain
All motorists who are to fit their Prince was backing the famous engine with a new ring equipment driver Forest" with д ten-litre
are urged first to uscertain from atraight eight-engined car Early in February Captain Malcolm competent machinist, who has care Campbell achieved his object with fully measured and examined their his Napier-engined car, and pass-engine's cylinders whether new
rings fitted without reconditioning its ed Mr. Thomas's record, but the the bores, will give the pistons the which exhaust gas from the engine latter, quite undaunted, restream- lined his great Liberty-engined, requisite gar' and oll tightness and is supposed to circulate and it la "Baba," and went for it again, then, if ring replacement is decid- probable that the hot exhaust It was the effort that cost theed upon to entrust the work only gases do not pass through this to an expert machinist, who is ax freely enough for some reason country not only the life of one perienced in this particular line of thus leaving the carburetor cold of the finest racing drivers in the world, but deprived the motor
and preventing good evaporation of the gasoline. You better sce tlfat you have the proper "cold- weather" setting in use and that all passage from the exhaust mani- fold to the exhaust outlet from termining cylinder bore condition the hot jacket are free, so that and exaebly fitting rings or the there will be plenty of heat deliver. data on the side and end clearances ed to the mixture and better eva- required to make. rings function perating effected. If the exhaust properly and as comparatively fewing heating arrangements of the in the history of the motor in-have a suitable tool equipment it carburetor are OK. there should dustry. A post-war firm, they is seldom that the ordinary owner be no need of preheating the air. first came into prominence in 'the can turn out a first rate ring re- Maybe your piston rings are badly Jaal car T.T. race in the Isle of placement job, especially on anfitted and allow much gasoline to Man in 1922, when they were the old engine. Installing rings is one pasa by them into the oil. anly team to finish, the lender be- of the most important as well as Question. What is the best way Ing placed second. From then one of the most delicate operations to remove greasy finger marks they went
from triumph to required in engine maintenance from the body finish of a car? triumph, and it has always been and requires the utmost skill of the policy of the Arm actually to the trained mechanic. compete with thoir stock cars, the same as any member of the public can buy, and to build no special racing models. Races such as Le Mans appealed particularly to them, and Captain Duff won it on a threo-litre car in 1924.
NAMES INSTEAD OF
NUMBERS.
New Code for License Plates.
San Franciscq, Dec. 22. Names are easier to read and to remember than numbers, That In brief is the theory behind the Mr. Franklin D. Morse letter coda system for automobile license numbers, which in the opinion of many" would, If adopted in place of the number system now in vogue, materially reduce the qum ber of hit and run drivers who escape after accidents and are never caught.
Mr. Morse, who is a newspaper man here, has for years worked on his code system of letters and claims that lie can produce com- bination of three letter pronounce. able names to cover above the 2,000,000 mark, which is about the number of automobiles that will be registered in California this
year.
It is hard for the average per- son to read and remember six un- related numbers, especially when the car bearing these numbers fa leaving the place of an accident in
hurry. It is much simpler for the average man or woman to re- member and to read in a hurry a combination of two short pro- nounceable worde as Liz-Til or Ten Men er, Big-Day. These being a few of the combinations that in Morse's code mean numbers.
"This new system seems much morc sensible and much more effective as a means of stopping the hit-runner from getting nway," said Mr. Harry Morrill, Jordan distributor here and pro- minent automobile man when in- tervlowed by The Chronicle as to his opinion on the new Morse code system.
"Take, for instance, tho num- It is hard to read
AnswerTry moistoning the fingers with kerosene and gently rubbing the spots until the greasy matter is loosened, then wiping 'ff slightly with a piece of cheesecloth or clean waste. Or dampen a soft cloth with alcohol, shake it until all free moisture is evaporated und then gently rub the greasy matter
Choosing Replacement Rings, In answer to many inquiries to what kind of rings, to use- in replacement work it may be sald that the "safest play" Is to use the same rings as are found to be used by authorised service stations, of off.
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1926
The fastest car in the world--- The value of the accessories and by 77 manufactured the 1,000 h.p. Sunbeam, on which parts Major Segrave, set up a world's Canadian plants during speed record of 203 m.p.h. last totalled nearly $14,000,000. March-is now on its way to Aus-
trailu. It has been placed at the disposal of the organisers of the great British Trade Exhibition at Melbourne, and from February 23 until April 10 Australians will have an opportunity of seeing this car. The wonderful British Exhibition is devoted entirely to British products, and as only one motor car will be shown it is fit- ting that it should be the record- breaking Sunbeam.
A man in Southampton, has equipped his walking stick with a motor horn. Before crossing the street he sounds his horn, attracts the attention of the motorists and crosses the street in safety.
It is to be expected that an Estimating that within even greater vogue awaits the years there will be more than aber 990,977. popular Clyno in Overseas coun million motor vehicles, in Now and remember, while the code tries in many of which it is now York, Dr. John A. Harries, traffic name for that number is Wie better look in the gas tank. established as a firm favourite. expert, urges that all moving of Wag. Simply a glance and the The company, for which Rootes, goods by truck in the elty bo done name Wig-wag sticks in the Ltd... of Devonshire- House, at night to relieve the traffic con- memory. Or even a simple num- Piccadilly, London, W., net as gestion.
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