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City Hall Parking.
The parking space outside the demand City Hall is greatly in
now, although the best use is tot made of the available space owing to the lack of system in parking. 'ars take up all sorts of positions, and thereby waste a lot of valu- able space. The area should be marked out in white lines showing Lhe manner of entrance and exit, and the alignment to be taken up by vehicles. It is to be hoped that this necessary work will be car- ried out in the near future. Lower Peak Tram Station.
This is also a particularly im- portant point for parking space, and room might be provided for another dozen cars or so. by ultilis- ing the small island which is at present merely ornamental. The enst would be quite a small matter. Standard of Driving.
It is quite usual to hear over- sens visitors express the opinion that the standard of motor vehicle driving in Hongkong is very high; and although instances of reckless driving are occasionally recorded, it must be admitted with the ut- most gratification that, serious mishaps due to bad driving are rarely known. The efficient super- vision by the Traffic Department is undoubtedly largely responsible for such an excellent state of affairs.
Speedhaat Speedway.
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 10th MAY, 1930.
Being The Official Organ pi.
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION. -
DIESEL AIRPLANE
ENGINE'S PERFORMANCE.
Operates on
Ordinary Oil Fuel.
SINGLE VALVE :
FUEL PUMP
ROCKER ARM
AND NOZZLE UNIT
THE WONDERFUL
1930 “HARLEY"
Now on Display.
SEE THE NEW MODELS EARLY.
The Gascon Motor Co.
AIR INTAKE
2, KWONG WAH ROAD.
Tel. 56242
The Packard Diesel airplane moter, at right, showing significant parts, and at left mounted
in the nose of a Stinson, with Walter Lees, test pilot, at left and Captain L. M. Woolson, designer. in front. Captain Woolson is also shown in inget.
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The oil-fueled engine appears as
4.
5. A combination fuel pump|
nozzle fitted close to each cylinder, to insure a more positive engine over the gasoline motor:
Jand the Stinson and Verville show models, banks now existing at Steeping and is being shown independently fuel feed. River and Claypole-a foreshore as well.
Captain L. M. Woolson, designer of some 10,000 acres in extent-
will be made safe for the erection of the Packard Diesel, has revealed P.208
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MODERN MOTOR SERVICE.
NEW CAR, JOHN? NIX. :15! REFINISHED
·HER SELF WITH
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AS WELL AS THE NEW
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Captain Malcolm Campbell, the
2. A one-piece crankcase weigh-Moving down again, the valve re- famous racing motorist, is in-
Detroit, Apr. 5.--The mysterious
maining open, the piston draws in terested in a scheme for the con- Packard Diesel airplane engine, ing only 34 pounds.
3. of a speedway motor which burned only $8.50 worth of A comparatively light crank-more air for renewal of the cycle. struction
"The Packard Diesel engine bas track and a speelboat course of a furnace oil as fuel in a recent shaft, despite the extremely high milk jar length. The scheme, flight from Detroit to Miami and explosion pressures, due to cushion been run with many different kinds lof fuel," says Captain Woolson. which
aroused widespreading of its parts. something like which in to cos £200,000, has been the subject finterest, is finally revealed publicly
Light cylinders formed by!"The fuel found highly satisfac- enquiry by the Board of Trade, to-day with the opening of the casting the cylinder head as part tory is domestic furnace oil, cost-
ing about nine cents a gallon.” All-American Air- of the barrel. and the site proposed is an the third annual
Has Many Advantages. north west shore of the Wash, craft show here.
Captain Woolson lists the follow- near Skegness. By joining up
ing additional advantages of his with the 15-mile sea bank,
"1. It is more reliable because How the Engine Works. it does not depend on an electrical ignition system, and a separate The operation of this motor is fuel injection means is applied to of a Grand Stand four miles in its construction and characteris- length. The water way for speed-ties. Significant is the fact that no different from that of any other each cylinder in place of a single It resta on the principle carburetor feeding several cylin- a Diesel motor has been built to Diesel. bonts would be 100 yards wide in weigh not more than the average of injecting a sprey of highly ders in a gasoline engine.
"2. Fire hazard is practically front of the Grand Stand, and gasoline motor of the same size and atomized fuel into a chamber of air connected with the sea.
compressed to about 500 pounds eliminated, since it is almost im- The proto operate as fast. jeet is being promoted by the The Packard Diesel is a nine-per square inch and raised to a possible to ignite accidentally the
of 1,000 degrees fuel oil used. Automobile Racing
Association cylinder radial air-cooled engine.temperature
This high tempera- "3. Fuel consumption reduc- It is rated at 225 horsepower at Fahrenheit. 1.900 revolutions a minute, and ture is more than enough to burntion in weight represents a saving weighs 510 pounds, or 2.26 pounds the fuel efficiently, greatly in-of between 20 and 30 per cent. per ruled horsepower. Gasoline creasing the pressure and forcing over that of a gasoline motor.
4. The Diesel engine is not engines weigh from about 1.5 to the piston down the cylinder.
The gasoline motor depends on affected either by abnormally high over four pounds per rated horas
ignition of a mixture of gasoline or excessively low air temperatures power.
case with gasoline This is the first time that a and air by means of an electric as is the Diesel type motor has been reduced spark, in the cylinder head. Thus engines.
"6. Radio interference so considerably-in weight and its the Diesel does away with the
there Is no speed raised so much. What were entire electrical ignition system. eliminated since
Operation of the single valve, in troublesome electrical fgnition sys- called lightweight Diesel engines, heretofore,
about weighed
25 place of two, may be of interest. tem."
Tested Three Years. pounds to the horsepower while the The engine follows the four cycle
On the intake stroke, The Packard Diesel is the pro- highest speel obtained by them principle. was around 1,200 revolutions awhile the piston travels down, the duct of nearly three years of in- minute. The Packard Diesel valve is open fully drawing in tensive test work, according to motor can be run up beyond 2,000 fresh air. Shortly after the piston Captain Woolson, including experi- reaches bottom dead centre the mental ground and flight testing valve closes, and the piston en equivalent to 338,000 horsepower rising compresses this air.
hours, which he says is equal to What has produced the high- As the piston approaches the top, about 250,000 miles of dying by speed low-weight aircraft Diesel atomized oil is injected, it burns an average airplane. has been a marked improvement in and the piston begins to move Simplification and further design and construction. This down under the increased pressure economies in the operation of improvement included:
from the burning fuel. When the transport planes will be a result in piston approaches bottom the valve of the development of the Packard in-opens and the piston, on the return Diesel aircraft engine, Captain
stroke, forces out the burned gases. Woolson predicts.
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j. Use of only one valve, place of two, for exhaust and
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SPARK PLUGS. Importance of Using Right Type.
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rid of the trouble of having to sell your car in a hurry, and at a sacrifice, several days before your leave is up. We will sell you any car, and it is fully yours to use bow you like, where you like, as much as you like; and we will buy it back from you on the last day of your leave. And we will tell you in writing the price we will pay for it before you order it. If you wish, this car will meet the boat; one of our instructors will be lent to you for three days free of charge if you want him; and your driving licence will be ready in one of the pockets
in the car. Write for full particulars now and get all this fixed up in advance. We' originated this plan and no imitators offer anything approaching our terms.
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turer of the plug or to consult a fact that the body has an almost recommendation chart,
indefinite life. New centres may In every way it is penny wise be purchased at a price very much and pound foolish to fit a cheap below that of a complete plug. plug, as so many parts of the When the plug is reassembled, engine are affected if an unsulteither with the old centre or the PENNY WISE POLICY.able type be used.
new one, care should be taken to The majority of plugs nowadays, make sure that the detachable The selection of a suitable type at any rate, of the best makes, are centre makes a clean gas-tight of sparking plug is more import-detachable for cleaning purposes. seating in the inside of the body, ant than is generally realized by and there is a tool on the market also that the gland nut is thorough- the average driver of present-day specially made for this purposely tightened up. The points In this day of the big hunt for cars. When 1 say the correct type After the plug has been dis-should be set to .018 of an inch
plug manufacturer bank has made things easy for its in any way with the correct make. should be carefully rubbed with a maximum efficiency. In the case higher compression ratio is usually first-class depositors by installing & Many manufactures of present-piece of rag dipped in petrol-of American
employed; in these circumstances should be consulted. It is import cars," where a mceiving window in the rear of day sparking plugs have a big under no circumstances should a moderately low compresalon engine .018 to 020 is generally found ant, however, to bear in mind the
fact that the more particulars the bank building. A motorist range to choose from, and when abrasive material! be used.
is used in combination with coil satisfactory,
is possible to give concerning t can make his deposit right from one has decided upon the make to Replacing the Centres ignition, the points should be set If a plug be required for racing power unit, the easier it will
to .025.
purposes, or for use in a very high to make a definite and atri Where coll ignition is employed compression engine for fast tour-accurate recommendation.
Arabian Sand, Dawn Grey, Niagara parking space, a Dayton, Ohio. I do not want this to be confused mantled the Interior mica button (18/1000) in order to obtain the on the average British engine, a ing, the technical department of a
Blur and Gun Metal Blue.
N. S. MOSES & CO., LTD.,
Sole Agents,
the car, as shown here, and drive use it is necessary then either to It is an advantage in using some on without getting out of the communicate with the manufac- makes of plugs to bear in mind the machine: