THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1931.
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FIAT 520
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British Model with Choice of Engines.
By Chiltern. I Motor car design never stands still-almost every mouth sces new development.
DON'T OVERLOAD! [SPEED KING'S CAR.
Avoid Overworking Sir Malcolm Campbell's
Your Engine.
New Rolls-Royce.
USEFUL HINTS.
* CAMPBELL, BLUE.”'
Captain Sir Malcolm Campbell fgrenag kun must be used:" dil can
has intely taken delivery of a be drained from the crankcase by
Byrnel Klein.] opening a tap in the side of the
Rolls-Royce "Phantom II" con- sump, and the water-cooling sys- One of the important things to tinontal touring saloon, in which tem can be emptied by two taps, remember while driving is to many unique features have been In the early days only engines one at the bottom water joint and avoid overloading, or overworking, incorporated at the specini re-,
quest of Sir Malcolm himself. and transmission seemed
the other in the buse of the pump. the engine. 10
One Innovation is the provision matter to designers.
Hore is a mechanism that' oper- Then they Two secondary features are in-atca af tremendous speeds in a way wings to provent damage to the of stone-guarde underneath the tackled the appearance of the car: foresting. The Inter drivers comfort, and lastly water Jacket of the cylinder head the car itself. It performs the dif-paintwork from
shape of the opposed to the actual movement of
flying atonca. passengers comfort. Now we
prevents the formation of steam ficult task of converting what en- These stone-guards are extended Heem to have gone back to trans-pockets in the cooling when the gingers call reciprocal motion into under the chassis in order to mission again, but from the angle car in climbing a steep gradient. rotary motion.
conceal Buch detalls 08 the of comfort.
i The running of the engine is nl-
aflencer. There are in Coventry alone two most as good on low grades of makers with experimental cars fuel as on the best quality. fitted with automatic gear change
In rond performance the acco- devices, in addition to the firma which adopted the iden 18 months eration of the 21 h.p. is above the ngo. Other firms are also nibbl-average, the car will travel from ing at "po trouble" gears.
3 to 70 m.p.. on top gear wad responds, splendidly to accelerator It is pleasant to know
that movement; the engine is pleasant makers are at last listening to y quiet: the ear's cruising sperd the right note, that of the ዞn- s between 48-50 m.p.h.; driving mechanical family man and tra-eomfort is of high rank; and hill veller who finds normal gear climbing unquestionably good. changing a bugbear notwithstand- ing "silent thirds" and the im. proved ease of changing.
ngo.
The New Hillman.
and down movement of the pistons plated steel give a
Narrow strips of chromium
This means that the straight up
new and hus to become a rotary or circular!
highly decorative offect to the motion before it can be of any use front apron covering the axle, in driving the wheels. This is done the springs, the dumb-irens and means of the crankshaft and itso forth. The sides of the bonnet is this piece of apparatus that has are extended below the chassle to stand most of the strain involved frame to conform to the lines of
this process.
the body, this giving an impres sion of low build and depth. The With an engine operating at be wire wheels with which the car is tions a minute, the main bearings, less steel. Sir Malcolm tween 3000
4000
revolu- fitted are made entirely of stain- is him- which take the severe thrusts of self installing a wireless set.
crankshaft. the pistons against the
The body is a metal panelled must stand the greatest strain. Oil Weymann saloon with a sliding is needed to keep them well lubri-froof and flared wings. The colour cated and a great deal of care raustfcheme is blue, with black wings, be exercised by the driver to see black roof and black horizontul that no more strain thun is neces moulding. The blue chosen is of aary is applied to these points. a peculiar shade which Sir Mal- colm has specified on all his Rolle- When a car is travelling at a Royce cars, and which has now high rate of speed for a con-come to be known as "Campbell siderable length of time, intense blue." All the ratios of the gearbox, in-heat is generated at the main bear- The continental touring saloon,
Shock Eliminuted.
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The Salerni transmission Two events last week give progressed far in two year. evidence of makers accelerated is now a four-speed gearbox of consideration of drivers' and pas epicyclic type, with the coupling srugers' requirements in cars or synchronising device and One was the launching of the new torque transmitter, whies per Hillman with a choice of a 16 or forma something Be our old 21 hp engine, and the other the friend, the fluid flywheel. further development of the Italian Salerni automatic rear, which was discovered b the News-cluding the reverse, are selected ings. The oil is, thinned down al-it will be remembered, was intro, Chronicle more than two years automatically and without shock most to nothing and any shortage duced last year In response
by the movement of a short lever of oit will increase the danger of the demand for a model capable on the steering. The epleyclic burning the bearings.
of high speeds over indifferent Salerni differs from other epleye- The best way to avoid this trau-roads. It is mounted on the lics, for each gear is selected not ble is not only to see that enough short "Plantom 1 40/50 h.p. In regard to the new
Himal by brake bands and friction | of the best oil is maintained in the chassis. there is one most interesting clutches but by engagement of crankshaft, but to drive at slightly The anloon has four centrally point. It is the first time a Bri-"dogs" in a positive way. Jerk, lower than high speed when on nhang doors with louvres over the fish firm has planned a model for snaich and possible damage art home and overseas use with the all avoided in selection. choice of a 16 hp. or a 21 h.p. power unit. The 2 hp. is, of
Actually Salerni has applied course, the export model.
the simple action of the normal with the back axle differential to the gear- I spent some hours models last week, and there is no changing and there is no danger box. No skill is needed in gear question that a splendid and well thought-out effort has been made of missing a gear by waiting to to produce a, car which smbodies long or accelerating over-much. features to meet the age-old eri-Once the driver puts the lever on licisms of British ears by buyers the steering wheel into position abroad.
the gear goes home.
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Find long run.
a satisfactory windows. Though the car is low cruising speed and stick to that, in appearance the use of special rather than push the motor up to pneumatic upholstery and the its limit, and you won't experience moving of the rear seat forward any difficulty.
of the upsweep of the frame ensure ample head room. Triplex engine is to neglect retarding
Another way of overloading the glass is, of course, fitted all round. Special care has been taken in the spark when the car is going the distribution of the weight.
a low centre up a long, steep hill and the en- The car has
the tool-kit,
are
Hine slows down and labours. Many gravity, and the two spare wheels, cars to-day kaye-automatic spark together with control and this attention is un-carried at the rear: while a large
Simplicity in the chassis
necessary in such cases. But those rear container gives ample space cars that are not equipped with for the luggage. utility and comfort in the body |
The equipment includes two form the key-note of the design coupling and gear are
The most sallent points in the nutomotic spark control must be
thut ae- The wheelbase of 9ft. 3in is com-!
watched closely for proper timing wiper on the single-pane wind- screen and a central head lamp, paratively short, but the track celeration is not affected, all the of the engine.
And
J
Test Success,
is full width, 4ft. 8in.. and the trouble is taken out of gear changbours against a load like a long la controlled by a switch operated
power-to-weight ratio of the
h.p. steel body saloon gives it lively performance.
If the engine rans slow and la- for use in foggy weather, which 21ng the driver cannot make
noise or cause gear damage in hill climb, and the spark is not re-by the driver's fool. changing and the gears are altarded to keep the ignition In step
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The body is one of the roomiest marketed. The front seat is so wide that three could use it with out incommoding the driver, and recespea over the wheel archea give pronounced elbow room fur the passengers at the buck.
.
waya silent. In changing it is with the timing of the engine, à life of the engine considerably. not necessary to declutch as with considerable land other than the It is always a good, safe and sane other automatics. Except for climb itself is added to the motor. practice to start the cur in low, starting from rest a clutch is un-Every time a piston rises in its even in the busiest trafic. necessary,
cylinder on the compression stroke, There is a knack in starting a It encounters the full force of a car and changing quickly from low There certainly appears to be pre-ignited spark, due to the ad- to high-in traffic, without losing an much to support the claim that advanced spark control, and therefore inch of distance to any other driver. far as simplicity of making is has so much more force to combat: Low gear requires merely a push, One splendid feature is ventila- | concerned-it-lg-in advance--of on its way to the top of the stroke. merely getting the car out of-its- tion and the complete absence of contemporarica.
There Bre This expresses itself in the form state of inertia, before it can be [fumes. The springing of the car fewer parts thun in other systems of a hard, metallic knock. It thrust into second. fis good in design and action. and Its weight is less.
should be warning to the driver to It isn't necessary either to push retard the spark.
the enr up to 40 miles an hour in At the low speed of a hill climb. second, before going into high. In also, the oil pressure is low, with fact more harm than good comes of the result that the main bearings this. All that is needed from sec- may be damaged through lack of ond gear is to attain a speed of 15 sufficient lubrication.
or 20 miles an hour, when high gear should be used immediately.
The result is no undue strain on
Rod Performance.
A test car fitted with the de vices was a success, though it h24 All complication has been elf-not yet reached a finally develop minated from the brake
me-cd stage. Changes were made p chanism, and while no compensa-and down with complete ense tion is incorporated the adjust-without declutching. The three ment is of the simplest-one for devices are ingenious yet simplo each brake. Other "convenience" and it is difficult to see how they cially when the motor is com- the engine, casier driving and as features are chassis lubrication can be other than durable and re-paratively new, also is hard on the quick a start this way us any reduced to 11 points where
a'lable,
movings parts and shortens the other, but less efficient, method. "
Starthig in second gear, espe
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