CYLINDER WEAR.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING
THE
THE FIAT 522.
Causes. Many Troubles. First Models Create
Good. Impression Here.
USEFUL HINTS.
[By Israel Klein.]
After an automobile has been driven a considerable distance, one of the most annoying and
ders.
Crease
costly
STYLISH BUILD.
During the week a represunta- tive of The Hongkong Telegraph was accorded an opportunity of taking a trial apin in one of the designed
MOTOR MODES.
Shape of the Car
the Future.
ENGINE IN REAR.
[By Chiltern.]
of
SUPPLEMENT.
for
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1931
that
The demand for economy. com chassis and body could be made as early cars had their power molts This car may mark the beginning of the end of the engine-in-front fort, and better driving vialon will one, resulting in a great saving in at the rear, either under the seat or under what is now called the type which has ruled for 25 years bring It about, they say, and not weight.
The rear position would allow of dickey. In the Americans, when No much a high speed dewan 3- though higher speeds are bound to a more compact and better balanced the four-cylinder engine came in the engines were placed transver- engine. or more.
The Car Described.
come with the change.
The danger to passenger in the soly in the frame, as, it is possi- This saloon, with a power unit
I do not believe this completo en of three litres, roughly 24 h.p., ia gine-in-the-rear air car will come event of a collision would be noble, will have to happen in the rear so low bullt that the roof does not for five or ten years. What will greater than now and better safely driven car when and if it comes.
Engine Reform. come higher than an average man's frat happen, as I indicated last humpers could be designed.
wheels, on- The heating of the car body could What happen shoulder. It has no mudguards;
aurds; week, will be
steering wheels, passenger be better arranged, more particul- reforma in engine coincident with the entire outside has no excres-gines
it is gines, cence to rotard progress;
fully stream-lined bodies are more Olympia opens its doors to the blunt-nosed with the headlamps, height of roof, and so on will arly. If steam cooling of engines the revolution in body design, for
ba little altored, but very gradu- became the vague.
will Independent springing of all likely to sound the death-knell of dificulties arises from worn cylin-new Flat 522 models, a smartly British car show next month, and inside a sort of radiator guard, and ally the outside body shape wall four wheels would be more possf-the straight-In-line power unit.
limousine. the Grand Painie, Paris, does the the air stream passes through the change to the bulbous front 6-cylinder
What are the conten ble.
is quite possible that there would "The disadvaṇluge alleged are:- be even a return to the horisontal The engine has the same cylinder same for the French and Continen- body shell to louvres at the roar of sharp tall.
the saloon body.
tload for and against such a revolu
Anything going wrong the opera- type of engine, or a fashion for "It" many of the tal makes. The condition is revealed by a
dimensions and
It is not definitely settled yet It is expected to average 125 m. tion? The advantages claimed for
tion of the engine would not he the radial. In some ways, certain- 24 hours and to beat the rear-engined position are: for persistent slap of the pistons, par-mechanical features of the 621, but
the horizontal engine in a rear- ticularly when the engine is cold. It is more powerful, from 68 h.p. though it is under consideration French car record held now
A 50 per cent. Increase of space heard by the driver. It will be
All electrical connections (Igni drive car advantages. when it idies or when it pulls the the output has been increased to whether "the car of the future" three or four years.
for passengers without an increase
Where will the tion, starter and lighting), throt
radiator go? h.p. without increasing fuel will be shown at either exhibition. driven by two famous British mo of wheel-base. car up a hill or in acceleration,
tle, chake, and clutch, would bave Early care had front radiators and consumption, indeed, reducing it
Will it be the German, Dr. Rum: torists. This car and the Rumpler
A cleaner external appearance. Piston alap is due to the by the fact that the weight of thepler, rear-driven car built on full and Burney are the poaltive evi- Streamlining would save a third to be longer and this would mean rear engines. There is no difficul rattle through wear of levern, ty, though there would be longer of clearance between pis- car has been decreased through air streamline principles, or the dence of the revolution in design ton and cylinder and the resultant the use of specially selected, high British example, designed by Sir experimented with for the past five of tees filing cons
Better riding comfort arising joints, and links. They also could water circulation to and from the only be taken under the body of engine. Possibly the steam cirenit throwing of the piston from one resistance materials and careful Dennis Burney-such as the Prince years in America, Germany, Brl
from greater passenger space and
car, where they would be awk-would be an advantage, such as and The side to the other with each tarn
design.
superior location of seats
ward to get al
heating the car. the same time, the car, is as been driving embodying fulltain, France and Italy.
acromutfe and aerodynamic les of the crankshaft,
The Body Form.
weight distribution.
A rear driven car has a ten- The most likely place for the ra- faster (giving over 42 miles persons?
Engine smell, heat, and noise and If neither of these is seen in Lon-
dency to be unstable under normal diator, would be near the engine at Enthusiasts say that these cars hour with unge), more lively and
the rear, fitted in the sides of the flexible. Stability, even at highrat don or Paris there will be on view will revolutionise the world's pas body dins would be eliminated.
Engine and transmission could driving conditions.
tall with either a mechanical or The Power Units
{electric driven fan, or scoops might. proved by lowering the centre of at the Monthery track near about songer cars into rear-enginds be put closer together and made
The placing of the engine at the be used on the lines of the Burney full from which is best described as more accessible for adjustment and 4 to four one-thousandths of an inch, gravity and by increasing the This permits the piston to move up wheel track which is now 4ft. 9las."hero" designed saloon it is possi- that of a trout or raindrop re-realt
With no long propeller shaft the back is not a new idea. All the model. The new gear-box, which retains ble to get with the engine in front. versed. and down the cylinder with ense, while it is cold and there is little the fourth speed in direct drive, or no lubrication. I niso permits has been equipped with a sleat expansion of the piston under the third through which constant mesh terrific heat that arises in the cyl-helleni gears, and a a special engage inder head.
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device for the third and After running the car several fourth speeds--simplifier to the Kenr-box. thorewind miles, however, the ey-ulmost the use of the Binder sites have worn down some These arrangements make the car Limes to altuest twice the original extremely enay and pleasaal clearance, giving the pistons there drive ned allow a better utilisation play. During all this they, also, of the available power under all In intense the throw of the enakshaft has conditions of service. hurled the pistons at the upstroke city traffic, the allont third can be to the other side of the cylinders kept continuntly in h thus giving a rapid acceleration, whilst on the open road, the easily en- gaged silent third, even at high; engine speeds, allows of easy and hills, bende, or safe driving on when overtaking.
Ordinarily a piston na to have a clearance of about one one-thou Bandth of an inch to each inch of ordinary piston Clearance therefore in about three
As a result, each cylinder is worn down to an oval shape, run ⚫ning crosswise of the engine,
When the engine is cold and there Is little or no oil niong, the cylinder
have pistons walls, the clearance and thereforç are able
חניות
There are a number of features.
deserving of mention, such as all on the steering wheel. to slap harder and more audibly, controls
innovations of design. As ROOR as the dll get up, it takes various
up some of this cleanine as a sliding front seats, safety glass, lubricating film, and when the en-init pressure on our space prevents: gine gets hat it expands both pie- a more detailed description. Lon and cylinder enough to take
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It can truthfully be said that the 522 is an excellent much of the remaining space new Pint
The vehicle from every angle. and so minimize the slap.
for pistomody work is must attractive, and A temporary relief slapping is use of a heavy off in they exceedingly smooth Bow
power makes riding a pleasure. the crankcase Bul this does put
Messrs. A. tineke & Co. of China do away with the noise at the be-
Building are agents, and motorists ginning of a drive, or when
trial spin, motor is idling or pulling the ear desiring to arrange for a agninst load. Furthermore it is should communicate with them. quite costly and uses up a great Before concluding, It must
mentioned that the price in excep amount of it.
tionally low for a car of this class.
the
This only solution for this trouble is to have the cylinders rebred to perfect round and install oversize pistons to fit the enlarged cylinders more snugly. Sometimes Installa tion of oversize piston rings will hip somewhat, but not very long.
the
PARK SPEED LIMITS.
be
Commentity upon an increase! in the number of subimuses for
if the motorist is not certain exceeding the speed limit of 20 whether the knock he hears is mph is the Royal Packs, Mr. piston slap, there are two days to
Hay Halkett, the Marylebone Heltir the question. One
magistrate, said that it was re- measure of oil that is ued.
the Because of the greater clearance morkule that since the abolition
Of the general speed Init between piston and eyinder, the police were more zealous in eur Jubelenting oil will
more forring park speed regulations. He easily past pistons and rings into the combustion chambers. Burning Appealed to a police inspector for of that oil enuses a heavy blacklightenment as to why the police
had previously taken no action when motorista had not excréder 30 in oil.p... but no explanation was
forthenming.
smoke to appear in Uu exhaust.
Watch the exhaust, therefore. and also not the Increase consumption.
The other check on piston alap is to remove the enp over the oil filler tube and listen at the opening there white the engine is idling. If the pistons have too much clear- ance, there will be the sound of cach puff of gas na It escapes past them.
GETTING HEAVY.
Taxes levied on motor cars in the United States last year amounted to 18.3 per cent. of their valuation, the Amorien Automobile Associa. tion reports."
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THE NEW
Ford Standard Sedan
CONSERVATIVE cur of good appearance and quiet simplicity. The New Ford Standard Sedan is a moat serviceable family conveyance, with roomy interior, trimmed and upholstered in excellent taste.
The front seat is adjustable. The rear seat easily accommodates three persons. Doors, both front and rear; are wide and permit easy access. There's a convenient dome light.
And, of course, included in all models are the regular Ford standard features Triplex shatterproof windshield--Rustless Steel for all exposed metal parts-sturdy bumpers-four genuine Houdaille shock absorbers- completely enclosed four wheel brakes -Economy-Reliability-Long Life-Good dealer service.
This sedan is now larger and embodies many de luze improvements. The windshield has the approved 10-degree slant for greater beauty and safety, while the straight-line treatment of the moulding is an authentic beauty note.
That old spark plugs reduce gasolino mileage to shown by this machine, the flowmeter. In testing a group of low- priced cars, the machine showed that average mileage received from old plugs was 16.75, while that of now plugs was 18.68, or a difference of almost two miles a gallon. It la, said that, old, plugs causo a waste of from one and a half to two pints of gasoline an hour.
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WALLACE HARPER & Co., Ltd.
745, Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon.
Authorized Service Dealer :
IDEAL MOTOR CAR Co.
410/20 Lockhart Road, Wanchai.
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an actual demonstration.
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