THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
NIGERAN TOUR.
TRUST A THOrnycroft With Your Transport
DEAL DIRECT.
THORNYCROFT
SIX--CYLINDERED
COACHES & OMNIBUSES
MOTOR
VEHICLES
Pioneer Manufacturers of Commercial Motor{{Vehicles
4 or 6 Wheels
4 or 6 Cylinders
30 Cwt. to 10 Ton Loads
20 to 70 Passengers JOHN 1. THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED Pioneer Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon. TEL. 56752.
TRUST A THORNYCROFT WITth Your TranSPORT
21-39
Convoy of Morris Vehicles Does Well.
OVER 4,000 MILES. -
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1932.
HOW MANY CYLINDERS?
Has the Day of the "Four" Passed?
AN
OLD QUESTION
REVIVED.
In spite of the fact that at the present time the average moter- ear manufacturer favours the engine of six or more cylinders, "feurs remain good sellers, and in England recently the argument on to which was the better proposition between the fourcylinder car and West the six-cylinder car was revived. three
SPEED SLOWS 'EM.
American Road Builders' Asso». cintion finds that a speed of 28- miles an hour allows the greatest number of care to pass' a given point in safety.
It is offefully announced that the Rolls Royce Co. has acquired the goodwill and assets of the Bentley Motor Co. It is under- stood that Rolls Royco will con- tinue the sports model of the Bentley,
A convoy of Morris-Commercial trucks, Including B six-wheeler model, and comprising also a Morris Isls and a Morris-Oxford, has lately completed #4 compre hensive tour of Nigeria, Africa. Four thousand
At one time the six-cylinder diagram it is plainly shown, tak-
There is an Irish touch about the hundred and fifty miles
were type of car cost a great dent mere ing the cylinders in order, that be- decision of the district justice at but foro No. 1 piston has reached the Waterford. Having fined a defen- covered in exactly four months, thin its four-cylinder rival, and some twenty-five of the prin-modern developments have nar- bottom of its stroke a charge will dant £20 for using trade piates on cipbl towns In this territory owed the margin until it has al- have formed above piston No. 6,
a racing motorcar being tested, he visited. Numerous
as to downwards. tions were given, the majority of however, are still puzzled
which type of car they should
The power impulses, therefore, We ure, told that a model motor- them to native potentates, and choose. Generally speaking, it โช
occur car for Princess Elizabeth is the officials of the Morris Distri- true to say that the four-cylinder overlap and three of them butors West African Motors, Ltd., car wins on the score of economy, during every crankshaft turn. It operated by a "foot pedal" and of Lagos, who organised the trip, while the "six" provides the ad is for this reason that a six-cylin- steered, no doubt, by a hand wheel.
der car will run smoothly on top and flexible atate that none but extremely vantages of refined
Igear down to walking speeds, where- favourable impressions were left running.
as the four-cylinder type tends to everywhere in the convy's wake.
become snatchy and Irregular.
demonstra-most disappeared. Many motorists, and will be commencing to impel it mitigated the penalty to Ga.
It is all a
At first
In explaining why this should be the ease, a writer In The Motor
Unfortunately, it is rather The usual crop of adventures
points out that the power output of and interesting experiences as the engine mainly depends upon two ore difficult matter to explain why einted with auch journeys over
to six-cylinder engine is practical- factors: the capacity-that is undeveloped country were countered. Some miles from ay, the volume swept out by the free from vibration. Kontagora the six-wheeler, which pistons and the revolution speed, matter of how the motions of the carried
off the chief honours dur irrespective of the number of cylla different pistons can be adjusted
jand counter-balanced. ders employed,
glaneu li might seem that in the tour for the material ing way in which it overcame the most! It would therefore, be absurd | four-cylinder engine the two pis- formidable obstacles fell foul of to expect greater power from atona that are moving downwards a difficult "S" bend, and completely mall six-cylinder engine than a should baluce, the opposing pair. turned turtle.
actual fact, however, Not the slightest provided by a larger four-cylinder In
engine. On the other hand, there balance is by no means perfect. chassis, however, and the driver is a slight advantage in favour of A piston which is moving up and and his companion escaped com the "six," comparing it with the paratively unscathed. The vehicle "four" of equal capacity, because down at a very high spoed resents was qalekty righted, and not long the better balance of the former the action of stopping and restart afterwards was engaged in distri- makes it permissible to run it some at each end of the stroke, and |would. if left alone, prefer to buting Government grain through what faster.
travel onwards—either upwards out the district, which was suffer. ing from a visitation of locustt. *
through the cylinder head or down- wards through the sump an the An Arab "Siced."
damage Was sustained by the
Cost and Tax Advantages.
In England the four-cylinder car
the
usually presents immediate and otse might be. The connecting rod At Birnin-Kebhi, the Emir rodeious advantages in respect of cost prevents the pistons from "running on the six-wheeler seross a ravine, tas, and it is generally admittit
but the tendency is, never.
and in return staged, for the coned that petrol consumption and re-theless, present and sets up forces voy's benefit, a thrilling exhibition pair charges are likely to be
which, at high speeds, are suprl-
1
the six-cylinderingly large.
native sword-dancing. At Kano, in the extreme north, much little higher far
engine.
Question of Vibration. annisement WAH caused by
The "six" is not less reliable than Arab, the proud possessor of an
Owing to the peculiar movement ancient Morris-Cowley. This Arab the four-cylinder type, but, natural of the piston the Interla force waited till the six-wheeler hadly, having many more parts, it exerted when it is at the top Is given its usual demonstration, and costs more for decarbonising and greater than the force produced then proceeded to traverse with other routine work. Its consumpwhen it is at the bottom. Con- much jolting the identical "rond," tian is higher for various reassequently, in a four-cylinder en- a series of hillocks and, potholes. the difference between two gine, the four forces do not quite AL Horin the local Emir was types being aften roughly in the balance one another, but leave a given a ride in the Morris
resultant jerk that tends to make Isis proportion of 5 to 4. saloon, and was much impressed. with this and other units of the Isuccessful convey.
In cars of similar weights, how the engine dance up and down in ever, the "six" will score slightly in the frame. There are, of course, respect of neceleration, hill-ellinb-six-cylinder engines which are not ing, and maximum speed, thouga entirely free from vibration, but it many motorists may not feel es-must be pointed out that there are
attri-unfortunately other pecially intercated in these
trouble in motorcar engines. bates of power and performance.
sources
of
For example, a long crankshaft It generally is conceded that ni "six" which is properly designed which is not sufficiently stiff may and made provides a facility in spring and distort under the explo driving a car such as cannot al-sive impulses or the inertia loads, ways be achieved with a four-cylin-1so setting up tremors nt certain der engine. One of the main rea-speeds, which can be felt through
The longer the crank- sons for this state of affairs is out the car. Kimply that the larger number of shaft the more likely it is to be cylinders naturally enables susceptible to this trouble, no that. smoother flow of power to be ab- in most six-cyliner engines large tained. The cylinder of an or-dimensions are employed for the dinary motor-car engine produces cranks to provide sufficient stiff- only one working stroke or power ness, impulse in two revolutions of the crankshaft.
Firestone
Free
Firestone
Standardized
BATTERY SERVICE
1. Test battery with hydro-
meter.
•
3. Add approved water if
needed,
3. Clean top and terminat
posts.
4. Tighten and grease termi-
nals.
5. Inspect and check cables.
6. Tighten hold down clamps.
7. Check generator charging
"ate.
Stop at our station` regu- tarly-lot us take care of your battery and it will last much longer.
Firestone BATTERIES
LONGER LIFE
So far British makers have not the paid very great attention to Power Impulses,
atraight eight, which is very popu lar in Amerien. In an "eight" four Therefore, in a four-cylinder en-impulses are provided per crank- gine only two impulses per crankshaft turn, as compared with three shaft turn are obtainable, the one in a "six," and two in a "four," commencing 80 soon the preo that the "eight" is a most DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. ceding working stroke is finished. smooth and flexible performer. On
are
ΤΗΣ
in a xix-cylinder engine, on the the other hand, it is n somewhat 33. Wong Hei Chung Road, Happy Valley. other hand, pairs of cranks
more expensive type of engine to arranged at 120-deg. apart. In a run.
Telephone J0228.
f
"This is the rough, bumpy road on which I wanted to demonstrate the smoothness in the new Buick."
"Yes, it certainly is a terrible road, but this Buick travels along
with almost boulevard comfort."
That's just what you'll say when you ride in the new Buick Eight in a line. No matter how costly the car you may have traveled in-you'll be amazed at the riding comfort of this new Buick, Hundreds of thousands of people knowing Buick's quality in the past will buy this new Buick without even a demonstration. They have confidence in Buick.
Its valve-in head Eight in a line engine with its four point rubber insulated mountings new and stronger frame-new hydraulio shock absorbers with their new mountings-improved body mount- ing-all contribute in no small measure to this phenomenal riding comfort.
Why not let us take you for a drive in one of the four series of Buick great Eights-and let you see for yourself how much more Buick gives for less money?
THE DRAGON
BUICK 8
The Eights with Buicks Prestige
MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
TELEPHONE 30228.
TEXACO MOTOR OIL!
1
OF INTEREST TO EVERY CAR OWNER
AND PARTICULARLY TO THIS WEEK'S
LUCKY MOTORIST. HE HAS A FREE
REFILL FOR HIS CAR
AWAITING
HIM UPON APPLICATION TO 14,
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, OFFICE OF
T
THE TEXAS COMPANY, (CHINA) LTD.
83, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD.
HAPPY VALLEY
***
Page 10Page 11