1927-04-20 — Page 8

Overland "Whippet" Cars.

Unequalled in either Quality or Price,

See them at

THE DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.

132, Nathan Rd., Kowloon.

or Apply

To the Distributors

GILMAN & CO., LTD.,

Hongkong Bank Building.

Teleph. C. 290.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th, 1927.

MOTORING NOTES

A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.

CAPTAIN MALCOLM

CAMPBELL'S

car was

fitted with

DUNLOP

TYRES

PERFORMANCE IS PROOF!

BRITISH

AND

BEST

Another gruelling test - for Dunlop Tyres. All our ex-

perience in racing

tests is embodied in the Dunlop Tyres you buy.

MADE

IN

ENGLAND

PERFORMANCE IS PROOF!

DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY," LTD.

"AT HONG KONG.

LOCAL BRANCH. 16. DES VEUX BOAD CENTRAL. TELEPHONE: C. 4554.

Bean

CARS

HAVE THESE FEATURES

Ferrot-serve four-wheel brakes. Chanlon balloon cord tyres with spare wheel and tyre, 4-speed

gear box with right hand

gate control, grease gun.

chassis lubrication,

detachable cylinder

head, genuine first-qual

"hy leather upholstery.

licence holder, driving

mirror speedometer,

petrol gauge, electric

and bulb heims, 'auto-

matic windscreen wiper,

shock absorbers, luggage

grid, spring gaites, foor

mas and complete set

of tools in box

Models and Prices 17kp Ch

..1725

12 hp. 2 Mar Tour M

12 hp 4-prater Tupt 73

12 bp Furor

Sapon

14h Cha

24 hp/3-ster

Tourer-

24 h 45 m

Tours-

14. Four-dant

--Sabon-

Long 14 h.p. Chan

Long 14. Foot

door Salope

Long 14. Salcor

de Lau

Loug 21 23

Landauler.

11/30-cylinder

• E330

C$

JENS

€295

- 63

£75

- 400

• £375

.£575

Charts £65

10 hp 2/3-enter

· 10/50 hp.5-mater

Four dest

CEST

10/50 lp. Landauleta (16)-

The "Fourteen" 4/5 Seater

[LP.B.]

Superchargers-The Gas Turbine-The Opportunity-A Motor Hero.

[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER]

petrol engines develop less power. (without superchargers) as

they ascend.

SUPER CHARGERS.

Members of the British Institu. tion of Automobile Engineers ze A great vision of the future very cently had described to them some light weight petrol engine is open- interesting details about impered up by the experience already

chargers for aircraft" and motor gained with superchargers. They vehicles. Meetings were held in will survive and may one day be London and in Coventry on Feb. Į standard for carn, |ruary 1st and 8th respectively.

An admirable résumé of this paper which was read by Mr. Fedden and

the subsequent discussions have

THE GAS TURBINE.

#

The fact that turbo-compressors,

been published in the March issue utilising the exhaust gases of the of The Automobile Engineer which | petrol engine, have been used with arrived by the last newspaper mail, success in connection with super- After a careful study of the paper chargers shows that progress is and the comments made on it by being made with the development various engineers connected with of the gas turbine. Mr. Fedden, the design and running of petrol who has made many experiments engines the following outstanding with various kinds of arrangements impressions remain on the mind of for driving super-chargers, is evi one teen motorist in Hong Kong. dently inclined to sponsor the ex-

haust gas turbine. MATERIALS.

First and foremost are the amaz. ing advances made in condiction with the materials used in cars and in aeroplanes.

to

High temperatures no longer seem worry designers. Anti-scale metals make problems of rust a thing of the past. Weight has been greatly reduced and no doubt the reduction will continue.

HIGHER PRESSURES.

In order to realise exactly what has already been accomplished it must be explained that super chargers have been run and data has been accumulated concerning their behaviour. The object of the super- charger is to force a greater weight of air and petrol vapour into the engine cyclinder than can be drawn in by the simple process of suction, Taking an unsupercharged engine with a compression ratio of to 1 the

pressure at the end of compres. sion was about 130 15s, per square ipeh and the pressure at the end of the explosion was 455 lbs. per square inch.

When this engine had a per- charger working the pressure at the end of the compression stroke was 200 lbs. per square inch and the pressure at the end of explosion was 600 lbs. per square inch.

Owing to the fact that the quan tity of mixture (by weight) had been considerably increased the mean effective pressure on the piston had increased from 1 lbs.

The design and the manufacture of the turbine wheel sad casing Proved to be difficult al first, but the machine was run. The tempera- ture differences at first caused great trouble.

The turbine rotor went round ats! about 30,000 revolutions per minute) and the temperature of the exhaust gases that were continually imping- ing on the turbine wheel was in the region of 700 degrees centigrade,,

EXPERIENCE COUNTS.

The turbine rotor was made in Special high chromium anti scaling one complete piece with the blades. steel was used, and it was quite satisfactory

One of the chief difficulties met with was the maintaining of completely gas-tight exhaust joints. What is, however, mest encouraging to the man who believes in the future of the gas turbine is the fact that such.

machine has been used even if

When Faraday, first showed his as a small auxiliary power unit.

said to him "What use is it!" tiny" experimental dynamo a lady

The

great scientist replied "Madame, of what use is a newly born baby?"

The baby gas turbine may easily conquer the all powerful steam grow to a giant that may finally engine.

The Comprehensiveness of arch, in other words the ments needed in this Colony is the

Bean

CARS

square In

work done by this engine was nearly 35 per cent, greater because of the use of the supercharger.

HIGH COMPRESSIONS.. Now let us see what happened, when, instead of using a super- charger, the ratio of compression wns, increased.

When it was made in a ratio of 1 to 1 instead of 5 to 7 the pres sare at the end of the compression square inch and at the end of the explosion stroke it was actually 1,000 lbs. per square inch,

Bean Car models for 1927 offer you a compre-stroke was about 260 lbs. per hensive range of types and styles. There are the Bean "Twelve," the "Fourteen," the Long "Fourteen," and the 18.50 h.p. 6-cylinder. For coachwork you have the choice of 2/3 Seaters, 4/5 Seaters, Saloons, De-Luxe Saloons, and Landaulettes. And every-type and every model represents the highest possible value. WE ARE BEAN AGENTS

JANE, CRAWFORD, ITD.

The mean effective pressure on the piston was increased from 128 to 154 lbs. per square inch, but remember that the supercharged engine gave us a mean effective

pressure that was higher, vi, 170

per square inch, and maximum pressure that was much lower, viz., 600 lbs. instead of 1,000 lbs. per square inch,

NOISE.

THE OPPORTUNITY."

One of the most urgent-improve- widening of all roads on the circuit commencing at Garden Road, near the Cathedral and continuing to Seth's corner, Robinson Road, Park Road and Bonham Road, Caine, tary's office, back again to Garden Road round by the Colonial Secre Road. It is generally admitted that it will take some years before the roads on that circuit are all made wider.

From time to time new buildings art erected and in every case they should be set back-far be- hind the old boundaries. It is, ad- mittedly, costly to resume the land but the benefit that follows is well worth the price.

mentioned,

A ROUND TRIP, - Let us imagine that we are taking the trip in a car round the circuit

We rat come

up against the That place really is, in the year bottle neck at the "Peak Tram. 1937, a blot on the escutcheon of the Colony. The problem of widen ing the road in dificult. So were many other problems in Hong Kong. One obtains the "general impres was not easy to build the Tytam. sion that the supercharger is only reservoir. There were difficulties in connection with the original scheme accessory of the petrol engine. It of the Peak tramway route. Some is used for sme makes of motor of the sections of the road round ears but it seems certain that its the island were not easy to con- immediate development, will be in struct. Is it impossible to connection with aircraft engines. away the present waiting space and From the experience and data so place it the other side of the road? obtained the motor car designer The approach could be past the will be sure to gain great advaa motor parking space. |tages.

WE SELL AT ENGLISH PRICES PLUS FREIGHT, &C. in its infancy. It is now a practical

SOCONY

MOTOR OIL

MODERN OILS FOR MODERN MOTORS

REFINED UP TO A Standard NOT DOWN TO A Price?

clear

Helena May. They could easily be Next we come to the trees at the cut down and the road widened all the way up to Seth's corner almost at once as there are no buildings to prevent that improvement

Critics have put forward the question of baise from the opera tion of a supercharger as a great il not insuperable,-difficulty in connection with the popular se of the contrivance for cars. For air- craft the noise is not such a great dus A Hittle further on there is At Seth's corner widening is over. nuisance because the exhaust of a the narrow bridge that cries aloud fying machine is allowed to make for widening. Round part the old a much noise as it pleases. As premises that were formerly occu- compared with the exhaust of a pied by St. Joseph's College there car. It is, however, believed that is a space cleared of buildings. noise will be eliminated in time There is a great opportunity to cut and already a rotary type of off a nasty corner and to widen the machine has been produced, called road.

the Powerplus blower, which it said

Robinson Road is dificult but to be quite quiet in operation, there are places where widenings The case for the supercharger are possible. At the corner of Park.

for high altitudes is a strong one. Road and Lyttleton Road as old Density and temperature of the house is being pulled down. Can, atmosphere vary with altitude and that corner be rounded off please

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of paring about fifteen feet of the He explained his point of view. Park Road is a real danger. Why edge of the grounds of Government. We can picture the scene. The not build over, the nullah?

House.

coroner who bad chatted to Parry No one doubts that the Public Thomas not long before about the The improvement caused by ro moving Mr. Li Ping's isolated island Works Department are keen on road dangers he was constantly running. sort of summer. house is indeed improvements. We know they are. The jury who knew all about the great. As we run along Bonham We must appeal to those who decide popularity of this great adventurer Road to Caine, Road we are remind how the money is spent.

who was 44 years of age.

The ed of improvements but, like Oliver

others who knew him as a great and Twist, we cry out for more.

gallant friend."

A MOTOR HERO.

That is a bad bit of road at Glenealy. Surely some of the pre-

"Mr. Parry Thomas, carried his Said the coroner for West Car-life in his hands every time he went mises could be sacrificed for the marthenshire at the inquest on that racing," said the coroner, at last safety of the public. Finally we splendid motorist, Parry Thomas,he met with an accident-and death may appeal to have Lower Albert "I am not one of those people, who was instantaneous. Road widened even at the expense condemn record-breaking."

(Continued on page 9.)

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COMMERCIAL CARS

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