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CARS.

A Designer Discloses Surprising Facts.

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1932.

RECORD-BREAKING the 7,500 h.p. Napier engine in would consider of minor importance Campbell's Blue Bird develops three is strikingly illustrated by Captain times the power and yet is only Irving's statement that the power two-thirds the weight of an necessary just to spin one of the equivalent engine of 1922. Again, special racing wheels, shod with its the Rolls Royco Schneider" nero 37in. x 6in. smoohtreated Dunlop engine which Sir Malcolm' is now tyre, but without its streamlined. | Having fitted in his famous car for disc, is 3 h.p. at 200 m.ph, and

a further attempt to got closer to 10 h.p. at 240 m.p.h. the 300 m.p.h. mark next February, develops approximately five timos the horse-power for the samo, weight on a similar basis of 'com- parison.

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Thornycroft for the Zambesi.

John I. Thornycroft & Co., With the disc fitted less than Limited, have been given an order 2 h.p. is needed at 200 m.p.h., & hp, by the Cleveland Bridge and at 260 m.p.h., and 9 h.p. at Engineering. Co., Ltd., of Darling 300 m.p.h. The streamlining,tion, or a motor lunch suitable therefore, enabled the wheel to be for service on the Zambesi river, spun at an extra 100 miles por in connexion with their work now hour for 4 h.p. less than was in progress for the construction needed to spin the discless wheel at of the now Zambesi bridge.

The Cleveland Co-are already

Some facts relative to the problems to be overcome in the designing of cars to beat world's speed records were re- 'cently related by Captain J. S. Irving, who designed the fam- our Golden Arrow, with which the late Sir Henry Segrave Aerodynamical Principles covered 291.36 m.p.k. in 1929. Next to the power unit comes Captain Irving's remarks are the application of aerodyamical particularly intercating in view of principles, which enduro the 200 m.p.h. the report that sume of the leading stability and controlability of the It will surprise many motorists using two Thornycroft boata pro- automotive engineers of U.S.A, are machine and streamlining. As to learn that the frontal stream-vlously supplied for this name job, Intent on building a machine ilustrating the torrific forces that lining of the Blue Bird is not near- and the now boat is to be 25 ft. capable of winning back for have to be contended with; it is ly so eficient ns that of the Golden in length with A Thornycroft Amorien the national prestige interesting to mention that if n Arrow. The resistance factor in RA/430 b.h.p. engine. The hull that is associated with the world's standard 20 h.p. saloon car were the Golden Arrow was 390, while will be of mahogany sheathed land speed record.

to be driven at 245 m.n.h. It would that of Campbell's car was approx-with copper. It was in 1028 that U.S.A. Inst require nearly 4,000 h.p.

¡imately 525, but the extra 600 h.p. held this coveted honour with a The Golden Arrow had 900 hp., more than compensated for the speed of 207.55 m.ph. To-day it and the Blue Bird 1,500 h.p. Again, increased heat resistance. It la machines, that the Australian-made car were pushed over a cliff also worthy of no that the single Enterprise, which closely followe Bir Malcolm Campbell and his 1,000 ft. high it would be only tail of Sograve's machine increns- the lines of the Golden Arrow, should, with its 1,700 h.p. Napler famous Blue Bird,

travelling at 170 m.p.h. when it hit ed the head resistanca by G per the ground. To stop a car when cent.

aero engine, be capable of attain- travelling at 231 m.p.h. In one mile It is the opinion of this famous ing a speed in the region of Camp- means that the brakes have to English designer of ultra-speed bell's 253.968 m.p.k.

ajands at 253.968, to the credit off

Captain Irving is a great be liever in the inestimable value of the knowledge gained in building these projectiles on wheels, in view of furture developments of the automobile Industry. The ultra

absorb 629 h.p., a sufficient heat to bring to boiling point 10 gallons of water, and if not cooled would

high speeds recorded by Campbell attain a temperature of 1,250 deg, and Segrave have, in the main, been | Fahr. attributable to the perfecting of

If brakes were not applied the super-charged engines ruuning at car would travel 4% miles before high revolutions,

coming to rest. The significance

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Test of an Interesting Light Car. MAXIMUM SPEED OF 57 M.P.H.

Few cars have created more been much improved In every publie interest than did the 8 h.p. way. The front wings are рат of press Ford when it was firat shown to ticularly fine examples the public at the Albert Hall, Lon-work and. instead

of merging don, writes the "Motor" critic. into a straight running board no Since that date, however, the car heretofore, they sweep right has been so modified and so im through to tho back wings. proved in appearance that the Similarly in front the wings are present British-built Dagenham united by n curved pressing model beara but little resemblance which, while giving the ear a to the 'few that were originally very clean appearance and un- imported from the American fac-doubtedly providing efficient pro- tection from mud, also hides

¡tory.

In the "original" there were successfully the Ford method of many points that could be criticised front transverse suspension. The adversely. The body, for example, motal apron at the rear, together was none too roomy when compared with the petrol tank, also has a with the equivalent British care,similar effect.

and the engine and some of its com- The equipment includes five ponents were extremely inacce-lamps, single bar bumpers fropt Bible. All these shortcomings ap-and rear, electric screen wiper pear to have been rectifed in the and a facia board of simple nature production series, so that now the which carries the fuel gauge, am 8 hp. Ford is a really excellent neter and lighting and starting small car with only a few points witches. On each side of the that one can criticise adverácly.

Cacin there is an open cubby hole, The first thing that one noticea Is the greatly improved appear

The original car, although attractive in Many ways, was

ance.

The car is sprung by transverse springa fore and aft, the vehicle is well tyred, and the very neut wire wheels havo alectrically rather stumpy, but owing to welded spokes. The spare wheel entire remodelling of the design this fault has disappeared, with enrried at the back of the car the result that attractive lines and sunk into a well in the rear have been achieved.

The mechanical specification

apron.

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better.

A great improvement has also has also undergone quite been effected in the rear appearsiderable change for the ance. There is a metal apron over the rear petrol tank, which As originally shown to the public probjects at the same angle as the it was practically-an impossibility extremities of the rear

get at the carburetter and dis- wings. This apron, although a separate down behind the radiator. To tributor. the latter being well component, is brought close up to

jobviate these defects very con- the inside edges of the wings and

siderable amount of redesigning provides a very clean effect.

On wet roads the mudguarding that the petrol tank has

has been necessary, and the fact beon should prove very efficient; it has taken from underneath the bonnet to the rear has also resulted in other mechanical deviations being necessary.

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When the car was first intro- duced the manufacturers atated that the maximum speed was 55 m.p.h. This claim was well borge out during our road test, for the flying half mile at Brooklands was covered at 54.65 m.p.h. and the maximum speed obtained was 57 mp.h., performances which must be put doyn ny exceptionally meritorious, for the engine has only a capacity of 940 c.c.

When driven flat out the unit is commendably smooth, there is no parlicular evidence of unduc fussiness, and it is only when getting away from slow speeds on top gear that there is any sign of period. On second gear the Ford does a genuine 44 m.p.h., and on the bottom ratio the comfortable limit is 24 m.p.h.

Acceleration is very good and would have been even better at the lower end of the scale had it not been for a slight" "Ast spul" in the carburetter.

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One of the outstanding features. of the road performance is the manner in which the cor will cruise Indofinitely at 45 m.p.h. without the slightest trace roughness. It can therefore be seen that on long journeys the average speed would be very high for its type. The hill climbing propensities are also quite good, the engine hanging on to ordinary main-road gradients without any appreciable slackening of speed so that gear changing is not frequently called for. Brooklanda [test hill was climbed in 19 secs, from a standing start on bottom gear, this being equivalent to an average speed of 12.64 m.p.h.

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