WONDERFUL ENGINEERING.
Remarkable figures now available relating to the Rolls-Royce Schneider Trophy engine show that per brake horse-power developed the weight of this engine was only 120z., as compared with between 51b. and 101b. for the average motor-car engine. In its -standard " form this engine was designed to give. 825 h.p., but the Schneider Trophy version, which holds the world's speed record, actnally delivers 1900 h.p.!
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20602, 28 June 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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66WONDERFUL ENGINEERING. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20602, 28 June 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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