ENGINES TESTED
“WIZARD” SMITH’S GIANT £5 FOR SPARKING- PLUGS During the past fortnight the huge Napier Lion Schneider Trophy aero 2000 h.p. engine of the Fred. H. Stewart Special Enterprise, ( “Wizard” Smith's giant racing car, has been tested under every condition possible. Mr. Don Jiarkuess, who designed and built the engine, bad no trouble in starting it. A separate engine directing a highly-compressed, jet of volatile petrol and air vapour on to the 12 cylinder heads achieves the purpose, and with a mighty roar the monster bursts into its song of speed. It is confidently expected that, the machine will cover the sands of the Ninety Mile Beach at something like 300 m.p.h., beating Sir Malcolm Campbell’s record bv at least 50 m.p.h. The 24 pluas fitted, with a further batch of 96 waiting in Auckland, cost £5 each, and were rendered necessary because the terrific heat of the racing engine would melt ordinary plugs in an instant, “Wizard” Smith, the driver, expects to make his attempt either on December 29 or January 8, as the tides on those (totes will leave tba beach at ft befit-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17640, 2 December 1931, Page 6
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187ENGINES TESTED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17640, 2 December 1931, Page 6
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