NEW OIL ENGINES TO BE DISPLAYED
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ON Thursday and Friday next, September 10th and 11th, the Manegers Section of the Municipal Tram-ways and Transport Association is holding its annual meeting at Manchester, and it is taking the opportunity for inspecting a group of oh i engines and oil-engined vehicles which some seven concerns have arranged to display.
A well-known power unit of this type, which will he shown in its latest form, is the A.E.C. This will be exhibited as a separate unit, and mounted in a six-wheeled double-decker. The latest engine, which develops 130 bh.p. as opposed to the previous 95 b.h.p., is an A.E.C.-Ricardo product, evolved from the previous type which attained the unusually high speed of 3,000 r.p.m. This engine has been particularly developed with a view to having the same speed range as the equivalent petrol engine. It is claimed that the sound when running is almost indistinguishable from that of a petrol power unit. It has an 8.85-litre motor of six cylinders with an Elektron crankcase and push-rod-operated valves. The pump is a Bosch.
Blackstone and Co., Ltd., of Lincoln, is showing its latest products in this class. A feature of these engines is the spring-injection system which abolishes
a.20 all the usual high-pressure piping.
Crossley Motors, Ltd., will show an oil engine as a separate unit and, possibly, -a double-deck bus with a similar engine installed.
A newcomer to the oil-engine field, the product of which will be studied with the deepest interest, is Leyland Motors, Ltd. The concern in question has devoted a good deal of time and money to research in connection with this type of power producer.
Engines by Norris, Henty and Gardner Ltd., will be on view, and it is probable that one of them will be shown in an experimental Pagefield bus. It is expected that other important Gardner developments will fructify at the demonstration in question.
T.S. Motors, Ltd.' will show a ]310A2-type Express chassis equipped with a 4L2-type Gardner engine. We have already described the oil-engined vehicles offered by this company.
Another important concern showing a vehicle of this type for the first time will be John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd. This old-established manufacturer has been conducting research work over a long period, and the model to be shown at Manchester is probably making its public bow prior to being seen by larger numbers at Olympia in November_