Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

| This two-cycle motor should give
! from sixty to seventy horse power
''power to burn"-and with the spe-
cial carbureter designed particularly
for this motor, 1t must be sweet run
ming and flexible.
| The engine has high compression
and has been rather hard to crank,
but this year 1t Is equipped with a
| self starter" which seems to be most
satisfactory, and should practically
dispense with turning by hand.
The cross shaft, formerly used to
| drive fan, magnetic, ETC.. has been dis
pensed with and spur gear substi-
| tuted, which is an Improvement. The
| fan is belt driven and absolutely
quiet. The connecting rods are beam
drop forgings and have been slightly
| increased IN size, making them more
! serviceable, the connecting rod bear
ings also have been given an increased
area.
The arrangement of switches, car
J bure .er, controls, ETC., on the dash,
has been changed and made more con-
venient. In fact, the whole assembly
will look good to the man who wants
high powered car for consistent
| service.
Hawley-King company, in the Oak
| land, are showing very few changes.
| The general design of the engine is
the same, but there are number of
refinements in detail which should
make 1t even a better and more
''sweeter' running motor than before.
Strut rods have been added, form
| ing a triangle with the rear axle, in
creasing its stability. The mechani-
cal technique and finish has been
greatly improved. AS an illustration
of the manner in which small matters
are taken into consideration, the fan
Al,;r. H. II ic
fan is not in the middle of the radia-
tor but is offset toward the exhaust
side of the engine. This offset makes
| an easier mechanical arrangement
and at the same time the greater por-
tion of the air drawn through the
radiator is driven across the hot side
, of the motor.
These same people are also exhibit
| ing the Beyster, a medium weight de-
livery. There is nothing especially
new in the design, but it seems to be
well worked out along what might be
| called standard lines and should give
! good and satisfactory service. The
motor is a four-cylinder, three and a
| Quarter by three and -eighths,
geared eight to one. The drive is by
shaft to jack shaft, and then to rear
wheels by double chain.
The National, shown by the National
Motorcar company, is exhibiting what
Is practically straight line drive, the
motor, transmission and drive shaft
being so arranged that when the car
is loaded they form a straight line
between the starting crank and the
| rear axle. On the motor of this car
there is attached to the inlet manifold
an auxiliary air valve, controlled from
| the seat. This extra air valve "lookS
good to me. 1t means that you can
adjust the carbureter with this valve
closed so as to get a perfect mixture
| for starting or for maximum power. At
| the same time, when on the road a
| slight turn of this valve will give a
more dilute gas, which is more eff
cient and better suited for ordinary
running. It will save gasoline and
save the engine.
On this car the commutator and
magnetic are so timed that they spark
synchronously. The rear axle is a
special type of full floating, worth
ones consideration.
| The Cutting Car company has four
cylinder water cooled motor, the cylin
ders cast separately. The design of
this motor is rather unusual. The
valve is arranged with the exhaust in
! the cylinder heat and the intake in a
side pocket, this intake pocket being
formed so that the incoming charge
must pass across the exhaust valve.
| The valve timing. is also a little out
of the ordinary, the intake opening
about so degrees after center and clos
| ing thirty degrees after center, thus
| giving quite a little vacuU m in the
cylinder before it is allowed 10 pull on
| the carbureter.
The clutch is five-disk proposition,
but the disks are unusually large.
The Burkhard- Crippen company, in
| the Lexington, is showing a conserva-
tive machine, with no new mechanical
features. They are using the well
known Rutenber motor.
Morrow, Loomis & Co. state that
the Interstate has no changes over last
year of any account excepting in out