The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
ElGHT-CYLlNDER MOTOR
FEATURES 1915 CADILLAC
Car Is Lighter and is Equipped with u
N-Typc. High Speed Engine.
Price IL Unchangcd.


An ight-cylindcr motor for 1915 is
the surprise the Cadillac Motor Car
| Company springs OH the motoring pub
/ lie, design OF engine new to Ameri-
n-made cars. Tho eight is a V-type
! high speed engine, which form OF con-
struction. SO far as motor cars are con-
! cerned. has up TO this time been ON
/ ploycd only by one or two firms in the
| world-notably the de Dion Bouton Of
/ France.
The new Cadillac is considerably
| lighter than its predecessor and the
use of tho eight-cylinder motor saves
sixty pounds i'm this one item No
! change has been made in the price the
! list remaining at 81 ,975 for the touring
! ear. Left drive and center control have
! replaced the right drive, but the COM
! pany retains the hinged steering wheel.
\ The wheclbase has been increased from
! l2O TO 122 inches: a disk clutch is used
| - place of the cone type. while now the
! Eearset is a unit OF the motor The
Delco lighting and cranking system Is
retained.
Although the eight cylinder principle
of power development Is not new by
any means, II having had much success
IN aerop!ane work as well as in the cars
oil the well-known French maker mo-
tors OF this number of cylinders are
doubtless little known to the general
Public 1t has remained for Cadillac
to popularize this latest of Internal
combustion engines in this country.
Considering the Cadillac motor In de-
tail. one Is struck with the high speed
machine which has been produced al
most without precedent or previous en-
?criencc with this type. The two sets
OF four cylinders are each block cast
:, nj 1t,.t, Z
pearance as any other block of four
The bore is is inches and the stroke
Is lis inches. giving q total piston
displacement of 3l4 cubic inches.
The Cadillac changes this year are
not all in the motor for tho chassis Is
altered considerably also. The wheel
base has been heightened from 12C to
II: inches. while left drive and centre
control replace right drive and control
The hinged steering wheel which was
! an innovation last season. has been re-
Timed Tor this season.
In the transmission system Z biz al
| GRAFTON appears in the incorporation OF
The gearSct in unit with the motor in
stead of locating it amidships az here
tofore. The same type and design OF
three-speed sliding gcarset is used.
however. The cone clutch has also Civ
on way To nicely designed disk clutch
of the dry-platc type. This has hrtee:
carbon steel plates. 81 inches in dia-
meter. the driving plates, eight I'm
number, being faced with wire mesh
asbestos.
The drive shaft back TO the axle con-
tinues to be of the unincloscd tyne.
httcd with two univerSuls and being
parallclcd by a triangular torquc arm.
y floating type rear uHls. which Is SINH
i.'r IN general construction to shat for
'nerly used. is employed. This axle
however, is of the latest form, in that
spiral bevcl gears replace straight bev-
els for the ring gear and driving pin
ion The spiral-bcvcl gearing. which
made its appearance last year. provides
- rolling contact along the teeth and
thiS is conducive to smooth running and
Vuic,ncss. In order TO cut these gears
| the Cadillac company has installed an
elaborate equipment Of machines.
In other respects, tho chassis is about
as II was. The frame Is of bottle neck
Term, 80 inches wide in the rear and 30
al front. The characteristic Cadillac
platform rear spring suspension is re-
tanned. The gasoenc tank is at the
rear with pressure feed to the carbu-
rcter. Tires are 80 by 41-2 inches on
demountahle rims and wood wheels
1t is notable fact that the new Cad
lilac is much lighter than it's predcces-
sor.
Bodies have come in for little change.
being of the smooth sided type with
present day lines gracefully worked
out The usual array OF closed types
l. offered, while In addition to roadster
ana hVc and seven passenger touring
types. ur-passcnser salon. of open-
car design, is an attractive member OF
the family. This car provides n pas
sage way TO the rear seat and between
the individual front seats. There is
only one front door to II.