New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
|; A.E.'SPLAN CAR
OF TOMORROW
ON VACATION
oiscuss What They Will
Turn Out Next Year on
Great Lake Cruise.
.raR OF TO-DAY
IS UNIDENTIFIED
NE High Speed Motor, with
Many Cylinders and Light
pistonS, to Remain.

n, their summer cruise through the
s.,,, Lakes members Of the Society Of
,,,onObns Engineers discussed many
.,,,., which show the man who is
,A,s, to buy car what he must look
..,x,rd 70 from 8 mechanical point of
rev,
A pspsr which was read by A. P.
,,u,b. Of the Brush Engineering As
,,,i,,On, evoked q wide discussion on
a. timely question: What Is the
p,o,sr Number Of Cylinders?"
2, touched upon the high speed
-,.or. which he said has become the
,.,p.ed design FOR motor vehicle use.
z, fixed the speed range as between
E and $500 revolutions per minute,
"a the speed fluctuations Of from
Are. 70 sixty miles per hour on high.
"a stroke bore ratio he fixed at be-
.vss- 1888 and Is 10 l, and in stating
4. zone Of satisfactory cylinder diam
,,,-s he gave from 25 to 3.5 inches.
M. Brush stated that fours will al
rays be used: that the six represents
=, Increased comfort value, as does the
gsbt due 10 the increase in number
u impulses per revolution. He also
ia he only justification for length
sing the wheelbase Of the car for in
creased engine space and the introduc-
10. OF q three-plane crank shaft is
40 per cent increase In impulse and a
iS0 psr cent increase In piston dis
,.eement over four Of equal dimen-
Go2s.
Pistons To BE Light.
here was also considerable discus
don about alloy pistons, brought out
II paper BY Eugene Gruenwald. j.
Inward Schipper, writing in The Au-
rnobile," says no one seemed 20 have
rything 70 say against the aluminium
,!,.on and there did not seem to be
nv doubt in the minds Of those pres
at that aluminium pistons have come
. stay. The question Of slap which
.u been brought up in the past was
,r!n brought up. but il seemed 70 be
M consensus Of opinion that while the
ilp does occur for the first few ex'
,l,ions, il is lighter than a cast iron
,.i,On slap and does not bother the cal
yntr
Cars Are Underlined.
representative Of one Of the larg-
Il, tire manufacturers stated that fully
Z per cent of all automobiles are
rdertired.
This is serious situation, and the
,lort sighted policy Of clipping few
blArs from the sales price Of a car
=, the sake Of a sales talking point
I'm react when owners begin 10 rea-
l,,. as they are already beginning
l,t this few dollars Of saving IN hrst
so,, will mean many dollars of loss IN
tire requirements. o,. ..o
sobile" says: =
she amount Of money wasted in
Tres is inconceivable under .presen'
wnditions. When an expert who is IN
d, tire business estimates that 80 per
ant more tires are worn out annuaIly
ian should be the case il is time 10
III a halt. The car users are the hrs'
Isserers. because il is they who have
b FOOT the tire bills, but the car manu-
h,turers themselves are the ones who
IN suffer in the long run in many
uys. In the first place. many are
,p; from owning cars By the thoughts
tIArge tire bills In the second place
an which would be easy on tlres,
yer, the proper size used, soon ger
4, reputation OF being hard on tires,
n,rely because for the sake OF re"
CELLARS on each cor. they have cut 'he
tire size 10 the limit. 49,.
Something must be done and tne
Elution is logical. Let car manu-
.tturers and tire makers get together
nd decide on q weigh basis, what tire
N, should be used, and let the car
n,nufscturer send out his cars
,,uipped with the correct, even size,
aaving the owner 20 put on the odo
oversize II desired for particularly
ndgeus service"