Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
DOINCS IN TIE AUTO WORLD
Rise Gasoline Price May Have Good Results in More Care full Attention to EngneFour Cylinder Car the Machine of Today-Uses Alcohol as Substitute for Gasoline.

| twice as great as that of the old champion. Again motorists stand amazed at the most recent feat of au- tomobile endurance.
 How great an advance is the car of the present over the car of three years ago is easiest appreciated by a com parison of the details of their record featS.
 The old champion weighed 2600 pounds, travelled 12,4049 miles, aver aged 400 miles each day, covered IS miles to the gallon of gasoline and could be duplicated in the open mar ket for $500. Its run was ended by the motors failure to perform further without repair.
 The new champion weighed 1850 pounds, ran 2,022.3 miles, averaged 500 miles a dcy, covered 22 miles to the gallon and cost S655. It was our- posely stopped in first-class rushing order and in the final A hours covered its greatest daily distance-more than 560 miles.
 The feats of both cars are beyond question. Both were rigidly examined and passed as stock. Both made their records under the most careful scrut- ing by A. A. A. technical experts. Both were fully equipped cars and the motors which held tn etitle were both of four cylinders, avoiding complica- tion and retaining a characteristic universal among cars that set worlds records.
 There is a definite reason for the superiority of the modern type. It is a reason based not on design but on manufacture. During these three years there has been no revolution in engineering but manufacturing science has made some wonderful strides.
 Cars are built in quantities far greater than three years ago. Makes are fewer, but the great enterprises manufacturing cars of this type are yearly waxing more powerful and more proficient. Their output has correspondingly increased in all the good qualities which owners covet.
 The use of alcohol as a substitute for gasoline in the event that the prices continue to rise was discussed recently at meeting of the Winnj- peg Automobile Trades Association. Experiments about four years ago showed that alcohol could be used as a substitute for gasoline with very slight carburetor adjustments, but the matter was dropped because the price of gasoline was such that at that time that alcohol was more expensive. If the present price tendency for gaso- line continues this situation may change, however, and the proposition may again be taken up. Frosted or smutty grain can be used to produce alcohol and this would enable western Canadian farmers to dispose of their damaged product.
 When piston ring beeomes "frozen' to the piston through lack of fabrication, it is often a difficult prob- lem to remove it without breaking. An owner who has had this trouble overcame it in the following mar-~... Remove the piston from the cylinder and dtsconnect the connecting rod. The piston should be stood on two bricks laid lengthwise and about two inches apart. The flame from a blow NgI til the metal is brought to a red heat. After the piston has been allowed to cool slightly, a little kerosene is ap- piled to the seized ring. ThIs .nethod will free even the most stubborn ring.
 The only correct and workmanIike method of staightening bent lenders is to remove them and have them roll ed by a tinsmith or other metal work CT. This operation generally involves considerable labor and delay. If the 1 car owner wishes to do the work him. | self, satisfactory results can be ob- | tained by placing two pieces of thin | wood or sheet metal over and under | meath the lenders and tightening a clamp at the point of bend. The posi- | tion of the clamp should be changed | several times until the bend is eli1ni- | mated. This vii give a better result than can be obtained by hammering.
 It is the experience of most motor ists that tires wear better in the win ter than in the summer time. An of- ficial of rubber company explains this by the fact that most of the drivers keep their tires more fully in Hated at that time. In the summer they are afraid that the heat will in crease the air pressure and cause blow outs, while in the winter they have no such fear. The result is that in sum- mer many tires are kept habitually under inflated, with the result that fabric is worn and cracked by excess sive flexing and consequently wears out soon.