Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-22
Chalmers Hot-Spot Makes
Start in II Seconds

Detroit, Dec. ga gas explosion
in five seconds; perfect start in
seventeen seconds; and standing ex-
posed over fifteen hours in a tenn
perature that averaged eight degrees
above zero; is the brief summary of
the latest cold weather starting
achievement of the remarkable Chal-
mers hot-spot.
Choosing one of the coldest De-
cember nights in recent years when
overland trains We're snoWed-in for
hours, ships were hurricaned to shell
ter and city traffic was demoraliZed:
an ordinary tiVe-passenger Chalmers
was left standing at the curbing of
the Detroit Athletic Club, one of the
coolest corners in the factory city.
At half past nine in the morning,
after the uncovered hood and radi-
ator had been licked all night by a
singing wind, the starting test was
begun under the supervision of ].
r. Schipper, technical representa-
tive of Motor Age, in the presence of
the following Automobile Editors of
New York newspapers: - Allan,
Telegram: Doneker, Herald! King,
Times; Severn, Globe. Burkett, Tele-
graph: and Art Winter, well known
motorist of Detroit.
Before the observers, huddled and
shiver.ng in heavy winter coats, had
realized the test was fairly under
way, the engine had warmed up and
within three and one-half minutes
from the time of first depressing the
starting lever, carburetion was per-
feet, that is, the car was accelerat-
ing as well as though it had been
running all day.
Outside of the many features at
tached to the wonderful start, and
the equally sensational cold-weather
acceleration, an added item of great
significance to the automobile owner
is the fact that the gasoline used
was even inferior to the average low
grade gasoline of the present day.
| The gas used had an end point of
4S4 degrees-that is, on analysis by
the Detroit Testing Laboratory
showed it did not all evaporate until
it had obtained a temperature Of
4S4 degrees. The end point adopted
as standard by the city of Detroit
is $50 degrees-that is "a degrees
lower. so that the laboratory test
showed the gasoline used was much
poorer than average fuel and con-
tanned a heavy run of common ker-
osene.
Though Schipper, chief observed
testified that the car was carburat-
ing perfectly at the end of three and
OllG-udll minutes lne
gauge had not begun to rise and the
water in the radiator had not warm
ed to an appreciable degree, thus
denying the engine customary
warmth.
Despite this apparent handicap, the
Chalmers hot-spot and RamshoTn
manifold were functioning properly
and setting at defiance the rule Of
the ordinary engine which demands
warmth before perfect carburetion
Is possible.
tablished itself as the greatest an
swer to present day low-grade gas
oline. For its notoriety has been
derived, not only through it's abil-
ity to start in weather far below the
freezing point and to pick up speed
i'm cold weather with remarkable
alacrity, but just as important is it's
rare economy in developing excep-
tional pulling and climbing power
from inferior gas, out of which can
be extracted a considerable quantity
kerosene. This latter feature ap-
peals strongly to the owner in the
mildest climate who is nevertheless
seriously effected by poor fuel.
During the latest hot-spot test
which has attracted unusual interest,
thermometers were suspended at the
radiator and hourly readings were
accurately checked by two observ ers.
the average of which showed eight
degrees for the period of the eX-
pertinent