The Washington times., 1924-04-09
TREW EXPLAINS
HIGH POWER
TERM
REQ Distributor Tells of Mean
ing as Used With His
"Six" Line.

much more than mere engine
power supports the term high pow
cred as used in reference to the
1874 REQ Six line" says Joe Trew,
Of the ,Trew Motor Car Company,
REQ distributors.
Motorists and even competitors
who have driven the new REQ pas
sengerA cars almost invariably COM
ment upon the conspicuous absence
of effort in the performance of the
car and its immediate response to
the throttle.SN In most cases they
attribute this quality to engine
power alone, yet there are many
other reasons for it
Horsepower ratings are usually
considered from comparative
standpoint, even when. determined
by the brake test which is intended
to measure by physical means the
actual amount of work an engine
viii do. The amount of driving
power developed by an engine does
not mean so much until it goes
through the transmission and rear,
axle and turns the rear wheels.
Must Be Responsive.
Modern driving conditions call
for responsive power capable of
getting the car under way quickly
from slow starts. This is accom-
plished by giving the engine ex.
treme power at relatively low
speed, and gearing the rear axle
20 as to deliver this engine power
to the road in correct relationship
to wheel size and car weight. Time
tried, seasoned engineering is needed
TO interpret laboratory correctness
IN terms of car performance. REQ
has been accommodating this knowI-
edge for twenty years.
Because of the valve conStruc.
ton in the REQ. engine it is posi-.
BILE to make it remarkably compact
The intake valves are in the head
and the exhaust valves at the side.
eliminating the necessity of placing
twelve valves in a row which would
require longer and more cumber-
some power plant. It's four large
bearings, consequently, give the
short crankshaft greater support
and rightly. By balancing every
crankshaft both dynamicaIly and
statically, by making every c1n-
Meeting rod of the exact. weight Of
it's neighbour and by using aluminium
alloy pistons running in ground and
polished cylinders, the REQ engine
operates with extreme Smoothness
and absence of vibration. The bore
and stroke and valve placement
give it great power at low speeds;
its jshortness and rigidity effectively
prevent vibration and evidences Of
laboring.
Engine Anchored.
"Anchoring the engine and trans
mission in the famous REQ double
frame not only reduces vibration
from the engine, but also cushions
1t against vibration from the road.
This mounting Of major units has
the effect of placing them in the
frame instead of on it, and permits
a lower suspension more directly
on a plane with the. rear axle. A
further advantage is that the length
of the drive shaft is reduced be-
cause the transmission is nearer to
the axle and there is practically no
opportunity for the shaft to develop
q whip which would strain bearings
and universal joints and cheat the
rear wheels Of their full measure
of power.
REQ engineering goes farther.
The transmission has its gear re-
auctions so worked out that low
and intermediate gears deliver en-
CINE power to the rear wheels suf-
ficient to move the car without
strain wherever there is traction,
and to give instant acceleration
from a dead standstill. In high
gear the engine delivers it's most
economical power at speeds of from
rs to 80 miles per hour. At these
speeds the engine delivers an
abundance of power for any driving
condition and without excessive fuel
or oil consumption. At lower speeds
there is a great power for accelera-
ton, and at higher speeds the out
put continues to increase, but the
whole car is designed to operate
most efficiently and economically
at rs to 80 miles per hour because
REQ has found that most cars cover
more miles at those speeds than at
any others.
TO accomplish these results REQ
has standardized on manufacturing
Its own major power units so that
each unit functions most efficiently
IN relation to its neighbor. Engine,
clutch, transmission and rear axle
all are REQ products, designed and
manufactured to work together.
Principles Of Weight.
The same principles have been
followed in determining car weight,
spring length and center of gravity.
REQ cars are as light as can be
made for long endurance, and the
entire power line is designed to per-
form consistently under it. Spring
length, brake capacity, wheel size
and tire size and many other fac
tors, are wholly planned as expert
ence with this complete vehicle
shows they should be planned.
so, when we speak Of the 1924
REQ Six line as high powered, all
who know REQ actually mean that
1t is a high powered car. not sim
ply q car with a high powered en-
gine. Per pound of useful car
weight, it delivers. more power to
the rear wheels than. any other OF
it's class, because every unit is
strong enough to do its work with,
an ample safety margin OF sstfehkrh,
and without an ounce OF unused
weight. f@ R'FN'
''It would be ridiculous, for ex.
ample, to install a fifty or sixty
horsepower engine with transmits
sion designed to carry thirty. horse.
power and a rear axle heavy enough
for G ninety horsepower engine.
Every pound OF weight in the axle
which gave it capacity beyond sixty
horsepower would be unnecessary
weight and the first time the on.