San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02

MOTOR BEING
CONTINUED
New Engineering Features
Introduced and Speed
Is Increased.


Is Increased.
Buick again demonstrated the mar
rclous resources and abilities Of the
automotive industry when today il
introduced the Better Buick with
many engineering achievements and
enhanced beauty. Lower prices are an
nounced in both Standard and Master
Skies, despite the many improve
merts. The valve-in-head engine. with
added power, is continued, thus silenc-
ing persistent rumors that Buick in
tended adopting a different type of
engine.
Some Of the important improve
ments incorporated in the latest
Bucks are:
Additional speed, torque and power,
engines Of 70 horse power in the mas
ter sizes and Of 20 horsepower in the
Standard line. Stronger and heavier
frames, clutch, transmission, drive
shaft and rear axle 10 compensate
for the greater power Of the engines.
An air cleaner, oil filter and gasoline
strainer, which, with the Buick sealed
the moving parts. Now headlights
with controllable beams, provide safe
~ in driving.
Improved manifoldins and carbure-
ton.
PERMANENT TOP.
Two unit electrical system specially
designed by Buick and Delco en-
gineers. Heavier wheels with larger
low pressuse tirs. Newly designed
water pump requiring but one pack
ing. Special brackets attached TO
give additional support 20 closed
bodies. Lugs on rear axle to facilitate
9acking car. Self-csntering rims, which
eliminate possibility of wheels getting
out Of true. Open models, except sport
cars, have newly patterned permanent
tops designed TO accommodate winter
enclosures.
Ritz Carlton hotel, she wore a green
All closed models by Fisher and up-
holstered in quality plush. Door lock-
integral in new type bar candles. All
models. open and closed, finished in
attractive shades Of Duco; sport mod
ais in duo-tone Duco, six models in
~ SeoAootd AAAc anu ltu III lnt mas
ter.
THREE NEW UNITS.
The addition Of air cleaner, oil fl
ter and gasoline strainer is in har-
.nony with the sealed chassis long fea-
.ured by Buick. These three suits
rave no moving parts TO require adj
5ustment, require no power and are
thoroughly automatic. They only re-
qaire occasional cleaning 20 remove
Inc dirt and Crime gathered from tie
air. fuel and oil.
The air cleaner operates centrifug-
ally on the same principle as a cresri
separator. An ingenious arrangement
in the design gives the air a whirling
motion as IL enters. This throws any
heavy particles outward. The air cur.
rent u reversed as il strikes the back
Of the cleaner. the dirt and dust fall
ing downward into a receptacle and
the cleansed air spiralling back and
into the carsasetor. One test car col.
lected 1852 ources of dirt in a 1000
mile drive. Without tie cleaner this
dirt. much of which is of abrasive
character. would have been drawn into
the engine cylinders 20 mix with the
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pound.
GAS, OIL STEAMERS.
The oil filter has an area Of $50
square inches of cleansing metal mesh
and cotton fabric. At a speed of 20
miles an hour the entire oil supply is
cleaned every five minutes. Should tho
cleaner become clogged for any reason,
an automatic bypass continues the
free circulation Of oil around the
cleaner. So successfully does the oil
litter work that an analysis Of the oil
IN ten test cans after they were oper-
zted on roads for 1000 miles each,
without changing the oil, showed only
14,100 Of 1 per cent Of abrasive sedi.
ment in the lubricant. More than this
amount Of sediment would be found in
the lubricant Of car after so miles Of
driving, without a filter.
The gas strainer is placed under tSe
vacuum tank and prevents any dit or
water in the gasoline entering the car.
buretor TO clog the jets or stop the
gas fow. These foreign substances arc
trapped by fine copper gauge screen.
A six-cylinder valve-in-head engine
of 20 horsepower, a speed Of IS miles
an hour and 17S-foot pounds engine
toroue at 1900 revolutions per minute
that describes the power plant Of
the master six better Buick. An in
crease in power has been made in the
engine Of the standard six, which gen.
crates 90 horsepower, has q speed Of
20 miles an hour and 140-foot pounds
engine torque. This great power has
been developed with no increase 10
compression, and only per cent in
crease in the bore.
MORE POWER.
Improved carburetion and manifold
ing are partly responsible for the ad-
ditional horsepower aud engine tOrque.
The carburetOr has been slightly en-.
larged. and a change in the manifold
has resulted in better distribution Of
gas 20 the cylinder. These, together
with the automatic heat control 10 the
carburetor have resulted in an engine
that is IN q class by itself for power,
efficiency and economy.
This considerable increase In engine
power necessitated many other
changes 80 that every part Of the en-
tire car would be in perfect balance.
The multiple disk dry plate clutch
has been materially strengthened. II
is composed Of 10 plates. Five are
driving plates, which ere toothed on
the outer side, the teeth fitting into
grooves on the inside Of the HyWheel.
The other five are driven plates with