Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost The engine is a six cylinder with a capacity of 7.5 liters. The ignition timing, and fuel mixture are controlled from the steering wheel. Petrol consumption is about ten miles to the gallon.The car uses sump oil for a number of purposes.For example, when the clutch pedal is depressed, a valve on the end of the crankshaft opens, allowing oil to be sprayed on the leather cone clucth.The Silver Ghost has a six cylinder in-line engine in two groups of three,sidevalve,bore xstroke 114.3 120.7mm [4 1/2 x 4 1/2],capacity 7036cc,coil and magneto ignition cone type clutch 4 speed gearbox, spiral bevel final drive,semi elliptic springs front,platform rear suspension [from 1908 three quarter elliptic rear springs, from 1912 cantilever rear springs,friction type shock absorbers,footbrake acting on transmission from 1913 footbrake operating on on rear wheels from 1924 4-wheel-brakes with gearbox -driven mechanical servo. Similary whenever the accelerator This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.