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... - io: ' THE HL.Gr. TP. Captain George Eyston and his codriver, Ken Miles recently gave a convincing demonstration of the versatility of the famous M. G-. TF. Midget engine v/hen with it fitted in a special streamlined body, in unsupercharged form, they streaked round Bonneville Salt Plats, Utah, U.S.A. capturing a total of 37 International and American Class F records during which they averaged 120.74 m.p.h. for twelve hours, covering a distance of 1,450 miles in that time. The 8 new International records established (subject to official confirmation) were International Class P. (1,100 c.c. - 1,500 c.c. Standing Start). Distance or Time. New Record. Old Record. 500 miles. 120.30 m.p.h. 114.29 m.p.h. 1000 k.m. 120.92 m.p.h. 115.69 m.p.h. 1000 miles. 120.13 m.p.h. 107.30 m.p.h. 2000 k.m. 120.19 m.p.h. 105.47 m.p.h. 3 hours. 120.92 m.p.h. 114.52 m.p.h. 6 hours. 121.42 m.p.h. 114.74 m.p.h. 12 hours. 120.74 m.p.h. 103.48 m.p.h. 10 miles (flying start) 153.69 m.p.h. ^b. Yj m.p.h. In addition 29 new American Class P, Plying and Standing Start records were created. The new record breaker was powered by a reasonably tuned basic four cylinder TP. engine with twin carburetters. The very reasonable degree of tuning is indicated by the fact that the engine will run quite satisfactorily on premium grade fuel, although for the record attempts a proportion ...
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