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The Rolls-Royce C range was a series of in-line 4, 6 and 8 cylinder diesel engines used in small locomotives, railcars, construction vehicles, and marine and similar applications. They were manufactured by the Rolls-Royce Oil Engine Division headed by William Arthur Robotham to 1963, initially at Derby and later at Shrewsbury , from the 1950s ...
The initial engine choice in 1954 for what was known at the time as "Medium Gun Tank No.2", later designated the "FV4201" and given the service name 'Chieftain', was a Rolls-Royce diesel V8, however during the Chieftain's design phase NATO introduced a policy in 1957 requiring all armoured fighting vehicles to have a multi-fuel capability.
Pages in category "Diesel engines by model" The following 184 pages are in this category, out of 184 total. ... Rolls-Royce C range engines; Rolls-Royce C6NFLH; Rolls ...
In 1973, when Shrewsbury activities were put under the umbrella of new owner, Rolls-Royce Motors, the range of diesel engines included: C range: 4, 6, and 8 cylinder engines with power output from 100 to 450 bhp. Used in generating sets, compressors etc., construction equipment, railway and other industrial purposes and marine propulsion.
The first Sisu's with Rolls-Royce engines were produced in the 1950s. The first Rolls-Royce used in the M-series was a 282-hp version of the Eagle 275. In 1973 an optional 297-hp Eagle 305 became available. The 315-hp Eagle 320 Mk III presented in 1976 became a famous engine in Sisus; later that year power was increased to 327 hp.
The Marmon truck was a low-production, handmade truck sometimes dubbed the Rolls-Royce of trucks. [ citation needed ] An overcrowded American truck industry and the lack of a nationwide sales network led to the eventual failure of Marmon trucks in the USA.
Rolls-Royce 2-R6 prototype, shaped like the 8-digit. Rolls-Royce R1C prototype. A Wankel Diesel engine shares its basic design, a triangular-like rotor in an oval, epitrochoid-shaped housing, with a regular Wankel engine. The key difference is that it shares all of its operational characteristics with a Diesel engine.
Throughout its production run, engine choices included the AEC-based TL12, a straight carry over from the preceding "stopgap" model Marathon range, The Rolls-Royce Eagle 265/300 and the Cummins 290 L10 and 14-litre 350 coupled to a Spicer or Eaton transmission, although all versions produced a distinctive whine from the propshaft knuckle joint ...