Harry Miller Master Engine Builder Holds Court - Jun 3 1923 Chicago tribune detail
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I__II Ay
Mlaster Builder of Race Motors
Sees Ideal Car
- Harry Miller Demands 40 Miles to Gallon;
Invades Europe.
BY 1. L. JENKINS.
IN-, Ind., Juno 2.-
[Special.]-Hero Is the American automobile of the future. How would you like to own it?
Eight cylinders In line In an engine that can develop more than 100 - power.
To run forty miles on one gallon of gasoline.
Power plant, frame and body so light that oversize or " tires will double the mileage of the average tire today.
Motor piston displacement reduced as low as 91 cubic Inches as compared to the 122 cubic Inch motors run in the Decoration day race, which in turn were smaller than the Ford motor.
Four wheel brakes which, through a new axle design, will make it impos- sible to lock the front wheels, and thus gain the margin of safety that scores of manufacturers are now trying to find in the new braking system.
The whole job to be purchased on a five year operation basis and built with the precision and care followed In European factories.
This ultimate automobile Is not the dream of the average car driver. It is the official prediction and promise of Harry Mi1ller, whose motors In the 500 mile acid test last Wednesday won him the title. of Master Motor Builder ht the world.
The Californla designer whose en- gines powered the H. C. S. and Durant Specials which finished first, second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh in the money, had checked up on every de- tall of their performance today and was ready to pass judgment on the experiment. Sitting on the edge of a hotel room bed piled high with techni- cal notes and complimentary telegrams from engineers of two continents, he dispensed his inside Information to a half dozen star pilots of the race and friends.
- Those cars Wednesday have con- vinced me that they are the type the American public is going to buy from now on," he said. " The race, I think, was a lesson for manufacturers, and I for one, am going to build twenty-five
stock cars of the 183 Inch displacement type for the market of next year. They will cost $25,000 each.
" Their motors are going to be eight In a row. These lttle eights proved that they had perfect tort. Their explosions were perfectly balanced through the whole race and they stood up better than the V-type eights, which develop side . They were so small that they averaged about fIfteen miles to the gallon of fuel even at their highest speed. They used so little oil in the entire race that It is negligible."
'Yes," broke In Jimmy Murphy, in- ternational racing champion, who still leads by 270 points for the 1923 cham- pionship, "and the American car own- er Is getting smart at last. He is off the high handed extravagance of the past. Instead of. buying a car because it will climb a hill in high and run at high speed, he Is asking how much gas It eats. In Europe, where a gal- Ion of fuel costs 75 cents, people de- mand twenty-five or more miles to the gallon first, and then consider what the car will do In the way of stunts. I felt safer In this little Durant, even when we were running to a spilt sec- ond on the straightaway and turns with Tom, than in any other Indian- apolis race, because I knew the prin- ciple of the motor ."
" How did you feel about Milton's car?" some one asked Howdy Wilcox. who shared the winner s honors by his brilliant 115 miles as relief driver for Milton after his own car had brok- en its clutch.
Jest, to show you how I felt,"
drawled Howdy, I'll tell you that a man came up to me a few ago and said I could buy the beat cases of Scotch) in the world for $100 a case. When I got out in that oar of Tom's and see the boys buzzing around out there, I says to myself: ' Believe I'll go out, and get me a easo or two.' I knew the job would (o It, and It did a whole thousand dollars' worth in lap prize money."
' !ll. I'm going still farther In this direction," resumed Mr. Miller. "Next year I will have at least ono 9t cubic inch racing car entered here under my own name, and that job will go faster than these bables, too. The parts will be lighter and more durable. We will decrease the head resistance and weight of the job even --nrn the 122's. Tho little
Wednesday 400 horsepower. The boya could nover got much better than 100 of t ilo 300 inch Jobt. The explosion Impulses were not felt this year. The eight cylinders showed an absolutely oven on the wheels. If the BamO power could bo developed by a two' cylinder engine. for example, each shot would slip the of the car, wearing out tires ind making the job hard to . None of the Millers went out of the race because of.-purely trouble, nnd they, were turning up to 5,000 revo- a minute. too. MiItnils fast. est lap 5,200 revolutions per minute on the engine speed indicator and on the turns they brought out 4,600 r.p.mt They used to think that 600 * r.pim. was good."
The builder up his report by announcing that he Is making
cars to ship under his name to Italy for the Grand Prix Sept. 9. Jimmy Murphy will pilot one, with Erney 01- son as his mechanician. Count Zbo- . will have another, and the youthful but potent Martin de Alzaga will have the third. Both of the lat- ter were Bugattl teammates here this year and have signed with Miller for all continental . Alurphy Is confident that he will his per- formance on the French track and bring home the trophy with the new race cars. They will all be (i with an extra sent for the mechani- clan to conform with European cus- tom.
Harry Miller Master Engine Builder Holds Court - Jun 3 1923 Chicago tribune detail
archives.chicagotribune.com/1923/06/03/page/28/article/mo...
I__II Ay
Mlaster Builder of Race Motors
Sees Ideal Car
- Harry Miller Demands 40 Miles to Gallon;
Invades Europe.
BY 1. L. JENKINS.
IN-, Ind., Juno 2.-
[Special.]-Hero Is the American automobile of the future. How would you like to own it?
Eight cylinders In line In an engine that can develop more than 100 - power.
To run forty miles on one gallon of gasoline.
Power plant, frame and body so light that oversize or " tires will double the mileage of the average tire today.
Motor piston displacement reduced as low as 91 cubic Inches as compared to the 122 cubic Inch motors run in the Decoration day race, which in turn were smaller than the Ford motor.
Four wheel brakes which, through a new axle design, will make it impos- sible to lock the front wheels, and thus gain the margin of safety that scores of manufacturers are now trying to find in the new braking system.
The whole job to be purchased on a five year operation basis and built with the precision and care followed In European factories.
This ultimate automobile Is not the dream of the average car driver. It is the official prediction and promise of Harry Mi1ller, whose motors In the 500 mile acid test last Wednesday won him the title. of Master Motor Builder ht the world.
The Californla designer whose en- gines powered the H. C. S. and Durant Specials which finished first, second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh in the money, had checked up on every de- tall of their performance today and was ready to pass judgment on the experiment. Sitting on the edge of a hotel room bed piled high with techni- cal notes and complimentary telegrams from engineers of two continents, he dispensed his inside Information to a half dozen star pilots of the race and friends.
- Those cars Wednesday have con- vinced me that they are the type the American public is going to buy from now on," he said. " The race, I think, was a lesson for manufacturers, and I for one, am going to build twenty-five
stock cars of the 183 Inch displacement type for the market of next year. They will cost $25,000 each.
" Their motors are going to be eight In a row. These lttle eights proved that they had perfect tort. Their explosions were perfectly balanced through the whole race and they stood up better than the V-type eights, which develop side . They were so small that they averaged about fIfteen miles to the gallon of fuel even at their highest speed. They used so little oil in the entire race that It is negligible."
'Yes," broke In Jimmy Murphy, in- ternational racing champion, who still leads by 270 points for the 1923 cham- pionship, "and the American car own- er Is getting smart at last. He is off the high handed extravagance of the past. Instead of. buying a car because it will climb a hill in high and run at high speed, he Is asking how much gas It eats. In Europe, where a gal- Ion of fuel costs 75 cents, people de- mand twenty-five or more miles to the gallon first, and then consider what the car will do In the way of stunts. I felt safer In this little Durant, even when we were running to a spilt sec- ond on the straightaway and turns with Tom, than in any other Indian- apolis race, because I knew the prin- ciple of the motor ."
" How did you feel about Milton's car?" some one asked Howdy Wilcox. who shared the winner s honors by his brilliant 115 miles as relief driver for Milton after his own car had brok- en its clutch.
Jest, to show you how I felt,"
drawled Howdy, I'll tell you that a man came up to me a few ago and said I could buy the beat cases of Scotch) in the world for $100 a case. When I got out in that oar of Tom's and see the boys buzzing around out there, I says to myself: ' Believe I'll go out, and get me a easo or two.' I knew the job would (o It, and It did a whole thousand dollars' worth in lap prize money."
' !ll. I'm going still farther In this direction," resumed Mr. Miller. "Next year I will have at least ono 9t cubic inch racing car entered here under my own name, and that job will go faster than these bables, too. The parts will be lighter and more durable. We will decrease the head resistance and weight of the job even --nrn the 122's. Tho little
Wednesday 400 horsepower. The boya could nover got much better than 100 of t ilo 300 inch Jobt. The explosion Impulses were not felt this year. The eight cylinders showed an absolutely oven on the wheels. If the BamO power could bo developed by a two' cylinder engine. for example, each shot would slip the of the car, wearing out tires ind making the job hard to . None of the Millers went out of the race because of.-purely trouble, nnd they, were turning up to 5,000 revo- a minute. too. MiItnils fast. est lap 5,200 revolutions per minute on the engine speed indicator and on the turns they brought out 4,600 r.p.mt They used to think that 600 * r.pim. was good."
The builder up his report by announcing that he Is making
cars to ship under his name to Italy for the Grand Prix Sept. 9. Jimmy Murphy will pilot one, with Erney 01- son as his mechanician. Count Zbo- . will have another, and the youthful but potent Martin de Alzaga will have the third. Both of the lat- ter were Bugattl teammates here this year and have signed with Miller for all continental . Alurphy Is confident that he will his per- formance on the French track and bring home the trophy with the new race cars. They will all be (i with an extra sent for the mechani- clan to conform with European cus- tom.