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Show pILUlC. DEVISED I CALIBRATING SYSTEM Measuring Poyer of the J Liberty Engine Was j Rendered Easy. j The manner in which the Cadillac c'om-3 c'om-3 )any met the Liberty motor problem tj vas explained in a communication re-B re-B ;ently received by the Sharman Auto-, Auto-, h nobile company,- distributors of Cadil-:E Cadil-:E acs and Oak lands in. this territory, from C m official of the Cadillac company. The ,f iccount is as follows: j' "The Cadillac company not only man- jfaetured a large number of complete 'I liberty motors, but the services of the H company proved Invaluable in the manufacture manu-facture of connecting rods. The Liberty g notor connecting rod and the Cadillac fa ;onnecting rod are practically the name, except as to size. A large share of this ,vork was assigned to Cadillac because I A its dexterity 'in handling the tough netal that was required. A. new plant, .vith an area of 2L'3,00U square feet, was equipped and utilized for. Liberty motor production. i "The adaptation of the 'club method,' B!-;o'that it could be practically used for j calibrating' or measuring the power of Liberty motors, was a product of Cadil-j Cadil-j ac genius, and it proved to be Inais-H Inais-H :ensabt( in accurately determining the i lorsepower. It '.akes precedence over the j i j ld torque stand and the electric dyna- p nometcr, which were the only previous ; fj ncthods, the Jatter being very expensive i iflj.o use. "The problem of keeping the cylinders i i ; -ool when welding on the shoulders was :.3;jniquely solved by L. W. Kaufman of , :H j :he Cadillac company, and was extremely i-aluable in speeding up the Liberty en-;j!?ine en-;j!?ine production at the time when tTiere ; R j was a crying need for them. ; 3 "Early in January, 1018, Howard E. I'd I Coffin, then head of the aircraft board, Q) lppointed a committee consisting of t hrce eminent engineers to act in an ad-ffii: ad-ffii: v-isory capacity jn regard to the im-iyv' im-iyv' jrovementa to bo made in future series ,f motor production, instructing them to jnake tests for the Liberty engine and a -eeotnmendations for changes which they ;3 considered necessary to overcome exist-jjjl-ng defects. -D. McCall White, vice Hjjresident of the Cadillac Motor Car com-S com-S j Dany, was named by Mr. Coffin to servo w-jn this committee." jj Fred Sharman, manager of the Shar-lt Shar-lt nan company, anticipates a heavy de- ! nand for Cadillacs as the season- opens It)' jp, and advises prospective purchasers y ;o make their selections now, as Imme-Itf Imme-Itf liate deliveries can be made on any B . nodcl of Cadillac. |