Austin 16
| Austin Sixteen Light Six | |
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Sixteen Light Six Burnham saloon 1929
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Austin |
| Production | 1927-1938 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style |
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| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2249 cc or 2510 cc 6-cylinder side-valve |
| Transmission | single plate dry clutch, gearbox 4-speed manual fitted behind with a locomotive contracting brake. Drive is taken by an open propeller shaft at the front by a Hardy type joint and rear by a metal universal to the three quarter floating back axle |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 112 in (2,800 mm) track 4' 8", 56 in (1,400 mm) |
| Kerb weight | Chassis only 14 long cwt (1,568 lb; 711 kg) Windsor saloon 25 1⁄4 long cwt (2,828 lb; 1,283 kg) York long wheelbase saloon 31 1⁄2 long cwt (3,528 lb; 1,600 kg) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | none |
| Successor | Austin Eighteen 1938-39 |
| Austin Sixteen engine Light Six 2249 cc |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Austin |
| Production | late 1927 – 1937 |
| Combustion chamber | |
| Configuration | Straight 6-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2,249 cc (137 cu in) |
| Cylinder bore | 65.5 mm (2.58 in) |
| Piston stroke | 111 mm (4.4 in) |
| Cylinder block alloy | cast iron, alloy crankcase, crankshaft runs in 8 bearings |
| Cylinder head alloy | detachable, pistons are aluminium |
| Valvetrain | side-by-side valves, tappet covers may be easily removed, timing is driven by chain |
| Combustion | |
| Fuel system | single down-draught carburettor supplied by Autovac which draws from a reservoir beneath the driver's seat, ignition by magneto driven by chain placed behind the timing, dynamo driven by same chain |
| Fuel type | petrol |
| Oil system | lubrication by forced feed, filler on the offside |
| Cooling system | radiator, fan, cooling water is circulated by a pump forward of the timing on the nearside |
| Output | |
| Power output | 36 bhp (27 kW; 36 PS) @2,400 rpm Tax horsepower 15.96 |
| Austin 18 hp engine 2510 cc |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Austin |
| Production | mid-1934 – 1939 see Austin 18 |
| Combustion chamber | |
| Configuration | Straight 6-cylinder |
| Displacement | 2,501 cc (153 cu in) |
| Cylinder bore | 69.5 mm (2.74 in) |
| Piston stroke | 111 mm (4.4 in) |
| Cylinder block alloy | cast iron, cast in one piece with crankcase, crankshaft runs in 4 bearings, it is counter-balanced and has a vibration damper. Engine mountings employ rubber bushes within bosses secured to flat steel plates bolted to the cylinder casting. |
| Cylinder head alloy | detachable, pistons are aluminium |
| Valvetrain | side-by-side valves, tappet covers may be easily removed, timing is driven by chain |
| Combustion | |
| Fuel system | single carburettor supplied by Autovac which draws from a reservoir beneath the driver's seat, ignition by magneto driven by chain placed behind the timing, dynamo driven by same chain |
| Fuel type | petrol |
| Oil system | lubrication by forced feed, filler on the offside |
| Cooling system | radiator, fan, cooling water is circulated by a pump forward of the timing on the nearside |
| Output | |
| Power output | 43 bhp (32 kW; 44 PS) @2,600 rpm Tax horsepower 17.9 |
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The Austin Sixteen Light Six is a British car that was made by Austin from 1927. Announced in October 1927, the first deliveries were planned for March 1928.
To distinguish the car from the smaller engined models in the range a plated Austin Six script was fixed to the radiator grille.
The Austin Sixteen was introduced as a medium saloon sitting within Austin's range above the Seven and Twelve models but still much smaller than the 3.6 Litre Twenty.
The six-cylinder engine was new but had similarities to the engine fitted to the Twenty with its timing chain at the rear of the block. The design was up to date with the gearbox mounted in-unit with the engine and semi elliptic springs all round for the suspension. Triplex safety glass was fitted to all front screens from March 1929.
A wide range of body types was available at first but was simplified over the years. The coupés went first in 1930 followed by the Weymann type fabric saloons in 1931.
In August 1933 various improvements were announced for 1934 models. The gearbox gained synchromesh on 3rd and 4th gears and an alternative larger (2511 cc) 18 hp engine was made available at no extra charge. An early automatic gearbox was available between 1934 and 1936 but few sold. A longer 120 in (3,000 mm) wheelbase chassis became an option.
Of this version 5742 16s and 2630 18s were made.
"This provides a drive which is automatic in variation of ratio within limits, easily set by a finger and thumb lever on the top of the steering wheel. The actual transmission is through steel rollers which transmit the drive between curved steel races, the ratio being altered by rocking the rollers to different driving positions to engage with differing diameters of the driving and driven races. There are no gears—except for reverse—and a wide variation in ratios is available automatically. The driving rollers are rocked or precessed to give varying ratios by hydraulic means and the driver by his little lever can modify the performance as road conditions require. Subject to the control setting, the automatic functioning ensures a constant engine speed whatever the tractive resistance met with on the road, the transmission varying its ratio to balance the resistance as it increases or decreases. The engine speed by creating oil pressure in the hydraulic control system, tends to precess the rollers to give a high ratio drive. This is counterbalanced by the reaction of the tractive resistance, which tends to give a low ratio precession. A valve worked by the movement of the forward and reverse lever which engages the drive —in the ordinary way and is centrally placed like the ordinary speed lever—releases the pressure in the hydraulic control unit when the lever is in its neutral and reverse positions, so that the drive is always at low ratio for starting from rest or reversing.
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