| Author | Message | ||
     Martin Webster New User Username: martin_webster Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2018 |
I posted this topic on the UK RREC website and although it has been viewed many times, so far no one has been able to offer an explanation so perhaps the R type Continental gurus here may be better equipped to help. In 1955 a programme to fit specially modified big valve six port cylinder heads to the R-type Continental engine was developed by the Company. This modification was designated the acronym OPWAS. Although there is a lot of information available about these heads and the programme itself, OPWAS or rather what the letters stand for remain a mystery and even the leading R type Continental literature appears to draw a blank. Can anyone please enlighten me ? | ||
| michael vass Frequent User Username: mikebentleyturbo2 Post Number: 733 Registered: 07-2015 |
Hi have you seen this thread? http://au.rrforums.net/forum/messages/16999/39955.html?1594025577 Cheers Mike | ||
| Martin Webster New User Username: martin_webster Post Number: 22 Registered: 09-2018 |
Yes thanks, I’m aware of the technical details but it still doesn’t explain the origins of the acronym ‘OPWAS’ which was my question. | ||
| Larry Kavanagh Frequent User Username: shadow_11 Post Number: 794 Registered: 05-2016 |
I think that "OP" stands for optimised (in relation to performance) but that's a guess. As for "WAS" I have no idea. Some learned individual here is bound to come up with a definitive answer. |
