The Bentley 8 liter was a large inline 6-cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the company's financial collapse and forced sale to Rolls-Royce Limited.
A Bentley 4 liter featuring a 4-liter Inline-6 engine in a shortened chassis was announced on 15 May 1931.
The straight-six engine used a one-piece iron block and non-detachable cylinder head with a crankcase made from Elektron, a magnesium alloy. It featured an overhead camshaft driven by a Bentley patented "three-throw drive" system of triple connecting rods with, like all earlier Bentleys, four valves per cylinder and twin-spark ignition (coil and magneto), which were state-of-the-art at the time. The engine had a bore of 110 mm (4.3 in) and a stroke of 140 mm (5.5 in), giving a capacity of 7,983 cc (487.2 cu in). Pistons were of an aluminum alloy.
Both engine and gearbox were mounted each at three points on rubber to isolate the chassis and body from vibration.
The 8 liter was built on Bentley's largest rolling chassis, a ladder frame with large tubular steel cross-members down swept from the front and rear axles towards the center to lower the center of gravity.
Neither engine nor gearbox contributed to the bracing of the chassis.
Suspension by long semi-elliptic leaf springs was controlled by double acting dampers, friction on the front and hydraulic on the rear axle, and all four wheels were fitted with Dewandre vacuum-servo-assisted 400 mm (15.7 in) drum brakes, the forward brakes being of Bentley-Perrott design.
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