There was a single plate clutch, its housing cast in one piece with the gearbox, a four-speed gearbox and an enclosed drive shaft taking power to the spiral bevel final drive. TransmissionР”В®ngine clutch and gearbox were held as a unit at three points. By the time of the following Motor Show the worm drive at the rear of the engine for the camshaft and other accessories had been modified to deal with a noise problem.

Water circulation was assisted by an impeller. The camshaft was driven by a vertical shaft at the rear of the engine. One overhead camshaft acts directly on the inlet valves and through horizontal pushrods works the exhaust valves on the other side of the engine. The engine's sparking plugs had been placed in the centre of each combustion chamber and on either side of the plug the overhead valves were mounted at 45 degrees to the head. The engine was given spherical combustion chambers for which greater efficiency was claimed because it provided more even burning of the fuel and air mixture. Somewhat unconventional the new 14/45 displayed these distinctive attributes: unusual engine design (spherical combustion chambers), four-wheel brakes, four-speed gearbox Engine Water circulated by impeller to fan-assisted radiator Р”Р„nnounced in October 1924 with a much more powerful engine than its predecessor it would remain available until 1928 though 'supplemented' from May 1926 by the 2.4-litre 16/50 with a strengthened transmission on the same chassis.

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