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Performance and hill test data for a 'Star' car with a 19.6 RAC rating.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 20\6\  Scan005
Date  5th February 1910 guessed
  
Final Test

"Star" Cars 19.6 RAC rating

TABLE DATA:
Column 1: Miles
Column 2: Highest speed over 1 lap (2.7668 miles) M.P.H.
Column 3: Average speed M.P.H.
Column 4: Petrol Consumd galls
Column 5: Consumption m.p.g.
Column 6: Consumption m.p.g.

ROW 1:
13.8
51.39
50.97
0.94
14.3
19.5

Hill Test (standing start)

Speed up hill 12.028 m.p.h. Average gradient 1 in 5.027
Length of hill, 117 yds. 1ft 3 in (approx. 1 in 8
91-ft. of 1 in 5, 150 ft. of 1 in 4
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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