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Performance comparison graph between a 1760cc Alfa Romeo engine and a 2364cc Peregrine engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\8\  B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page208
Date  28th July 1932 guessed
  
COMPARISON OF 1760 CC ALFA ROMEO X 2364 CC PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)
BOTH CURVES OPEN EXHAUST

TABLE DATA:
COMP RATIO
INLET THROAT AREA/LITRE
DURATION OF INLET VALVE OPENING
BOOST AT 4000RPM
BOOST TEMP 4500RPM
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine): 5.85, 2.69, 220, 14" Hg, 70°C
ALFA ROMEO: 5.35, 3.28, 233, 12" HG, 45°C

VALVE TIMING DIAGRAMS:
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine): T.D.C 11, EX 40, IN 40, 020 CLCE
ALFA ROMEO: 27 10-B, EX 53.5, IN 40, 020 CLCE

GRAPH LABELS:
B.H.P PER LITRE
B.M.E.P
RPM
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) INDUCTION PIPE WATER COOLED
PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)
ALFA
BHP/LITRE
  
  
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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