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Two graphs comparing vehicle acceleration performance between a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Bentley, and between two different axle ratios on a Phantom.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0116
Date  3rd December 1926 guessed
  
ACCELERATION
ROLLS ROYCE V BENTLEY
VELOCITY M.P.H.
TIME SECONDS.
6 1/2 LITRE BENTLEY
10 E.X. 15 TOOTH AXLE
STANDARD PHANTOM.
ALL FIGURES DIRECT DRIVE
C.O. CLOSED
ACCELERATION
HIGH V LOW AXLE RATIO
VELOCITY M.P.H.
TIME SECONDS.
AXLE RATIO 15/52
AXLE RATIO 17/52
PHANTOM HIGH COMPRESSION 5.2/1
NON STREAMLINE(Experimental Streamline Bentley B.23.A.E) BODY
  
  
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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