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Performance characteristics graph for a Graham Car Supercharger at 3000 engine RPM.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 140\1\  scan0068
Date  18th June 1934
  
SHEET 5
GRAHAM CAR SUPERCHARGER
COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS WITH DRY AIR AT 3000 ENGINE R.P.M.
CORRECTED TO:-
STD. BAR. 29.92
STD. TEMP 15°C
TEST DATE: 18-6-34
ROTOR R.P.M. 17,300
ROTOR TIP SPEED 565.5 FT/SEC
DELIVERY PRESSURE ("HG)
EFFICIENCY %
AIR FLOW (LBS/MIN)
CARBURETTER DEPRESSION ("HG.)
DEL' PRESS'RS {Sir Henry Royce's Secretary}
REDUCED CLEARANCE CARB' OFF
STD' COMPLETE
EFFICIENCIES
REDUCED CLEARANCE CARB' OFF
STD' COMPLETE
CARB' DEPR'N
TESTS:-
1. STD. COMPLETE WITH CARB' LESS AIR CLEANER
2. CARBURETTER REMOVED
3. WITH AXIAL CLEARANCE REDUCED BY .025 (CARB' OFF)
4. DERIVED CURVE OF CARB' DEPRESSION
H.L. 27-6-34
  
  
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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