Page of test bench results showing the effects of different air intake temperatures on engine power and fuel consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\1\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 26th August 1936 guessed | |
| -2- Test Bench Results Many tests were made at various temperatures. Great care had to be taken that conditions were as near constant as possible, and the following figures illustrate the effects of air temperature. Air Intake at 118º to 122ºF. {Mr Friese} Revs. Power Fuel pints per hour Fuel pints of B.H.P/hour 1000 9.7 5.6 .575 2000 21.2 10.7 .51 3000 32.3 17. .525 4000 37.8 21.5 .565 Air Intake at 96ºF. {Mr Friese} to 102ºF. {Mr Friese} 1000 9.9 5.3 .53 2000 21.6 11. .51 3000 32.5 16.8 .515 4000 38.4 20.5 .535 Air Intake 78 - 82ºF. {Mr Friese} 1000 10. 5.5 .525 2000 21.6 11.6 .535 3000 33.8 17. .51 4000 38.9 20.5 .53 CONTINUATION NO. S. SMITH & SONS (Motor Accessories) LTD. CRICKLEWOOD WORKS, LONDON, N.W.2. R.P.81 | ||
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).