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Performance test data for car 12-GIV at Brooklands, comparing carburetter and bonnet configurations.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 102\1\  scan0030
Date  13th August 1931
  
X5080.
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from F.Dodd.
13.8.31.
X.788.
X.1487.
X.5080.

12-GIV AT BROOKLANDS.

S.U. Carburetter - louvred bonnet (cut out closed).

Air Temp. Water Temp. Lap Time Lap Speed MPH. 1/2 Lap mile Time 1/2 Lap mile Speed MPH.
21º 75º 2-12 75.12 24 secs. 73.17
21º 75º 2-12 75.23 24 " 75

S.U. Carburetter - louvred bonnet (cut out open).

Air Temp. Water Temp. Lap Time Lap Speed MPH. 1/2 Lap Mile Time 1/2 Lap mile Speed MPH.
20.5º 70º 2-10 76.27 23.4 76.92
20.5º 73º 2-10 76.62 23.4 76.92

Standard Carburetter - louvred bonnet (cut out closed).

Air Temp. Water Temp. Lap Time Lap Speed MPH. 1/2 Lap Mile Time 1/2 Lap mile Speed MPH.
19.5º 73º 2-18 71.97
19.5º 73º 2-17 72.49 24 secs. 75
19.5º 72º 2.17 72.49 23 " 75

Standard Carburetter - louvred bonnet (cut out open).

Air Temp. Water Temp. Lap Time Lap Speed MPH. 1/2 Lap Mile Time 1/2 Lap mile Speed MPH.
19.5º 73º 2-15 73.45 23 secs. 77.25
19.5º 73º 2-15 73.45 23 " 77.25
  
  
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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