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Comparison table of performance metrics from two R.A.C. tests, one for a Napier and one for a Rolls-Royce vehicle.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 81\1\  scan0048
Date  1st June 1920 guessed
  
Particulars of two R.A.C Tests.

6-cylinder Napier 59.9 h.p. R.A.C. Rating.
6-cylinder Rolls-Royce 48.6h.p. R.A.C.Rating.

Route taken:
London to Lands End to John O'Groats to Edinburgh and back to London
London to Edinburgh(1909 40/50, overdrive top gear) and back.

Petrol Consumption:
23.9 m.p.g.
53.2 ton m.p.g.
24.32 m.p.g.
57.07 ton m.p.g.

Speed on Brooklands:
77.1. m.p.h.
78.26 m.p.h.

Windage:
10.3 sq. feet.
13.01 sq. feet

Total weight with passengers:
4990 lbs.
5257 lbs.

Gear Ratio:
3 to 1.
2.9 to 1

Bore and stroke of engine:
5 x 5 inches.
4½ x 4½ inches.

C. Johnson
  
  
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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