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Blueprint graph comparing engine power curves resulting from different camshaft timings and specifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page224
Date  4th November 1927
  
CHINA(Experimental Engine) ENGINE - CAMSHAFT COMPARISONS ON THE HIGHER OUTPUT ENGINE.
OPEN EXHAUST POWER CURVES.
ENGINE DETAILS:-
COMP'N RATIO 5.25/1.
LARGER EX & IN VALVES & PORTS.
46% LARGER ZORPER CARB.
CYL.BLOCK MIXTURE PASSAGE 1.200 DIA.
STD IRON MANIFOLD.
TIMING-116° CAMSHAFT.
TAPPET CL'CE = .020
I.O. 15° AFTER T.D.C.
I.C. 41° AFTER B.D.C.
E.O. 41° BEFORE B.D.C.
E.C. 4° AFTER T.D.C.
116° CAMSHAFT.
E 55362
STD 110° CAMSHAFT.
TIMING-110° CAMSHAFT.
TAPPET CL'CE = .020
I.O. 14° AFTER T.D.C.
I.C. 38° AFTER B.D.C.
E.O. 33° BEFORE B.D.C.
E.C. AT T.D.C.
B.H.P
R.P.M.
V. {VIENNA} 739.
AEB/A /27
4/11/27
  
  
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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