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Oil and petrol consumption test results for a GAE-20 engine unit over a 195-mile run.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0057
Date  22th June 1936
  
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To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /WB. {Mr Brazier / Mr Bell} 29/KW.22.6.36.

Oil Consumption GAE-20 - Unit C-18.

Standard production unit other than E.61044 exhaust valves, KE-965 (stellited tips and seats); EB.175 Bentley valve springs.

Standard Stromberg induction system and drains with lamp-post vent, LeC.5069.

An oil consumption run over 195 miles, Oxford and return.

Average speed 45.9 M.P.H.
Oil Consumption 390 M.P.G.
Average Air Temp. 25°C.
" water " 87°C.
" oil " 82°C.
Petrol consumptions taken over the same run - 15.3 MPG.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /W.Brazier.
  
  
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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