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Graph plotting firing position against RPM for a single cylinder engine with a 5.2 to 1 compression ratio.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65\4\  scan0320
Date  10th November 1925 guessed
  
IGNITIONS USED SINGLY. SINGLE CYL 5.2 TO 1. RATIO.
FIRING POSITION. DEGREES OF CRANKSHAFT.
TOP CENTRE. 0°
-10°
10°
20°
30°
40°
R.P.M.
250
500
750
1000
1250
MAX TORQUE.
B
A
NO DETONATION
WITH NO DETONATN THERE IS LOSS OF POWER
4
  
  
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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