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Graph plotting ignition advance and BMEP against RPM for a 4¼ Litre Bentley engine under various conditions.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90a\1\  Scan006
Date  21th July 1938
  
B3 UNIT
4¼ LITRE BENTLEY
POWER DEVELOPMENT
S3
IGNITION-ADVANCE WITH TURBULENCE

① COMP RATIO 9:1 Ex 2594A
2 - 1 7/8 S.U. CARBS. ON 1 3/4 PIPE.
F.B. DRS CAMSHAFT (STD)
ESSO ETHYL PETROL
MIN ADV FOR MAX POWER
IN PORTS + .625
IN VALVE 1.700 1.600
Ex " 1.350 1.400

② POWER LOSS AND IGN ADV
TO REDUCE DETONATION TO
REASONABLE DEGREE
OTHERWISE AS ①

③ COMP RATIO 8.5:1 Ex 20943
PURE BENZOL
MIN ADV FOR MAX POWER
OTHERWISE AS ①
IN PORTS + .625
IN VALVE 1.600 1.700
Ex " 1.400 1.350

CRANKSHAFT DEGREES B.T.D.
B.M.E.P.
R.P.M.
  
  
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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