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Carburettor performance, comparing lap speeds with new and old type carburetters on a 20/25HP car.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 31\5\  Scan244
Date  25th October 1934
  
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but the carburation was so hopelessly strong we had to give up. As a matter of fact with the B8 needles fitted putting the control over to the strong side immediately drops the speed. This is sufficient evidence I think to refute the statements made, that more speed can be obtained by running the mixture control strong.

The lap speed obtained with a 20/25HP car fitted with the new type carburetter was 69.75 m.p.h. The average lap speed obtained with a 20/25HP chassis fitted with the old type carburetter is 68 to 69 m.p.h. these speeds I have taken from JLE {J. Lee Evans - Chassis Test Manager} records.

LA {L. A. Archer}
  
  
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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