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Performance graph comparing Small and J3 R.R. Semi Expanding carburetters for the Peregrine setup.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\10\  B001_X106 TO X 110-page108
Date  28th May 1933 guessed
  
MAX POWER
COMPARISON OF CARBURETTERS - PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine)
SMALL AND J3 R.R. SEMI EXPANDING
SMALL 1.975 DIA AIR VALVE
J3 MAIN JET .138 DIA
BALANCE PASSAGE .375 DIA : 1.600 LONG
NEEDLE 140 + .085
DIFFUSER
DISCHARGE HOLES 4 + .098
TOP BLEED 3 + .039
BOTTOM BLEED 3 + .046
LIGHT AIR VALVE LIFTED 3500
HEAT TO TOP OF PIPE ONLY
SMALL VALVE NON TURBULENT HEAD 6.36 C/R
LOSS IN TOP SPEED PERFORMANCE WITH SMALL PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) CARB. VERY NOTICABLE
CONSUMPTION AT 40 M.P.H.
LARGE CARB. 15.8 M.P.G.
SMALL CARB. 17.5 M.P.G.
B.H.P
P.B./BHP/HR
M.E.P.
INS. HG
SMALL CARB.
J3
CONSUMPTION
  
  
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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