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Performance comparison graph for 110° and 116° camshafts in a standard 'Chuk' engine, detailing valve timings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page230
Date  12th November 1929
  
CAMSHAFT COMPARISON (STD 'CHUK' ENGINE)

ENGINE No G.S.C.5 (3"x5.50" BORE)
COMPRESSION RATIO = 4.75
STANDARD INDUCTION SYSTEM
STANDARD 20H.P. CARBURETTOR
OPEN EXHAUST

BRAKE HORSE POWER
B.M.E.P. (LBS PER SQ. IN.)
R.P.M. OF ENGINE

110° CAMSHAFT
116° CAMSHAFT

VALVE TIMING (COLD 'CL')
N.Y.G. | 110° CAMSHAFT | 116° CAMSHAFT
INLET OPENS | 12° AFTER T.D.C. | 20° AFTER T.D.C.
INLET CLOSES | 32° AFTER B.D.C. | 50° AFTER B.D.C.
EXHAUST OPENS | 33° BEFORE B.D.C. | 45° BEFORE B.D.C.
EXHAUST CLOSES | AT T.D.C. | 8° AFTER T.D.C.
  
  
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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