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Timing diagram for a 20/25 HP engine with a 5.25:1 compression ratio, showing battery and magneto ignition advance.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 51\5\  Scan255
Date  12th May 1931
  
X5681
FLYWHEEL DEGREES
50
40
B.D.P. 30
20
10
RETARD. 0
A.D.P. 10
20
BATTERY IGNITION ADVANCE (FULLY ADVANCED AUTOMATICALLY)
MAGNETO ADVANCE
BATTERY IGNITION ADVANCE (FULLY RETARDED AUTOMATICALLY)
IGNITION LEVER TRAVEL
RETARD
ADVANCE
43°
31°
13°
20/25 HP 5.25 : 1 COMPRESSION RATIO.
BATTERY AND MAGNETO IGNITION
TIMING DIAGRAM.
X.5681.
HFW 12. V. {VIENNA} '31
C.R.F. 12.5.31
  
  
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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