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Calculations for engine rocker ratio, cam and valve acceleration.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\3\  scan0022
Date  24th May 1934 guessed
  
'R' rocker ratio 1.45

Cam acc Denis .005 / 1.45 = .00344

For Birley scale down .8848 becomes .00298 (cam acc 11,200)

Valve acc .08367

At 4500 rpm = 1680 + 3.67 + 20.25 / 9

= 18/800 f.s.s

(STD) camshaft valve acc at 4500 18/200)

14/800
  
  
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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