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Two graphs comparing acceleration performance for different engine compression ratios and car models.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 113\2\  scan0122
Date  19th November 1926 guessed
  
ACCELERATION
HIGH V LOW COMPRESSION RATIO
40/50
VELOCITY M.P.H.
TIME SECONDS
OPEN TOURING CARS
10 E.X. WT EMPTY 2.27 TONS COMP RATIO 5.2/1
98 N.K. WT EMPTY 2.34 TONS COMP RATIO 4 1/4
10 E.X. 1.5 CWT LIGHTER THAN STANDARD TOURER.
ALSO MORE SPORTING LINES.
ALL FIGURES DIRECT DRIVE
C.O.CLOSED.
ACCELERATION
20 H.P v 40/50
OPEN TOURING CARS
STANDARD PHANTOM 2.34 TONS
20 H.P. EMPTY WT. 1.56 TONS.
  
  
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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