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Performance chart showing dynamometer brake horsepower at the road wheels for a 1939 Buick Century.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 125\3\  scan0093
Date  27th February 1939
  
1939 BUICK CENTURY
DYNO B.H.P AT ROAD WHEELS
(DIRECT GEAR)
B.H.P
M.P.H.
ENGINE R.P.M.

B.H.P CORRECTED.
ENGINE R.P.M. | TO 15°C | TO 50°C | H.P. REQ'D TO DRIVE DYNO.
2000 | 85.0 | 80.0 | 0.4
2500 | 99.5 | 93.5 | 0.7
3000 | 107.0 | 100.5 | 1.2
3500 | 106.5 | 100 | 2.0
3750 | 102.5 | 96 | 2.5
4000 | 97.8 | 92 | 3.2
1130 (25 M.P.H.) | 46.4 | 43.6 | 0.2

AXLE RATIO: 3.9 : 1
TYRES: 15 x 7.00
ROLLING CIRC: 88 3/4"
PRESSURE: 48 lb/in²
WT. AS TESTED: (ONE UP)
TOTAL: 4158 lbs
REAR: 1946 lbs
BARO: 751 m.m

15°C AIR
50°C CORRECTED FOR DYNO LOSS
50°C AIR

DYNO BY RATCLIFFE
Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /TAS {T. Allan Swinden} /27. 2. 39.
  
  
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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