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Specification sheet listing various engine components and their characteristics.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 174\3\  img236
Date  7th February 1940
  
SPECIFICATION

SEC No | TITLE | DESCRIPTION
5000 | CRANKCASE & BEARINGS CYLINDER. | C.I. MONOBLOC 3 JOURNAL BEARINGS, VANDERVELL MAIN BEARINGS, VANDERVELL CAMSHAFT BEARINGS, HIGH FRONT ENGINE MOUNTING, DYNAMO MOUNTING, MECHANICAL PETROL PUMP, SIDE EXHAUST VALVES, WATER PUMP ON FRONT OF BLOCK, 4 EXHAUST PORTS, SHEET METAL TAPPET DOOR, WATER GALLERY IN BLOCK WITH WATER JETS.
5010 | CRANKSHAFT. | 4¼% CARBON STEEL, BLACK WEBS, 3 JOURNAL BEARINGS, SOLID CRANKPINS & JOURNALS, CLUTCH SPIGOT BEARING.
5020 | SPRING DRIVE. |
5030 | CONNECTING ROD. | CON-RODS, NO OIL PRESSURE TO LITTLE END. VANDERVELL BEARINGS BOTH ENDS. S/N BOLTS.
5040 | PISTON. | ALUM. SPLIT SKIRT. PISTON PIN WITH RUBBING BUTTONS. TWO GAS RINGS & ONE SCRAPER.
5050 | CYLINDER HEAD. | C.I HEAD. 7 TO 1 RATIO 'ORIGINAL' SHAPE COMBUSTION CHAMBER - OVERHEAD INLET WITH 30° SEAT. - 10 M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /M SPARK PLUGS - OIL FILLER IN SHEET METAL ROCKER COVER. THERMOSTAT- BI-METAL THERMOMETER - TWO INLET PORTS.

Handwritten Note: Camshaft 116°

Footer: R.R.888 (2M) 16168. 7. 2. 40. N & G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} LTR.
  
  
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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