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Performance graph from Brooklands tests comparing Clutch HP and B.M.E.P. for two different vehicle configurations.


Identifier  Morton\M9\  img021
Date  19th June 1931
  
H.S. 401
H.S.401
BROOKLANDS TESTS 19/6/31
LAP SPEED C.O. CLOSED 18GW 68.7 M.P.H.
G.S.R.14 63 M.P.H.
-- (Dashed line curve details) --
18GW 35.7 CWTS
JAPAN(Experimental Engine) UNIT TWIN ZENITHS
26 M {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /M CHOKES 112° CAMSHAFT
PII REAR SILENCER & FISHTAIL
TIMING SEE SHEET 2
C.O. CLOSED
-- (Solid line curve details) --
14 G.S.R. 33.7 CWTS
CHINA(Experimental Engine) UNIT C/R 5.25
17% LARGER R.R. CARB.
C.O. CLOSED 110° SHAFT
STD. 25 H.P. SYSTEM E.55794
-- (Axes Labels) --
CLUTCH H.P.
B.M.E.P.
ENGINE R.P.M.
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
  
  
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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