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Blueprint LeC.3662, detailing an experimental cast iron head for a Bentley.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 86\1\  scan0029
Date  7th October 1933
  
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner}

X219.

E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} 6/HP.7.10.33.

c. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} re Bentley.

We send you herewith blueprint LeC.3662 shewing an experimental cast iron head modified for experimental purposes to try out the 1.2" diameter exhaust valve with the 30° valve seat.

Compression ratio is arranged for 7 to 1.

To make the casting it will be necessary to alter the same cores adjacent to the floor of the head.

E {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner}
  
  
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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