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Alteration to engine timing with two proposed camshaft designs.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\4\  Scan121
Date  1st August 1928
  
Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
c. to BJ. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}

X1770

E2/M30. 8.28.

EAC.10 ENGINE. X.7090 X.411 X.1770

Referring to your report Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /ACL1/LG28. 8.28., it is concluded that an alteration to the timing would be beneficial, and R. {Sir Henry Royce} would like you to get out at Derby a new exhaust cam utilising the present exhaust for the new inlet.

Two new camshafts should be prepared with different angles between the cams giving timing diagrams as follows :-

No.1.
IN 4
12 EX.
61 DIV.
57 DIV.
IN 52
52 EX.
Angle between cams = 114º

No.2.
IN 6
10 EX.
61 DIV.
57 DIV.
IN 54
54 EX.
Angle between cams = 116º

Clearance in both cases = .013 so that timing should shew heavy accelerations only.

E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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