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Performance graph comparing various supercharged and non-supercharged configurations for a Graham Supercharger on a Bentley engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 140\1\  scan0110
Date  12th December 1934
  
GRAHAM SUPERCHARGER ON BENTLEY
B.V. 61
UNIT :- B.12
SPECIFICATION :- R H C/CP 1/EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 12.12.34
COMPRESSION RATIO 6.64 : 1
WASHER REMOVED FROM ROTOR CASING.
① 1 7/8" S.U. CARB. ORIGINAL LONG INTERMEDIATE PIPE. COLD WATER IN ROTOR CASING.
② 1 7/8" S.U. CARB. SHORT INTERMEDIATE PIPE. NO HEAT TO ROTOR CASING.
③ 1 7/8" S.U. CARB. ORIGINAL LONG INTERMEDIATE PIPE, HOT WATER TO JACKET OF INTERMEDIATE PIPE.
④ 1 7/8" S.U. CARB. AS SEMI-EXPANDING CARB. ORIGINAL LONG INTERMEDIATE PIPE, HOT WATER TO ROTOR CASING.
⑤ NON-SUPERCHARGED.
B.H.P.
R.P.M.
B.M.E.P. (LBS/口'')
VALVE TIMING (.020 CLRCE)
T.D.C.
4.5° 1.5°
EXH.
INL.
49.5°
48.5°
  
  
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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