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Performance graph comparing different configurations of the Peregrine engine at low speed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 1\8\  B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page231
Date  4th October 1932 guessed
  
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) LOW SPEED POWER.
RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} PR.34.
COMPARISON OF
A. {Mr Adams} TURBULENT HEAD SHORT TOED CAMS
LEC.3222 FORMS TO E.100861 107° SHAFT
B. STANDARD HEAD LONG TOED CAMS.
FORMS TO E.100362/3 108 1/2° SHAFT
C. ORIGINAL PEREGRINE(Experimental Bentley car never produced / Aero Engine) M.E.P.
1.125 INLET VALVES
LONG REACH PLUGS
FLEXIBLE SKIRT PISTONS
1.2 INLETS SHORT REACH PLUGS 110° SHAFT
1 5/8" S.U. CARB: 6.25 C/R (ALL CURVES) OPEN EXHAUST.
B.H.P.
R.P.M.
B.M.E.P. LBS./□"
INDUCTION DEPN. INS. Hg
VALVE TIMING DIAGRAMS:
Left Diagram: Ex, In, 107°, 8, 5, 34, 42, .020
Right Diagram: T.D.C., Ex, In, 108 1/2°, 13, 45, 38°, .020
  
  
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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