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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).
Blueprint graph comparing engine performance for two configurations from Brooklands tests, plotting BHP and BMEP against RPM.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 181\M9\  img022
Date  19th June 1931
  
SHEET I
HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 402
BROOKLANDS TESTS 19/6/31
LAP SPEED C.O. OPEN. | 18 G IV 70.64 M.P.H
| 16G IV 69.66

18 G IV 35.7 CWTS.
JAPAN UNIT C/R.{Sir Henry Royce} 5.25
TWIN ZENITH 26MM CHOKES
112° CAMSHAFT OPEN EXHAUST
T.O.C. 11°
49
49

16 G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} IV 31.8
JAPAN UNIT
C/R 5.25 46% LARGER R.R. CARB.
110° CAMSHAFT OPEN EX.
10°
.013 CLCE
CAR WT.
EX.
43
34

B.H.P.
B.M.E.P.
ENGINE R.P.M.
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
  
  


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