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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).
Comparison of camshaft and tappet displacement specifications for Chevrolet and Wraith engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\4\  scan0181
Date  18th June 1937
  
DISPLACEMENT OF CAMSHAFT AND TAPPETS. 18.6.37

CHEVROLET WRAITH

Amount of tappet offset parallel with the length of camshaft.

Tappet C.L. rear of) (Tappet C.L. forward of
cam C.L. by .100 ) cam C.L. by .100

End. view through section of camshaft at right angles to its length

Tappet offset towards centre ) { Tappet and cam on same
of crankcase by .030 relative) { C.L.
to C.L. of camshaft. )

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