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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).
Comparative table of engine specifications (B.HP and Compression Ratio) for various car models from 1927 to 1929.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 19\7\  Scan148
Date  9th September 1932 guessed
  
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Make & Model    1927            1928            1929
        B.H.P.    Comp.Ratio    B.H.P.    Comp.Ratio    B.H.P.    Comp.Ratio
            Stand Op.        Stand Op.        Stand Op.

Essex. 6        4000                5.20            55.3600    5.80
Falcon.        46-3000    4.6        45-3000    5.50
Ford. A        20-1600    3.6        40-2200    4.50        40-2200    4.22
Franklin 130                                4.57
Franklin 135,137            4.43        46-2500    4.40        48-2500    4.57
Gardner 120        52-2500    4.5        65-3200    5.0        76-3200    5.05
Gardner 125        62-3200    5.0        74-3200    5.0        86-3000    5.05
Gardner 130        84-2900    5.0        115.3200    5.35        115.3300    5.25
Gra.Paige 612                                62-3200    5.57
Gra.Paige 615                                76-3200    5.51
Gra.Paige 621                                97-3200    5.35
Gra.Paige 827                                120-3200    5.54
Gra.Paige 837                                120-3200    5.54
Hudson        95-3100                5.25            91-3200    6.00
Hupmobile A                        5.00            4.8
Hupmobile M                                    5.05
Jordan 6 RE        62-3000            62-3000    5.00        61-3000    5.05
Jordan 8 JE        64-3000    4.65        80-3200    5.00        85-3200    5.05
Kissel 73                                    52-2900    5.15
Kissel 95                                    95-3200    5.35
Kissel 126                                    126-3400    5.35
La{L. A. Archer} Salle                        80-3000    4.80        86-3000    5.3 4.80
Lincoln        90-2800    4.81        90-2800    4.81        90-2800    4.81
Locomobile 78
Locomobile 88                        90-3000    5.00        102-3000    5.3
Marmon. 68        64-3200    5.2            5.25            76-3200    5.25
Marmon 78        84-2700    4.34        86-3400    5.50        86-3400    5.50
Moon 6-72        47-2600    4.78        66-3150    4.94        66-3150    4.94
Moon 8-80                        85-3100    5.00        85-3100    5.00
Nash Std.6        40-2400    4.50        45-2600    4.50        50-2800    5.00
Nash Spc.6        52-2600    4.69        52-2600    4.69        65-2900    5.15
Nash Adv.6        69-2500    4.60        70-2400    4.60        78-2900    5.10
  
  


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