Rolls-Royce Archives
         « Prev  Box Series  Next »        

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 of a modified exhaust cam-form for the Bentley III, with lift data tables.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 100\3\  scan0028
Date  24th May 1938
  
E-CD681

DURATION OF MAX'y LIFT 2 1/2º
SEE VALVE LIFT CURVE

.311 LIFT

VALVE OPENING

VALVE CLOSING

BASE CIRCLE 1.000" DIAM.

ROTATION

APART FROM THE CAM FORM THE CAMSHAFT IS NOT ALTERED. THIS CAM LEADS THE INLET CAM BY 1 1/2º

Left Table: CAMSHAFT DEGREES, CAM LIFT OPENING INCHES
0, 0
1, .000065
2, .000260
3, .000586
4, .001041
5, .001626
6, .002342
7, .003188
8, .004099
9, .005010
10, .005920
11, .006931
12, .007742
13, .008653
14, .009564
15, .010475
16, .011386
17, .012296
18, .013612
19, .015739
20, .018675
21, .022423
22, .026980
23, .032348
24, .038526
25, .045515
26, .053313
27, .061891
28, .070678
29, .079465
30, .088253
32, .105560
34, .122418
36, .138721
38, .154456
40, .169597
42, .184103
44, .197947
46, .211102
48, .223510
50, .235234
52, .246158
54, .256358
56, .265632
58, .274129
60, .281783
62, .288571
64, .294482
66, .299508
68, .303635
70, .306855
72, .309153
74, .310539
76, .311

Right Table: CAMSHAFT DEGREES, CAM LIFT CLOSING INCHES
78 1/2, .311
80 1/2, .310565
82 1/2, .309262
84 1/2, .307093
86 1/2, .304064
88 1/2, .300183
90 1/2, .295460
92 1/2, .289705
94 1/2, .283534
96 1/2, .276363
98 1/2, .268408
100 1/2, .259690
102 1/2, .250231
104 1/2, .240053
106 1/2, .229181
108 1/2, .217643
110 1/2, .205465
112 1/2, .192677
114 1/2, .179308
116 1/2, .165392
118 1/2, .150959
120 1/2, .136044
122 1/2, .120680
124 1/2, .104902
126 1/2, .088746
128 1/2, .072248
129 1/2, .063878
130 1/2, .055884
131 1/2, .048513
132 1/2, .041914
133 1/2, .036038
134 1/2, .030884
135 1/2, .026452
136 1/2, .022743
137 1/2, .019756
138 1/2, .017491
139 1/2, .015949
140 1/2, .015130
141 1/2, .014671
143 1/2, .013754
145 1/2, .012837
147 1/2, .011920
149 1/2, .011003
151 1/2, .010087
153 1/2, .009170
155 1/2, .008253
157 1/2, .007336
159 1/2, .006419
161 1/2, .005502
163 1/2, .004585
165 1/2, .003668
167 1/2, .002751
169 1/2, .001834
171 1/2, .001032
173 1/2, .000459
175 1/2, .000115
177 1/2, 0

ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.
PRINT ROOM
MAY 24 1938
DERBY.

G H Harker 19.May.38

SCALE ¼

THIS CAM FORM (WHICH MODIFIES E-CD167) IS DEVELOPED FROM VALVE LIFT CURVE E-CD673 USING WRAITH III TAPPETS & ROCKERS

MODIFIED EXHAUST CAM-FORM - BENTLEY III.

E-CD681
  
  


Copyright Sustain 2025, All Rights Reserved.    whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload 🗙