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Specification sheet detailing wheel size, engine revs, and axle/overdrive ratios.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 161\1\  scan0053
Date  10th November 1937 guessed
  
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With the standard 5.500" x 18" wheels and maximum engine revs 4300 R.P.M. an axle ratio of 2.85 to 1 is necessary, or a 3.73 to 1 axle ratio and an overdrive of 1.31 to 1.
  
  
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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