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Table of B.HP and power loss figures for different exhaust system configurations at 3,500 R.P.M.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 8\8\  08-page45
Date  18th June 1938 guessed
  
3,500 R.P.M.
B.H.P. LOSS
OPEN EXHAUST 102.7
MANIFOLD ONLY 99.7 3.0
MANIFOLD & FRONT EXP. BOX 93.5 9.2
" " & INTER. BOX 91.7 11.0
" " & REAR SILENCER without top hats 89.9 12.8
" " & STD. REAR SILENCER top hats 45 holes 89.9 12.8
COMPLETE WRAITH EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH 1 1/2" TAIL PIPE 81.6 21.1
" " " " 1 3/4" TAIL PIPE 87.5 15.2
STRAIGHT THRO' 2" PIPE FROM MANIFOLD - TOTAL LENGTH 110" 95.8 6.9
FRONT EXP. BOX & 2" PIPE - TOTAL LENGTH 110" 91.7 11.0
STRAIGHT THRO' FRONT PIPE, INTER BOX, & STD. REAR SILENCER 92.6 10.1
AS ABOVE WITH 1 1/2" TAIL PIPE 86.5 16.2
" " " 1 3/4" TAIL PIPE 90.8 11.9
  
  
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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