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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).
Performance graph comparing Brake Horse Power and Brake Mean Effective Pressure following the installation of larger valves on a 20 HP engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page041
Date  31th March 1927
  
20 HP POWER INCREASE DUE TO LARGER VALVES.
ENGINE No 11-G.II.
COMPRESSION RATIO = 5.45 TO 1
OPEN EXHAUST.
Two ZENITH 1-1/16 VENTURI
HORIZONTAL CARBURETTORS.
CORRECTED TO N.T.P.
31-3-'27
B.H.P.
LARGER VALVES (H.10064.)
STANDARD VALVES (F.20076.)
B.M.E.P.
LARGER VALVES (H.10064.)
STANDARD VALVES (F.20076.)
BRAKE HORSE POWER
BRAKE MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE (LBS/SQ")
R.P.M. OF ENGINE
  
  


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