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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 a high power head against a standard 3 1/2 litre Bentley engine on a water brake dynamometer.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 134\2\  scan0108
Date  13th February 1937
  
BENTLEY S/C UNIT
COMPARISON OF HIGH POWER HEAD LEC 4075 AND STD BENTLEY FIG I
ON H AND F WATER BRAKE
① HIGH POWER HEAD INLET VALVE 1.750" DIA
② STANDARD 3 1/2 LITRE BENTLEY INLET VALVE 1.700" DIA
B.M.E.P.
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
R.P.M.
1000
2000
3000
4000
B.H.P.
22
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
J.L.E
13-2-37
  
  


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