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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).
Indicated power and consumption curves from Bentley single cylinder tests.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 133\2\  scan0092
Date  5th January 1944 guessed
  
BENTLEY SINGLE CYLINDER TESTS
SHEET 9
INDICATED POWER & CONSUMPTION CURVES.
COMPILED FROM CURVES ON SHEETS 2 & 4.
No2 RAMP HEAD (L.C.3871)
INLET VALVE = 1.500" DIA
NATURALLY ASPIRATED
ZENITH TRIPLE DIFFUSER CARBURETTOR (32% CHOKE)
OPEN EXHAUST
FUEL DTD 224
COMPRESSION RATIO = 6.5
EXHAUST VALVE = 1.400" DIA
AEROLITE PISTON
STD. BENTLEY HEAD, (CR{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} = 6.4) & NORMAL VALVE TIMING
TIMED TO GIVE MAX POWER AT 3000 RPM, BUT OVERLAP LIMITED TO 12°
DITTO, BUT WITH NO LIMIT TO OVERLAP
INDICATED HORSE POWER
R.P.M.
I. M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} P. (LBS/SQ. IN.)
SP.{Mr Spinney} FUEL CONS. (PTS/IHP/HR.)
  
  


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