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).
List of considerations and tests for carburetter and induction pipe performance and potential issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 154a\3\ scan0210 | |
| Date | 27th March 1936 guessed | |
| Carburetter & Induction Pipe. (1) Cutting out on bends. (2) Flooding on cambers and on gradients. (3) Vapour lock in hot weather. (4) Starting in hot and cold weather. (5) Mechanical strength of induction pipe, as affected by the exhaust manifold coupled thereto. (6) Idling and slow running. (7) Consumptions under various conditions. (8) Loading up. (9) Adequacy of filtering. (10) Throttle spring and controls. (11) Distribution, full and part throttle. (12) Air filtering arrangements. (13) Carburetters flooding and fire risks. 5,000 miles in England ) As far as possible in 10,000 miles on the Continent ) hot and cold weather. Cold chamber tests. | ||