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Performance test results comparing small and large carburetters and induction pipes.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0227
Date  28th May 1936
  
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /ABR. {A. B. Roberts} 14/KW.28.5.36.

Time lost on the return journey was due to the
heavy traffic between Brooklands and St. {Capt. P. R. Strong} Albans, the running
time from St. {Capt. P. R. Strong} Albans being the same both ways.

Small Carburetters and Induction Pipes.

Lap times 113.2 secs. = 87.99 M.P.H.
113.0 " = 88.15 "
112.6 " = 88.46 "
Half mile 20.0 " = 90.00 "

Large Carburetters and Induction Pipe.

Lap times 111.0 secs. = 89.74 M.P.H.
110.2 " = 90.39 "
110.2 " = 90.39 "
Half mile 19.6 " = 91.84 "

Weather conditions good and no wind.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /A.B.Roberts.
  
  
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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