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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).
Requirement of a new cam form for a Bensport Camshaft on the 'R' engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\3\  scan0003
Date  3rd April 1933
  
X20J.

RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}3/KT.3.4.33

BENSPORT CAMSHAFT.

We will require a new cam form to use the 'R' engine shaft for this engine; we should prefer the attached camshaft Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}971. The deceleration of the valve is considerably less and the engine will run with existing valve springs.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}
  
  


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