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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).
Specification sheet detailing car weight, axle ratios, performance data, and engine components.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 126\5\  scan0004
Date  3rd July 1936
  
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Car Weight (ready for road less petrol) - 29 cwts.

4.50 Axle Ratio.
1st and Reverse. 2nd 3rd. Top.
16.20 9.51 6.18 4.50

4662 engine R.P.M. = 90 M.P.H.

Acceleration Data.
Gear 10-30 M.P.H. 20-40 M.P.H. 30-50 M.P.H.
2nd 4 secs.
3rd 5.2/5 secs. 6.2/5 secs. 6.4/5 secs.
Top 9.1/5 secs. 8.2/5 secs. 10 secs.

Through gears from rest to 60 M.P.H. - 15.2/5 secs.

Brakes - Girling.
From 30 M.P.H. to standstill - 30 feet.
From 40 M.P.H. to standstill - 66 feet.

Engine.
Seven bearing crankshaft.
Aluminium pistons carried on Duralumin conrods.
Camshaft chain driven.
Dynamo belt driven.
Top half crankcase cast-iron.
Bottom " " aluminium and finned for cooling.
Cylinder head cast-iron.
Twin S.U. carburetters fitted.
Induction pipe cast in cylinder head.
  
  


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