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Specification sheet listing engine and vehicle components and settings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\2\  scan0132
Date  30th June 1937
  
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 8/JH.30.6.37.

Standard Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 131 45° angle timing gears.
Aerolite pistons (standard type) high pressure rings.
Deturbulated cylinder head 6.4 : 1 - LeC.5022.
Standard EB.2793 inlet valves S/SLV. - .0015 - .002 clearance.
Silchrome X. EB.2794 exhaust valves (stellited) .0015" - .002". clearnace.
Unchilled cylinder block 230 Brinell.
Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 260 valve springs 1 - 12.
Delco Remy governor.
10" Borg & Beck clutch.
LeC.4288 large capacity 22° oil pump (mod. bush).

B.16. 5.B.IV.

Spread centre case EX.18383 (not strengthened)
Cylinder head deturbulated and recovered to std. comp. ratio 6.4 : 1 by machining .035" off face.
Exhaust valves strengthened type EB.4970 (S/SLV. steel. (Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 260 spring).
Both inlet and exhaust are close clearance .0015" - .002.
Delco ignition governor EX.B.22.
Small carbs. and induction system.
Oil grooves continuous in inter. mains.
Aerolite pistons o.s.
Palmetto water pump gland packing.
Production B. & B. clutch.
Long type of American plate, Thermoid facings.
  
  
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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