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Report page discussing the effects of valve lift and clearance on engine brake horsepower.


Identifier  Morton\M19\  img268
Date  28th October 1931 guessed
  
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us greater duration of opening on the inlet valve. We might also gain from a greater lift on the exhaust valve. A test with the 114° shaft A. {Mr Adams} shewed that if the exhaust valve clearance was increased to .030 a drop of 5 B.H.P. ensued at 3000 R.P.M.
  
  
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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