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Performance comparison graph from Brooklands tests, showing B.HP and B.M.E.P against R.P.M. for two car configurations.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0043
Date  26th July 1932
  
BROOKLANDS TESTS JULY 26TH / 32
RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 71

① 19.G.IV J1. HEAD 6.3:1 C/R.
2 S.U. CARBS. E.57177 (110 5°) CAMSHAFT.
NO FRONT EXPANSION BOX. RESONANCE SILENCER.

② U SERIES 20/25 TRIALS CAR FRONT EXPANSION BOX
& STANDARD P.II SHORT TYPE SILENCER

LAP SPEED 80.72 M.P.H
LAP SPEED 69 M.P.H
OPEN B.S.T

Valve Timing Diagram:
EX. 1020 CLCE IN
43.7
42.8
4.4 6.1

BOTH CARS 11x50 AXLES
19x6" TYRES

Axes:
B.H.P.
B.M.E.P.
R.P.M.
SPEED M.P.H.
  
  
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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