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Graph showing the performance effect of varying inlet valve sizes on a Bentley engine.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 3\6\  06-page292
Date  1st June 1935
  
EFFECT OF VARYING INLET VALVE SIZE (BENTLEY)
UNIT: B.4.
HIGH COMPRESSION ALUMINIUM CYLINDER HEAD
COMPRESSION RATIO = 7.39:1
EXHAUST VALVES 1.200 DIA
AEROLITE "RACING" PISTONS
NO AIR SILENCER
① 1.500 DIA. INLET VALVES
② 1.450 DIA. INLET VALVES
B.H.P.
B.M.E.P. (LB/SQ")
R.P.M.
VALVE TIMING (.020 CLEARANCE)
TDC 4.6°
EXH 50.0°
INL 49.2°
[Stamp in bottom right corner reads: R.R. Ld. C.L. 1.6.35]
  
  
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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