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Graph showing the power output of a 20HP engine with specific modifications.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page061
Date  7th May 1927 guessed
  
20HP POWER OUTPUT WITH THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATION TO STD ENGINE.
TWO ZENITH TRIPLE DIFFUSER CARBURETTERS
COMPRESSION RATIO 5.45 TO 1
LARGER VALVES 1.400" DIA
INLET CAM DURATION INCREASED BY 22° ON C'SHAFT
EXH. + 12°
EXH CAM LEADS INLET CAM BY 120°

CURVES WITH FREE EXHAUST
DOTTED CURVES SHOW POWER & MEP BEFORE STRONGER VALVE SPRINGS WERE FITTED

B.H.P. - Horse Power
ENGINE R.P.M.
B.H.P.
B.M.E.P.
  
  
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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