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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).
Graph comparing B.M.E.P. against R.P.M. for different high-power head configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 134\2\  scan0125
Date  1st July 1937
  
HIGH POWER HEAD - MAX. POWER

① INCLINED VALVE HEAD AND DRY LINER BLOCK
VALVE TIMING:- I.O T.D.C.; I.C. 30° L; E.O. 35° E; E.C. T.D.C. C.R. = 6.3 EXHAUST VALVE = 1.500" DIA.

② INCLINED VALVE HEAD AND CAST IRON BLOCK
VALVE TIMING:- I.O T.D.C.; I.C. 30° L; E.O. 35° E; E.C. T.D.C. C.R. = 5.9 EXHAUST VALVE = 1.600" DIA.

③ STANDARD BENTLEY
VALVE TIMING:- I.O 4° E; I.C. 51° L; E.O.L; E.O. 51° E; E.C. 7° L. C.R. = 5.4"

④ AS CURVE ② BUT WITH C.R. = 6.4

AXES:
Y-AXIS: B.M.E.P.
X-AXIS: R.P.M.
  
  


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