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Power curves graph showing BHP and BMEP vs RPM from a 10,000-mile engine test with various exhaust configurations.


Identifier  Morton\M13.2\  img125
Date  25th October 1931
  
POWER CURVES UNIT FOR 10,000 MILES
TEST 18 G.IV C.XI
C/R 5.7
CAMSHAFT Sch: 1542/3
STANDARD CARB: 15% LARGER
① OPEN EXHAUST
② COMPLETE P.II SHORT TYPE EX. SYSTEM
④ N.Sch 3285/6/7 WITH FISH TAIL EXIT OPENED TO P.II SIZE
③ As 4a FISHTAIL REMOVED
⑤ EXISTING STANDARD UNIT OPEN EXHAUST
VALVES BOUNCE 3875 R.P.M.
B.H.P.
B.M.E.P. LBS/SQ IN
R.P.M.
25/10/31.
RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 49
  
  
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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