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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 plotting Brake Horse Power and B.M.E.P. against R.P.M. to show the effect of variation in exhaust duration on a Bentley single cylinder engine.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 133\2\  scan0086
Date  5th January 1944
  
BENTLEY SINGLE CYLINDER TESTS
SHEET 3.
EFFECT OF VARIATION IN EXHAUST DURATION
Nº 2 RAMP HEAD (LEC 3871)
INLET VALVE - 1.500 DIA
NATURALLY ASPIRATED
ZENITH TRIPLE DIFFUSER CARBURETTOR (32% CHOKE)
OPEN EXHAUST
NORMAL INLET TIMING (O.{Mr Oldham} 4°E; C. 51°L)
COMPRESSION RATIO = 6.5
EXHAUST VALVE = 1.400 DIA
AEROLITE PISTON
FUEL = DTD 224
BRAKE HORSE POWER
B.M.E.P. (lbs/Sq. In.)
R.P.M.
NORMAL EXHAUST TIMING
O.{Mr Oldham} 51°E; C. 7°L
LONG EXHAUST DURATION
O.{Mr Oldham} 57°E; C. 15°L
SHORT EXHAUST DURATION
O.{Mr Oldham} 47°E; C. TDC
STAMP: 5-1-44
  
  


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