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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 engine performance results from two different camshaft timing alterations.

Identifier  Morton\M13.2\  img106
Date  23th September 1931
  
RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}35
COMPARISON OF TIMING ALTERATIONS ON 112° CAMSHAFT
WITH TWO CLAUDEL CARBS
INLET VALVE DIA 1.4
C/R 5.13-1
OPEN EXHAUST
112° CAMSHAFT STANDARD ROCKERS.
HEAD MACHINED TO GIVE MINIMUM CLCE OF ROUND INLET VALVE .275"
TIMING A
TOOTH EARLIER B
VALVE LIFT .344
A
B
R.P.M.
B.H.P.
INDUCTION DEPN. LBS/SQ
Timing Diagram A:
EX 46
IN 46
.013 CLCE.
3.2 1.0.S
Timing Diagram B:
EX 40
IN 55
4.0 2.0
  
  


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