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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 carburettor mixture settings against engine RPM for various E.A.C. carburettor configurations under light load.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\1\  scan0024
Date  15th January 1925 guessed
  
No 2.
CARBURETTERS E.A.C.

METERING UNDER LIGHT LOADS, THROTTLED
BRAKE SET AT 2000 R.P.M. FULL LOAD.
FOR EACH THROTTLE POSITION MIXTURE CONTROL IS ADJUSTED
TO GIVE MAX. R.P.M. OF ENGINE.

NOTE:-
CURVES ABOVE THE ZERO LINE
INDICATE A RICH MIXTURE AND
CURVES BELOW THE LINE
INDICATE WEAK MIXTURE.

AXIS LABELS:
Y-AXIS: Nº OF NOTCHES ON CONTROL TO OBTAIN CORRECT MIXTURE
Above 0 line: NOTCHES WEAK
0 line: CORRECT MIXTURE
Below 0 line: NOTCHES RICH
X-AXIS: R.P.M.

GRAPH ANNOTATIONS:
AIR VALVE STARTS TO LIFT ON STD E.A.C & EXPL. E.A.C.
STD. 40/50 CARB.
AIR PORTS OPEN 40/50 & EXPL. E.A.C.
EXPERIMENTAL E.A.C.
40/50 AIR VALVE STARTS TO LIFT
STD. E.A.C WITH 8 COIL SPG. RATING 38 oz/IN.
EXCESSIVE WEAK SPOT ON STD. E.A.C. CARBURETTER.
AIR PORTS OPEN STD. E.A.C.
  
  


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