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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 showing compression pressure curves against engine speed for different inlet valve diameters and types.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 179b\3\  img220
Date  21th September 1932
  
FIG 4
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COMPRESSION PRESSURE CURVES
EFFECT OF INLET VALVE DIAMETER ON COMPRESSION PRESSURE
STANDARD CONDITIONS
VALVE TIMING: I.O. 7° LATE E.O. 30° EARLY
I.C. 24° LATE E.C. 10° LATE
FLAT TOPPED EXHAUST VALVE WITH SMALL INLET VALVE
TULIP SHAPED EXHAUST VALVE WITH LARGE INLET VALVE
STD "BUZZARD" INLET VALVES 1.850 DIA
LARGE INLET VALVES 2.050" DIA
COMPRESSION PRESSURE (LBS/□")
ENGINE SPEED (R.P.M.)
  
  


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