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Performance graph comparing Road Wheel B.HP against Engine R.P.M. for various car configurations at Brooklands.


Identifier  WestWitteringFiles\N\2October1925-December1925\  Scan140
Date  18th November 1925
  
STAMP: ROLLS-ROYCE, LIMITED, PRINT ROOM, 18 NOV 1925, DERBY.
HEADER: BROOKLANDS Nov. 1925

TABLE:
CONDITION OF CAR | LAP SPEED | HALF MILE
SPORTS CAR
HIGH COMPRN. 17 TOOTH AXLE.
STANDARD CONDITION C.O. Closed | 79.2 | 80.4
STANDARD CONDITION C.O. OPEN. | 80.5 | 82.6
STANDARD TOURING CAR
4-1 COMPRN 15 TOOTH AXLE.
STANDARD CONDITION C.O. CLOSED | 74.13
SPORTS CAR
FRONT WINGS REMOVED
TOP PANEL OF WIND SCREEN RAISED. C.O. OPEN | 87.8 | 89.6

GRAPH AXES:
Y-AXIS: ROAD WHEEL B.H.P.
X-AXIS: ENGINE R.P.M.

GRAPH ANNOTATIONS:
Top Curve: C.O OPEN
Middle Curve: C.O CLOSED
Bottom Curve: C.O CLOSED
Right Annotation: 2750 R.P.M. 89 M.P.H. 17 x 52 AXLE
Lower Right Annotations: STANDARD CAR COMP. RAT. 4-1, HIGH COMPRESSION 5.2 - 1

WATERMARK: MADE IN GT. BRITAIN
  
  
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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