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).
Results of an oil and petrol consumption test for the Peregrine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\8\ B001_X100 Engine Chassis-page249 | |
| Date | 13th March 1933 | |
| X4027 CW. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} 7/KT.13.3.33. PEREGRINE OIL CONSUMPTION. Further to our conversation on this subject we have carried out a representative run over 414 miles, Derby to Folkstone and back, averaging 42. m.p.h. Maximum oil temp. 100°C. Air Temp. 16°C. For this run the oil consumption worked out at 662 m.p.g. and the petrol consumption with the single S.U. carburetter was 15.94 m.p.g. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||