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Timing diagram for a 20 HP long duration camshaft, with a comparison to the standard timing.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page058
Date  26th May 1922 guessed
  
LONG DURATION CAMSHAFT (20 h.p.)
TIMING DIAGRAM (.010 TAPPET CLEARANCE)

T.D.C.
I.O. (Inlet Opens)
E.C. (Exhaust Closes)
6°
8°
66°
64°
I.C. (Inlet Closes)
E.O. (Exhaust Opens)
B.D.C. (Bottom Dead Centre)

THIS CAMSHAFT IS EVOLVED BY INSERTING A 1/4" WEDGE IN THE STANDARD INLET CAM, & A 5/16" WEDGE IN THE STANDARD EXHAUST CAM, (AT THE POINT OF HIGHEST LIFT), & THEN SPACING THE CAMS AT 120°.

STANDARD TIMING (.010 CLEARANCE)
T.D.C.
I.O.
E.C.
10°
I.C.
46°
E.O.
48°
  
  
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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