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Power readings for a standard 8-litre engine Y.X.5106 with a 5.1 compression ratio.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 21\2\  Scan076
Date  22th January 1931
  
22nd January, 1931.

POWER READINGS TAKEN ON STANDARD 8-LITRE ENGINE Y.X.5106. (5.1 COMPRESSION RATIO). OPEN TEST SHOP EXHAUST PIPE. BAROMETER 29.9.
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Handwritten:
115x110
110 x 140
7883 cc

TABLE:
R.P.M. B.H.P. MAGNETO SETTING. DELCO SETTING.
3,500. 192.25 90 45° advanced. 47°30' advanced.
3,400. 194.5 " " " "
3,300. 194.5 " " " "
3,200. 193.75 " " " "
3,100. 191. " " " "
3,000. 188.5 102.5 " " " "
2,750. 178.75 " " " "
2,500. 164. 107 " " " "
2,250. 150. " " " "
2,000. 131.25 107 " " " "
1,750. 123.5 " " " "
1,500. 100. 110 " " " "
1,250. 83.5 109 30° " 32°30' "
1,000. 66.5 109 " " " "
750. 51. 112 20° " 22°30' "
500. 33. 109 14° " 16°30' "

Handwritten:
I.O. 6.5° Early
E.C. 10.5° LATE .

Horses/Litre/1000 Revs x 13
(66.5 x 13) / 7.983
65.6
  
  
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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