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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).
Power and B.M.E.P. curve graph for a Wraith III engine, comparing various valve configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 10\3\  03-page149
Date  1st June 1935
  
WRAITH III
POWER
VALVES
R.P.M.
B.M.E.P.
H.P.

① 5.85:1 COMP. RATIO
CYL HEAD EX. 29686 (CAP 134.5 C.Cs.)
INLET VALVE 1.50" EX 29686
EXH. VALVE 1.30" EX 29687

② * 6.0:1 COMP. RATIO
AS 1 BUT WITH
INLET VALVE 1.60" EW 1429
EXH. VALVE 1.30" EX 29687

} OPEN EXHAUST

③ * (A5) 6.0:1 COMP. RATIO
AS 1 BUT WITH
INLET VALVE 1.60" EW 1429
EXH. VALVE 1.40" E 61289
(MOD EX 31328)(CAP. 130 C.C's)

④ * (A5) 6.0:1 COMP. RATIO
AS 1 BUT WITH
INLET VALVE 1.60 EW 1429
EXH. VALVE 1.40 E 61299
(STD. THROATS) CAP.

* TAPER THROATS

NOTE THE SAME CYL. HEAD IS
USED THROUGHOUT BEING
MODIFIED IN STAGES FROM
SMALL VALVE TO STD VALVE HEAD
  
  


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