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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).
Performance graph plotting vehicle speed (M.P.H.) against engine speed (R.P.M.) for various Dunlop racing tyres and axle ratios.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 90a\3\  Scan089
Date  8th June 1935
  
DUNLOP RACING TYRES (FOR F.R. HALL'S CAR)
11/41 RATIO = 3.72:1
11/43 RATIO = 3.91:1
Tyre Circ (Effective) 6.5 x 18 = 100"
TYRE CIRCUMFERENCE (EFFECTIVE) - 6.00 x 18 = 93.7
TYRE CIRCUMFERENCE (EFFECTIVE) - 6.00 x 19 = 96.4
ROAD WHEEL REVS/MILE - 6.00 x 18 - 676
ROAD WHEEL REVS/MILE - 6.00 x 19 - 658
M.P.H.
ENGINE R.P.M.
11/41 AXLE
11/43 AXLE
6.00 x 19
6.00 x 18
6.00 x 19
6.00 x 18
  
  


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