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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).
Blueprint graph comparing power curves and camshaft performance for a 500cc Rudge unit.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 133\1\  scan0014
Date  21th July 1926
  
C.H.
500 cc RUDGE UNIT
FIG VII
POWER CURVES - COMPARISON OF CAMSHAFTS
BORE 3.346
STROKE 3.464
C.R. 7.3
VALVE TIMINGS (.020 TAPPET CLCE)
CAMSHAFT | I.O. | I.C. | E.O. | E.C. OVERLAP
RUDGE | 28° E | 48° L | 50° E | 25° L | 53°
MOD I | 19° L | 58° L | 42° E | 8° L | 11°
BENT | 4° E | 50° L | 50° E | 7° L | 11°
STANDARD RUDGE
STANDARD BENTLEY
MODIFICATION I
Y-AXIS LEFT: B.M.E.P. (LBS/IN²)
Y-AXIS RIGHT: B.H.P.
Y-AXIS FAR RIGHT: SPEC. CONS. (PT/B.H.P./HR.)
X-AXIS BOTTOM: R.P.M.
X-AXIS MIDDLE: PISTON SPEED. (FT/MIN)
J.H.E. / 21.7.26
  
  


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