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Performance chart showing the effect of increased valve lift on a standard camshaft and cylinder head.


Identifier  Morton\M19\  img242
Date  9th August 1931 guessed
  
RM. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} P.25
EFFECT OF INCREASED VALVE LIFT ON
STANDARD CAMSHAFT AND CYL HEAD
TWIN CHOKE CARB. 1.4" CHOKES
OPEN EXH: 4.78 C/R. STD ALUM HEAD 1.9 VALVE THROAT
VALVE LIFT .430
VALVE LIFT .480
BHP
B.M.E.P. LBS/D"
INDUCTION DEPN
INS. Hg.
R.P.M.
Valve Timing Diagram:
68
IN
54
EX
51
.013 CLCE
  
  
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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