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Performance test results from Brooklands for E.R. Hall's Car (B-35-AE) with various settings for mixture, ignition, and aerodynamics.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0186
Date  9th August 1935
  
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BROOKLANDS TESTS - 9.8.35.

B-35-AE - E.R. Hall's Car.

6.50 x 19" Tyres. Alum. latest shape mudguards.

1. Mixture normal.
Lap - 100 secs. = 99.61 M.P.H.
1/2 mile 17.8 " = 101.12 "

2. Mixture half strong.
Lap - 99 secs. = 100.61 "
1/2 mile 17.8 " = 101.12 "

5 Laps Top of quad. 23º B.T.D.C.
5 notches retard 18º "
8 " " 13º "

18º B.T.D.C. Lap speed 99.6 secs = 100.01 M.P.H.
1/2 mile 17.8 " = 101.12 "

3 Laps
3. 6.50 x 19" tyres. Green old type wings.
18º B.T.D.C. mixture 1/3 strong.
Lap - 100.6 secs. = 99.01 M.P.H.
1/2 mile 18.0 " = 100 "

Cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
  
  
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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