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 showing the design of a dual induction system for a B.60 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 147\3\ scan0128 | |
| Date | 10th August 1938 | |
| HOLES IN THIS FLANGE ARE ELONGATED TO ALLOW ADJUSTMENT OF THE THROTTLE POSITIONS RELATIVE THE MAIN CARBURETTER. THIS SHELF IS PART OF THE THROTTLE BODY, & THE ADJUSTMENT MENTIONED ABOVE SERVES TO DETERMINE THE SPEED AT WHICH CHANGE-OVER TAKES PLACE. SECTION X.X. ROUND SECTION CHANGING TO SQUARE SECTION. PETROL DRAINS AND HOT SPOT CONNECTIONS ARE EXISTING ON OTHER EXPL. INDUCTION PIPES. INLET BRANCHES ARE CONNECTED TO MAIN PIPE BY FLANGES TO ENABLE THE SYSTEM TO BE INVERTED AND SO TRY THE EFFECT OF LARGE AND SMALL BORE PIPES AT HIGH SPEEDS AS WELL AS LOW SPEEDS. PROVISION IS MADE AS SHOWN FOR HOT SPOT TO BE AVAILABLE IN EITHER POSITION. INLET PORT OF CYL. HEAD ON ECD.403. DUAL INDUCTION SYSTEM FOR B.60. ROLLS-ROYCE LTD. PRINT ROOM AUG 10 1938 DERBY. C.W.Halk. | ||