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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).
Graph plotting Brake Horse Power and Brake Mean Effective Pressure against RPM to show power losses from different exhaust system configurations.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 14\6\  Scan223
Date  2nd November 1931 guessed
  
RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} P 33
LOSSES TO EXHAUST SYSTEM. PH. II SHORT TYPE.
C.O OPEN AND CLOSED
4.G.C/R 108° MASKED VALVE CAMSHAFT TWIN CARBS. 1.4 CHOKES
OPEN EXHAUST ①
COMPLETE PH
SHORT TYPE EXHAUST
SYSTEM C.O. OPEN ②
B.H.P
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
B.M.E.P.
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
R.P.M
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
  
  


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