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 showing power tests (BHP vs RPM) on a PII unit, comparing an open exhaust to a standard silencer system.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 182\M19\ img200 | |
Date | 4th June 1931 | |
POWER TESTS ON PII UNIT. TWIN CARBS R.R. 1.400 DIA: CHOKES. R TYPE PHANTOM SHAFT 110° TIMING AS ON 4.6.31 4.9 COMP: RATIO HEAD WITH DOUBLE VALVE SPRINGS. TAPPETS SET { EXHAUST .008 { INLET .006 BAR. 755 M/M B.H.P R.P.M. OPEN EXHAUST WITH STANDARD SILENCER SYSTEM FITTED | ||