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).
Report with graphs analyzing engine oil consumption versus oil flow through bearings for Silver Ghost and Phantom models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\1\ scan0126 | |
| Date | 1st May 1926 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- consumed will be influenced by the amount supplied to the walls. The following curve supports this supposition and shews how the consumption of this particular Silver Ghost increases with an increase of the aggregate oil flow through the bearings. The oil flow was regulated by means of the pressure. The effect of discharge upon consumption is more easily appreciated by reference to some results of road tests made on both a Phantom and a Silver Ghost. These curves shew how the miles per gallon decrease as the oil flow increases. It will be observed that the consumption on this base is nearly the same for each car. The small difference which does exist is in contd :- Graph 1: Title: SILVER GHOST OIL CONSUMPTION AT 2000 R.P.M FOR VARYING OIL FLOWS THRO' BEARINGS Y-Axis: CONSUMPTION PTS/HR X-Axis: OIL DISCHARGE THROUGH BEARINGS PTS/MIN Graph 2: Title: OIL CONSUMPTION & FLOW THRO' BEARINGS. Legend: CAR 5 Ex. SILVER GHOST Legend: CAR 10 Ex. PHANTOM Y-Axis: CONSUMPTION - MILES/GALL. X-Axis: OIL DISCHARGE Pts PER MIN. | ||