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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 comparing valve overlap and timing positions for different camshaft designs.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 98\5\  scan0017
Date  13th May 1938 guessed
  
T.D.C.
.055
.050
VALVE OVERLAP WITH CORRECT TIMING POSITIONS
.045
.040
.035
.030
.025
.020
.015
VALVE LIFT
INS.
.010
.005
INLET OPENINGS
EXHAUST CLOSINGS
CRANK ANGLE

① BENTLEY (E.B. 1085) CAMSHAFT (CAM FORMS F.59272)
TIMING .020 CLCE I.O 3° B.T.D.C. E.C. 8° P.T.D.C.
I.C 52° P.B.D.C. E.O. 51° B.B.D.C.

② BENTLEY Ⅲ L.E.C. 5426
TIMING .030 CLCE. I.O. T.D.C. E.O. 43.5° B.B.D.C.
I.C. 45° P.B.D.C. E.C. 1.5° P.T.D.C.

③ B Ⅲ PROPOSED CAMSHAFT
TIMING .030 CLCE. I.O T.D.C. E.O 45° B.B.D.C.
I.C 45° P.B.D.C. E.C. 5° P.T.D.C.
  
  


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