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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).
List of engine specifications and design features, with comparisons to a 'Ph III' model.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 65a\2\  scan0002
Date  6th July 1928 guessed
  
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⑥ Off.Set combustion chamber relative to ¢ of bores.
⑦ Exhaust manifold bends not cooled & unlike Ph III are cast as the manifold & not with the head.
⑧ Long rear main bearing 3.5"
⑨ No oil retaining felt at rear bearing. leak past bearing is catered for by thrower on crank running in an annulus from which oil drains back to sump.
⑩ Mechanical petrol pump driven from eccentric on vertical distributor drive
⑪ Side by side connecting rods.
⑫ 2.5 dia crankpins (Ph III 2.25).
⑬ 2.65 dia journals (Ph III 2.75).
  
  


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