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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 engine performance based on different valve sizes and camshaft timings.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 182\M19\  img241
Date  5th August 1931 guessed
  
RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} P. 24
COMPARISON OF VALVE SIZES W.W. 114 CAMSHAFT
4.78 C.R. P II UNIT OPEN EXHAUST
VALVES 2" THROAT HEAD MACHINED TO GIVE A MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF .2" ROUND VALVE
STD. 1.90" THROATS HEAD STANDARD
.013 TAPPET CLEARANCE
TIMING DIAGRAM: EX 58, IN 54, TDC markers 3, 12
TIMING A
B. TIMING 7° EARLIER
CLAUDEL TIMING A
TWIN CARBS 1.4 CHOKES TIMING B
CLAUDEL
TWIN
DEPN TWIN CARBS
DEPN CLAUDEL
B.H.P.
INDUCTION DEPN INS. HG.
B.M.E.P. LBS/SQ IN.
R.P.M.
  
  


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