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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).
Performance graph comparing the Brake Mean Effective Pressure (B.M.E.P.) of Bentley engines against American engines under different exhaust conditions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 134\2\  scan0116
Date  1st January 1937 guessed
  
BENTLEY COMPARED WITH AMERICAN ENGINES

TOP GRAPH:
B.M.E.P.
CORRECTED TO N.T.P.
OPEN EXHAUST
1937 BENTLEY 6.5-1 C/R
1938 BUICK 5.75-1 C/R
1937 TERRAPLANE 6.25-1
BENTLEY WITH LATEST OH INLET SIDE VALVE EXHAUST
FROM SINGLE CYLINDER FIGURES

BOTTOM GRAPH:
B.M.E.P.
CORRECTED TO N.T.P.
COMPLETE EXHAUST SYSTEM
1937 BENTLEY
1937 BUICK 40

AXIS VALUES:
Y-AXIS: 120, 110, 100, 90, 80, 70
X-AXIS: 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500

OTHER: 3 (circled), 4 (circled)
  
  


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