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Table of actual valve timing data taken on an engine with .020 tappet clearance, showing results from twin carburetor tests.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 6\7\  07-page093
Date  10th January 1932
  
ACTUAL VALVE TIMING TAKEN ON ENGINE WITH .020 TAPPET CLCE.

CAMSHAFT | 116° | 112° | 110°
IN. OPENS | 13° A.T.C. | 7° A.T.C. | 16° A.T.C.
IN. CLOSES | 49° A.B.C. | 43° A.B.C. | 37° A.B.C.
EX. OPENS | 42° B.B.C. | 43° B.B.C. | 28° B.B.C.
EX. CLOSES | 2° A.T.C. | 5° A.T.C. | 4° A.T.C.

ABOVE ARE THE BEST TIMINGS FOUND DURING TWIN CARB TESTS ON 'JAPAX'.

10/1/32
  
  
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).


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