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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 road wheel horsepower against engine RPM from Brooklands and China unit tests.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 181\M9\  img020
Date  19th June 1931
  
SHEET II
BROOKLANDS TESTS 19/6/31
LAP SPEEDS C.O. CLOSED 18 GIV 68.7 M.P.H.
G.S.R.14 63.2 M.P.H.
18 GIV 35.7 CWTS
JAPAN UNIT C/R 5.25 PIT SILENCER
TWIN ZENITH 26 M.M. CHOKES
112 CAMSHAFT C.O. CLOSED.
T.D.C.
EX
IN
49
49
11
ROAD WHEEL H.P. C.O. CLOSED
G.S.R.14
18 GIV
G.S.R. 14 33.7 CWT
CHINA UNIT C/R 5.25
17% LARGER R.R. CARB.
C.O. CLOSED 110° SHAFT
EX. SYSTEM ARRGT. E/55794
STD. CHINA
EX
IN
43°
34°
10
R.P.M.
ROAD SPEED M.P.H.
Axis Labels: 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
RPM: 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500
Road Speed MPH: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70
Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 400
  
  


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