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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 three different carburettor systems on a 4¼ Litre Bentley engine, unit B14.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 85\4\  scan0184
Date  1st October 1937
  
4¼ LITRE BENTLEY - UNIT B14
COMPARISON OF CARBURETTER SYSTEMS
FIG. III.
INDUCTION SYSTEMS.
1. Two S.U. CARBS 1 7/8 BORE ON T.T. INDUCTION PIPE
2. Six AMAL CARBS 1 3/16 BORE AND NO INDUCTION PIPE.
3. Six S.U. CARBS. 1 3/8 BORE AND NO INDUCTION PIPE.
CYLINDER HEAD:- HALL'S T.T. HEAD
INLET VALVE 1.600"; EXHAUST VALVE 1.400".
CYLINDER BLOCK:- CHROMIUM PLATED BORES.
COMPRESSION RATIO:- 9:1 ; FUEL:- ESSO ETHYL;
OPEN EXHAUST.
-B.M.E.P-
-B.H.P-
R.P.M.-
IED. 1.10.37
  
  


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