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).
Suggestion to alter the valve timing on the Sports Phantom for improved high-speed output, referencing a comparison with a Lorraine engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 57\1\ Scan305 | |
| Date | 23th April 1927 | |
| To Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to BJ. BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} X5770 E1/M23.4.27. SPORTS PHANTOM. X.3588 X.5770 X.8060 X.5771 Referring to the report giving comparison of Lorraine output with output of 20 HP. engines under different conditions, R. {Sir Henry Royce} suggests that on the Sports Phantom or any other sports chassis, we should have a different valve timing, more suitable for output at high speed. It will be expected that some sacrifice of B.M.E.P. at lower speeds will be sustained by such an alteration, as will be seen from the Lorraine curve. E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} | ||