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Graph showing a 20 HP engine power increase due to long duration valve lift when using the standard carburettor.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 5a\5\  05-page056
Date  11th July 1927 guessed
  
20 HP POWER INCREASE DUE TO LONG DURATION OF VALVE LIFT, WHEN USING THE STANDARD CARBURETTOR

ENGINE N° 11-GTE
COMPRESSION RATIO - 5.15 TO 1.
CADUCE VALVES (1-410 DIA)
SPECIAL LONG DURATION CAMSHAFT

THE DOTTED CURVES REFER TO RESULTS OBTAINED WITH STANDARD CAMSHAFT (OTHER CONDITIONS BEING SIMILAR).

Left Y-Axis: BRAKE HORSE POWER
Right Y-Axis: BRAKE MEAN EFFECTIVE PRESSURE (LBS/SQ")
Bottom X-Axis: R.P.M. OF ENGINE
Curve Labels: B.H.P., B.M.E.P.
  
  
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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