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).
Comparison of oil flow, pressure, and bearing clearances between the Phantom and Silver Ghost models.
| Identifier | Morton\M18\ img083 | |
| Date | 26th June 1925 guessed | |
| contd :- -2- the one case. If however we plot these consumption curves on a pressure base we immediately notice a marked difference between the two curves - as shown here. For the Silver Ghost a higher pressure has to be used than the Phantom in order to obtain the same consumption. Therefore it is reasonable to attribute this to a difference in the bearing clearances. From these curves one would estimate that the Phantom had roughly 50% to 60% greater bearing clearance than the Silver Ghost, assuming the discharge to be proportional to the square root of the pressure. It should be mentioned that the above two cars are fairly representative of the respective models. The Phantom has reamed bearings - no hand fitting. AVERAGE OIL FLOWS. We find in practice that the average oil flow from a Phantom is considerably greater than a Silver Ghost. Also on the Phantom considerable variation in flow from car to car is experienced. Reverting to the Silver Ghost practice of three main contd :- | ||