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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 test graph comparing Standard and De-turbulated cylinder heads using a Delco ignition curve.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 101\3\  scan0016
Date  9th June 1936 guessed
  
DELCO IGNITION CURVE UPON WHICH PERFORMANCE TESTS WERE TAKEN TIMED AT 5° B.T.D.C.

TABLE:
STANDARD HEAD
10 - 20 M.P.H 3.53 SECS.
20 - 30 3.80 "
30 - 40 3.80 "
40 - 50 4.03 "
50 - 60 4.70 "
60 - 70 5.40 "
TOTAL 25.26

DE-TURBULATED HEAD
3.73 SECS.
3.66 "
3.73 "
4.08 "
5.00 "
5.45 "
TOTAL 25.65

BOTH CYL. HEADS 109 C.C'S AND 6.8:1 COMP. RATIO

AXIS LABELS:
Y-AXIS: ACTUAL FLYWHEEL IGN. ADVANCE
X-AXIS: ENGINE R.P.M

SIGNATURE:
G M WYMAN
  
  


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