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Performance test results for car 1.EX, a 4-seater open touring body, comparing high and low compression engine configurations.


Identifier  Morton\M22\  img084
Date  13th February 1920 guessed
  
Particulars of car 1.EX - 4-seater open touring body - windscreen and hood - all accessories - weight complete 46¾ cwts. during tests.
14 X 52 axle ratio.
Tests were taken to prove that ignition and mixture were set to give the best results.

TESTS.

High compression. 23¾ cu.ins.
Exhaust cut-out
Open | closed

Low compression. 26 cu.ins.
Exhaust cut-out
Open | closed

Max. speed for one lap.
m.p.h. 71.4 | m.p.h. 65.5 | m.p.h. 69.4 | m.p.h. 65.74

Max. speed for ¼ mile.
67.4 | 63.5 | 65.22 | 62.7

Acceleration.
10 m.p.h. to 65 m.p.h.
secs. 37¾ | secs. 50 | secs. 47 | impossible to get
20 " " 65 "
34 | 46¼ | 41
30 " " 65 "
29 | 35 | 38
40 " " 65 "
26¼ | 32 | 32¼

10 m.p.h. to 60 "
30 | 37 | 34 | 42½ secs.
20 " " 60 "
27 | 31 | 32 | 36
30 " " 60 "
21 | 25 | 28 | 32
40 " " 60 "
17 | 19 | 20½ | 23

10 " " 50 "
21 | 23¼ | 23 | 25
20 " " 50 "
17 | 19 | 20 | 22½
30 " " 50 "
12 | 14 | 15 | 17
40 " " 50 "
7 | 7½ | 8½ | 10½

¼ mile acceleration test.
starting at 10 m.p.h.
40 | 43 | 45 | 47½
20 "
36 | 37 | 38½ | 40
30 "
33 | 33 | 36 | 37
  
  
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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