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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 and data sheet from Brooklands comparing different car configurations and their lap speeds.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 29\3\  Scan141
Date  1st November 1925
  
BROOKLANDS NOV. 1925

CONDITION OF CAR
LAP SPEED
HALF MILE

SPORTS CAR
HIGH COMPRN 17 TOOTH AXLE
STANDARD CONDITION
C.O CLOSED
79.2
80.4

STANDARD CONDITION
C.O OPEN
80.5
82.6

STANDARD TOURING CAR
4 - 1 COMPRN 15 TOOTH AXLE
STANDARD CONDITION
C.O. CLOSED
74.13

SPORTS CAR
FRONT WINGS REMOVED
TOP PANEL OF WIND SCREEN RAISED.
C.O OPEN
87.8
89.6

Graph:
ROAD WHEEL H.P.
ENGINE R.P.M.
C.O OPEN
C.O CLOSED
C.O OPEN 4-1 ->
C.O CLOSED
STANDARD CAR COMP. RAT 4-1
HIGH COMPRESSION 5.2 - 1
2750 R.P.M. 89 M.P.H. 17-32 AXLE
  
  


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