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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 graph plotting RPM against MPH for different gears and two different tyre sizes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\1\  scan0156
Date  8th August 1934 guessed
  
J.E.R. HALLS CHASSIS

M.P.H.

R.P.M.

F.D

R.P.M. AT 60 M.P.H.

5.50 x 18 TYRES
TOP 2609
3RD 3244
2ND 4146
1ST 2635 30 M.P.H.

5.25 x 18 TYRES
TOP 2667
3RD 3320
2ND 4240
1ST 2695 30 M.P.H.

5.50" TYRES
5.25" TYRES

TYRE CIRCUMFERENCE EFFECTIVE AT 35 LBS
5.50 x 18 = 87.25"
5.25 x 18 = 88.25"

ROAD WHEEL REVS MILE 5.50 TYRES = 701.9
ROAD WHEEL REVS MILE 5.25 TYRES = 717.79

AXLE RATIO 11 x 41 = 3.72 : 1

TOP
3RD
2ND
1ST
  
  


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