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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).
Blueprint graph of a motoring loss analysis for a 4 1/4 Litre Bentley engine, showing percentage loss of components against RPM.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 133\1\  scan0218
Date  20th May 1937 guessed
  
4 1/4 LITRE BENTLEY
MOTORING LOSS ANALYSIS - PERCENTAGE LOSS OF COMPONENTS
FIG XIII
C 84
① LOSSES DUE TO SILENCER
② LOSSES DUE TO INDUCTION SYSTEM
③ PUMPING LOSSES AND VALVE GEAR TO BOTTOM TAPPETS
④ LOSSES DUE TO BOTTOM TAPPETS
⑤ LOSSES DUE TO PISTON RINGS
⑥ LOSSES DUE TO PISTONS AND CONN. RODS
⑧ LOSSES DUE TO WATER PUMP
⑦ ⑨ ⑩ BALANCE DUE TO DYNAMO, GEARS, CRANKSHAFT ETC.
-RPM-
PERCENTAGE LOSSES
C of G
  
  


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