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Dimensional measurements of the Spectre No. 2 engine cylinder bores with centri-cast type liners, taken without cylinder heads in position.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 93\4\  scan0016
Date  11th February 1935
  
SPECTRE(Codename for Phantom III) Nº 2. CYLINDER BORES — DIMENSIONS TAKEN WITHOUT CYL. HEADS IN POSITION
(WITH CENTRI-CAST TYPE LINERS)

NOTE:-
BLUE FIGURES DENOTE DIAMETERS OF CYL. BORES WITH COLD WATER IN JACKETS
RED FIGURES DENOTE DIAMETERS OF CYL. BORES WITH WATER AT 80°C. IN JACKETS
+ ABOVE DRG. SIZE
- BELOW DRG. SIZE
3.250"

NOTE:-
DIMENSIONS 'AA {D. Abbot Anderson} ' ARE TAKEN PARALLEL TO CRANKSHAFT AND 'BB' AT RT.ANGLES TO IT

A BLOCK DIAGRAM:
Cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
FRONT OF ENGINE
C OF CRANKSHAFT

B BLOCK DIAGRAM:
Cylinders 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

TABLES OF MEASUREMENTS:

DIAMETERS 'AA {D. Abbot Anderson} ' ON 'A' BLOCK
1 2 3 CROWN 4 5 6
.750 -.0002 +.0002 +.0002 -.0005 +.0006 +.0003
+.002 +.003 +.0023 +.0018 +.0024 +.002

3.500" +.0005 +.0006 +.0004 +.0005 +.001 +.001
+.0025 +.002 +.002 +.002 +.0026 +.0018

5.800 -.001 -.0025 -.0023 -.0024 0 -.0006
+.0003 +.0003 +.0012 +.0005 +.0006 +.0005

6.875 0 0 -.001 +.0005 +.0007 +.0005
+.001 +.001 0 +.0013 +.0015 +.0025
SKIRT

DIAMETERS 'AA {D. Abbot Anderson} ' ON 'B' BLOCK
1 2 3 CROWN 4 5 6
.750 -.0004 +.0004 -.0002 0 -.0007 -.0002
+.0015 +.0028 +.0025 +.0025 +.0027 +.0012

3.500" +.0003 +.0005 +.0005 +.0013 +.0005 +.0003
+.0013 +.0026 +.0023 +.0027 +.0025 +.002

5.800 -.0013 -.0017 -.0005 -.0005 -.0013 -.0007
0 -.001 0 -.0003 -.0008 -.0003

6.875 -.0005 -.0005 +.0005 0 0 0
+.001 0 +.0015 +.001 +.0015 +.0005
SKIRT

DIAMETERS 'BB' ON 'A' BLOCK
1 2 3 CROWN 4 5 6
.750 -.0003 +.0005 +.0003 -.0002 +.0007 +.0006
+.0027 +.0027 +.0023 +.0025 +.0025 +.0023

3.500" +.0005 +.0005 +.0002 +.0003 +.001 +.0007
+.0025 +.0015 +.0017 +.0025 +.0025 +.002

5.800 -.0015 -.0005 -.002 -.0003 -.0003 -.0006
0 +.0005 -.0015 +.0008 -.0008 +.0003

6.875 -.0005 0 -.0005 +.0005 +.0007 0
+.0007 +.0007 -.001 +.0013 +.0013 +.0005
SKIRT

DIAMETERS 'BB' ON 'B' BLOCK
1 2 3 CROWN 4 5 6
.750 0 +.0004 +.0005 0 +.0002 +.0002
+.0015 +.0028 +.002 +.0025 +.002 +.0025

3.500" 0 +.0005 +.0005 +.0005 +.001 +.0003
+.0023 +.0026 +.0027 +.0015 +.0026 +.002

5.800 -.0015 -.0017 -.0005 -.0005 -.0002 -.0005
-.0005 -.001 -.0003 0 +.0005 -.0008

6.875 -.0005 -.0005 +.0005 0 0 0
+.001 0 +.0015 +.001 +.001 +.0005
SKIRT

STAMP:
ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.
P.R. TM
FEB 12 1935
DERBY
  
  
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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