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Tables of box ratios and overall ratios for a 'D' style gearbox, noted as 'Bentley old'.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 104\3\  scan0244
Date  16th October 1937 guessed
  
D Style Gear Box (Bentley old.)

Box Ratios
Top | 3rd | 2nd | 1st & Rev
Constant mesh 1.81
1 | 1.33 | 1.63 | 2.64

Overall Ratios
Top Axle Ratio | 3rd | 2nd | 1st & Rev
3.3 (50/15) | 4.39 | 5.38 | 8.7
3.533 53/15 | 4.70 | 5.76 | 9.33
3.785 53/14 | 5.03 | 6.17 | 9.99
3.923 51/13 | 5.22 | 6.39 | 10.35
4.23 55/13 | 5.63 | 6.90 | 11.16
P.

Box Ratios
Top | 3rd | 2nd | 1st & Rev
Constant mesh 1.72
1 | 1.357 | 1.823 | 3.364

Overall Ratios
Top Axle Ratio | 3rd | 2nd | 1st & Rev
3.533 53/15 | 4.794 | 6.44 | 11.885
3.785 53/14 | 5.136 | 6.9 | 12.732
3.923 51/13 | 5.323 | 7.151 | 13.197
4.230 55/13 | 5.740 | 7.711 | 14.229
  
  
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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