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Specifications for various engine units detailing modifications and components.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 155\2\  scan0115
Date  13th July 1937
  
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Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Swd1.12/AP.13.7.37

C.15 (22.G.V.)

Std. unit other than the following -
RR.56. big end bearings and shims.
Oil jet holes in connecting rods.
Deturbulated head 5.8:1 comp. ratio.
Delco governor to suit head.
Intermediate main bearings have continuous grooves.
Extra hole in each crank journal.
Small bore 1 3/8 induction pipe.

C.17.

Standard production 25/30. unit other than - RR.56 bearing shims.
Front 8 water holes between the block and head blanked up.
Deturbulated head L.eC.5002 - 5.86 : C/R.
Standard valves E.60892 inlet 1.4 dia.
E.61073 exhaust 1.225" dia.
Modified governor, Bentley frame and 25.HP. spring.
Borg & Beck clutch (No.26)
25/30. pistons with L. section 2nd. compression rings.
Special hardened timing gears at RRC's request.
6 Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 260 springs and 6 EB.256X.

C.18 (G.A.L.20)

Standard production unit other than -
E.61044 exhaust valves, Kl.965 (stell. tips and seats)
These are identical in the shape of the head to a reduced
Bentley valve, dia. 1.225".
EB.175 Bentley valve springs.
Exhaust valves later to be replaced by proposed standard.
Standard Stromberg induction system and drains with lamp-post
vent LeC.5069.
Borg & Beck clutch (No.28) 11-A-3.
Modified governor, Bentley frame and 25.HP. spring.
25/30. pistons with L. section 2nd. compression rings.
Air intake combined with rocker cover LeC.4845.

U-7-S (18.G.1V)

20/25. crankcase- non-spread centre, bored out.
Whitemetal main bearings.
Soft crankshaft with small 2 1/8" dia. main journals.
Up-to-date connecting rods with Hall's solid metal big ends.
Standard split skirt die-cast pistons E.60632.
20/25. non-turbulent head with .075" packing under the block
making the compression ratio 6:1.

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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).


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