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Motors Wow very big engine

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  1. BlackMan

    BlackMan Minimodder

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    I just found what has to be the biggest engine i have ever seen, there are a few vertions the biggest being a 14 cyl, very very big, bore is 38" and the stroke is 98", it weighs 2300 tonns and puts out 108,920 hp at 102 rpm, it is made for very big container ships, here is the link,

    http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
     
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  2. Bluebark

    Bluebark What's a Dremel?

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    I love the step ladders going down to the cylinders...
     
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  3. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    100,000hp isnt that huge of a deal,

    but 5 million ft/lb torque!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
    bloody hell!!
    that is just silly!
     
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  4. samuelellis

    samuelellis What's a Dremel?

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    its

    now sya it quietly

    DIESEL
     
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  5. MaximumShow

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    I'm waiting for somebody to put it in a honda prelude, put a spoiler on it, and add 2x 12" pyramid subwoofers.
     
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  6. Colonel Sanders

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    You'll be going nowhere fast as that thing operates slower than your stock honda engine idles- 102 RPMs...

    L J
     
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  7. 5am

    5am What's a Dremel?

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    Think there's room for a couple of LED's?
     
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    486hawk What's a Dremel?

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  9. xen0morph

    xen0morph Bargain wine connoisseur

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    Wonder what the idle speed is...
     
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  10. cderalow

    cderalow bondage master!

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    probably less than 100rpm even under load.... big engine + massive torque + marine application = low rpm
     
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  11. kiljoi

    kiljoi I *am* a computer king.

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    there's a Caterpillar mining truck that has a 24-cylinder turbocharged diesel. the damn thing can only go like 20, but it can pull a Walmart behind it while its doing it.
     
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  12. Bluebark

    Bluebark What's a Dremel?

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    I’d like to see the screw this thing will be turning. :eeek:
     
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  13. djengiz

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    Its pretty impressive when you stand next to one. A friend of mine gave me a tour of one once. You would be amazed how clean an enigine room of a modern ship is. No oil, dirt or slick anywhere.

    Another friend showed me a Navy gasturbine engine once. They pump out a lot more BHPs
     
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  14. Atomic

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    Hmm, gasturbines certainly kick out some power, only really useful for ships though.

    I had the opportunity to get a brief tour around the Charles De Gaule, the engine room onboard that was a sight...
     
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  15. Will

    Will Beware the judderman...

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    I thought the Charles De Gaulle was a nuclear powered carrier :confused:
     
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  16. Atomic

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    You'd be right there. I didn't say it was a gas turbine, just commented on them.

    It's Twin Nuclear Reactor powered...
     
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  17. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    "What was that Captain? Go around the world four hundred times? Fair enough..."

    :D :lol:
     
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  18. Atomic

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    IIRC it could power itself at 25 Knots for 5 years solid without having to refuel...

    Now I wanna see a Diesel engine that could do that :lol:
     
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  19. :: Phat ::

    :: Phat :: Oooh shakalaka!

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    Our family's old Pilot boat had a huge 4 tonne engine, which only produced 66bhp you could fit a football in the cylinders... can't remember the make of the egine, but it would idle at something stupidly low, all you'd hear was an occasional "Whomp" as a cylinder fired..... that was a cool engine.,
     
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  20. Will

    Will Beware the judderman...

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    Ah soz, thought you were implying it was a gas turbine powered ship thats all :)
     
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