Gigantic Diesel Engine

[Mike Ellis]

This link is awesome, talk about a huge engine...



Apologies if it has been posted before.





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Need more power? Try the engine detailed in the web site below. Fourteen cylinders, each with a 38 inch bore and 98 inch stroke and a displacement of 111,143 cubic inches (1820 litres) putting out 7780 horsepower. All 14 cylinders then total to 1,556,102 cubic inches (25,480 liters) resulting in 108,920 horsepower at a mere 102 rpm. Specific fuel consumption at 0. 278 is by far the best I have ever seen (the best modern gasoline cars have sfc around 0. 4).



Hower, the size (89 ft long) and weight (2300 tons) probably preclude airplane use even by government subsidized operations such as Airbus.



Ted





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



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[bmoeller]

As many times it gets posted, probably make it a sticky in this forum.



Still like looking at it though.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Mike, it's only about the 10th time I've seen it posted, but that's OK, it's just as cool the 10th time as it was the first 9 times!



Vaughn

 

[Dennis Garrett]

"there's no replacement for displacement"