Talk about an engine!!!

[saumon]

Maybe not new for some, but really incredible!

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

 

[QC]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Thanks. I may have seen it before, but still cool!

 

[Boomyal]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Hate to have to mill the head on that baby!

 

[rwise]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Just a bit larger than the ones I have worked around in power plants 8)

 

[gonefishie]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

yeah but can it out runs my 150hp yamaha on the back of a Skeeter?8) Actually, I have seen it on tv, the show was about a super freighter owned by a Greek or Danish shipping company. After so many hours of operating, they have to do preventive maintenace and that include changing the piston and rod. They can't afford to have that engine break down in the middle of the ocean since any major repair takes many days.

 

[funjumper]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Maybe not new for some, but really incredible!

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

Take a look at this boat.

http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

I don't know that I would want to drive it or ride in it. I would like to see someone else driving it.

145mph top end and 0-100 in 7 seconds. Pretty amazing.

 

[bassboy1]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Yall think I could clamp that on the transom of my 15 footer?

 

[alden135]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Do we have a repair forum for those?

Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine Troubles/Repair

Topic: Can't get WOT

Hi, I have a 2006 Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C...................

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Alden..... That's an easy one.... squeeze the fuel bulb!!

 

[JB]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Next he will ask for advice on how to get more power out of it.8)

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Anyone have a flywheel puller I can borrow?

 

[RPJS]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

I always thought that a 2 stroke engine was inherently inefficient and only produced power at high RPMs, this engine does not conform to that theory?

 

[saumon]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

Next he will ask for advice on how to get more power out of it.8)

C'mon, everybody here know that it can be done on any engine by simply enlarging the passageways in the carbs with an handheld drill and by opening the reeds a bit by bending them inward 8)

 

[CN Spots]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

iboats carry parts for THAT thing?8)

 

[jinx]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

What kind of starter motor would something like that have?

Jinx

 

[crunch]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

What kind of starter motor would something like that have?

Jinx

A big one 8)

 

[woodrat]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

iboats carry parts for THAT thing?8)

Sure. One injector, $75,000 plus truck freight.
Piston rings, each, $3500
oil filter, $1700

It takes a really, really long pull cord though, in 3" hemp.

 

[crunch]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

iboats carry parts for THAT thing?8)

Sure. One injector, $75,000 plus truck freight.
Piston rings, each, $3500
oil filter, $1700

It takes a really, really long pull cord though, in 3" hemp.

Do you have any idea of what it feels like to laugh beer out your nose? Bad woodrat!!!!!!!!

 

[crunch]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

I have this vision of 47 crew members pulling on that rope...... and it backfires.

 

[QC]

Re: Talk about an engine!!!

I always thought that a 2 stroke engine was inherently inefficient and only produced power at high RPMs, this engine does not conform to that theory?

Lots of rules of thumb are changing, and two stroke diesels are a different animal than a two stroke petrol engine. I don't know much about low speed diesels as these are referred to, but when you think about it, you kinda need to fire every chance you get to keep that thing turning at 108 RPM . . . I think you almost need to think of it like a steam engine. Huge torque, looong stroke, sloooooww. Again, different rules . . .