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http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
worlds largest engine
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, Mar 03 2006 06:25 PM
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:31 PM
Unreal. Wonder how one of those would go strapped into the Torry?
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:34 PM
more like how many torries could you strap to it! lol
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:38 PM
Dare i say it repost 
Well not on this board, but someone posted it on the last board i think.
But its still impressive
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Well not on this board, but someone posted it on the last board i think.But its still impressive
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:41 PM
Must be great on fuel efficiency 
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:49 PM
My Mum's uncle was a merchant seaman and took me down to the engine room of one of the ships. There was a meter long ring spanner clamped to the wall.
It was for tightening the big ends periodically. You used a sledge hammer on the end of it.
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It was for tightening the big ends periodically. You used a sledge hammer on the end of it.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:53 PM
Yeah was going to say, isn't this the sort of thing that powers massive cruise liners etc?
They only churn a couple of revs a minute, but the torque is crazy.
They only churn a couple of revs a minute, but the torque is crazy.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 06:55 PM
Pwah, my engines just a tad smaller he he
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 07:41 PM
i wanna see the turbo off one of those suckers.....i'm assuming they have one turbo per cylinder, but just for shits and giggles imagine how big the turbo wiould be for the whole 14 cyl version....
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 07:54 PM
I work for Cummins Diesel and have seen 78ltr engines but that thing is crazy.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 07:55 PM
i work on cummins diesels (and a few others...) and ahve seen a 14 lt engine....you win lol.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:01 PM
Would that 14ltr you talk about be an N14
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:05 PM
maybe a few of these puppies would do the job 
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 08:12 PM
yes it would be a n14....i had to spray paint it lol.
jap: those blowers are rather sexy beasts. took a while to find a size reference, but theres some hand rails not to far beind them. all i can say is god damb i want one.
jap: those blowers are rather sexy beasts. took a while to find a size reference, but theres some hand rails not to far beind them. all i can say is god damb i want one.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 09:12 PM
yeah i estimate the inlets are about 1 to 1.2m diameter
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 10:54 PM
Over 108,000 hp at only 102 rpm...farrk. Imagine if you could get it to spin at 1000 revs! The mind boggles 
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 10:59 PM
so how big do you recon teh fully sik pod air filter and big blue bov would be???
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 11:18 PM
Sweeet <_<
Imagine the lag on those turbo's, you would have to go through all your gears to get it to spool up.
Imagine the lag on those turbo's, you would have to go through all your gears to get it to spool up.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 11:34 PM
Would love to see the crank grinder that ground that mother.
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 11:51 PM
put it on a trailer and tow it around behind ya rexy...
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Posted 03 March 2006 - 11:52 PM
Not often you see 3 guy's using a crane to fit a main bearing in a crankcase!
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Posted 04 March 2006 - 03:19 PM
That engine should fit nicely in this little toy.so how big do you recon teh fully sik pod air filter and big blue bov would be???
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Posted 04 March 2006 - 03:26 PM
fully sic!
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Posted 04 March 2006 - 04:14 PM
What's scary is how big was the equipment/machinery they used to make this engine?
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Posted 04 March 2006 - 05:37 PM
My thoughts exactly!What's scary is how big was the equipment/machinery they used to make this engine?
As racean69 said.. Imagine the gear used to bore and hone or forge parts of that thing!?
Ive got a feeling it would be a leggo engine... lots of little pieces
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