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Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Paul on July 29, 2004, 16:33:53

This is a rocker at the top of a Submarine engine,
To give you an idea of just how big this engine is
the rocker is about two foot long... :shock:

It's a straight twelve cylinder deisel engine and there
are two of this fitted in the Submarine I went in.

Bet the Mechanic's got a BIG TOOLBOX.. :lol:

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: xmob on July 29, 2004, 17:17:08

You think that's big!  Check this (http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/) baby out.  It has a crank case with access ladders inside it!  :twisted:

Wonder if I can make it fit my Series.

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: V8MoneyPit on July 29, 2004, 17:51:42

WOW! That is simply a work of art. It would be nicer to look at in the Tate than some of the c**p they display!

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: karloss on July 29, 2004, 18:05:24

Quote from: "xmob"

Wonder if I can make it fit my Series.

Wonder if it would fit in the street?

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on July 29, 2004, 19:41:45

Not as big as this one, the Crank Bearings are 38" diameter :shock: !!!!

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

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Paul on July 29, 2004, 22:58:43

Ok, So it's not as big as that one,
But it's the largest one I've seen and
boy does it make a right noise when
it's ticking over... :shock:

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Eeyore on July 30, 2004, 08:31:53

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Not as big as this one, the Crank Bearings are 38" diameter

I had the pleasure of seeing one of them in build on a recent trip to Japan and they are HUGE. It's got a 2.5m stroke and 98cm bore. The air charger alone is bigger than my garage and it does a whopping 120 rpm. They don't use a gearbox, just a direct coupling to the prop. IIRC it stood about 40ft high and weighed about 2000 tonnes.  :shock:

From what I could understand it was destined for some super tanker that 'another part of the buisness' was building.

I never found out how they got it out the building, though. They only had a 500t crane............

It's alledged to be the most fuel efficient, oil burning prime-mover available, but I'll be sticking to me 300tdi, I feel......

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Paul on July 30, 2004, 17:23:48

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It's alledged to be the most fuel efficient, oil burning prime-mover available, but I'll be sticking to me 300tdi, I feel......

Me too, Couldn't afford a service on one of them,
How many gallons of oil would that take...? :shock:

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: Eeyore on August 02, 2004, 12:40:09

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How many gallons of oil would that take...?

Think less 'gallons, more 'tons'!! :lol:

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore

Title: BIG Engine..!!!
Post by: diesel_boy on August 05, 2004, 11:00:37

so ive herd that the biggest sulzer boat engine is  2000% efficant  becuse of the power to weight ratio  and  a 14 cly sulzer boat engine uses around 25000 gals an hour