| Author | Message | ||
     Froggy |
 I wonder if they would make a single to throw in the Blast? http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ | ||
| Kustomklassix |
A 7850 HP Blast...SIGN ME UP!!!! Link to the ship for this big-azz engine - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_M%C3%A6rsk  | ||
| Dalton_gang |
Wow! That kinda doesn't look real. I wonder how much horse power it takes to crank it over? | ||
| Kustomklassix |
They get half the crew to jump on a platform attatched to the flywheel to get it slowly spinning to the point where the 1100hp starter motor can kick in  | ||
| Captcaz |
I'm almost jealous ... my last ship was a petite 750 feet long and weighed in at just under 50,000 tons ... 105,000 HP thru 4 gas turbines ... respectable. http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=7 On a smaller one now ... bringing up the rear with only 4,200HP. | ||
| Dentguy |
It's not that big. Those people are really small.  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
the oompa loompas are working on the head rebuild for your old audi in line | ||
| Jramsey |
60 HP electric motor with gear reduction in the lower left is used to bump the crank over during assy. Anybody notice the steps/rungs in the crankcase throws,IIRC it was said the rod and main bearing inserts weigh over 80 lbs. apiece. Somewhere on the net there is a picture of the planner/shaper and horizontal/ vertical boring mill that was used to align bore and machine the the lower crankcase half. Oh, and someone needs to find a pic of the lathe that was used to turn the crank its quite a piece of machinery itself. | ||
| Court |
Cornering is going to be a problem. That is VERY cool. | ||
| Eboos |
It needs some lightening to help it spin up faster. | ||
| Speedfreaks101 |
Just imagine what would happen if you hit it with too much nitrous and it kicked out a rod!?  | ||
| J2blue |
God I love these images. You know, I tried to make the point to the DMG/Buell naysayers who were so obsessed with displacement. Given a similar two mile course I think it would be fair to have one of these huge displacement ships racing against a 600cc rice burner. AND, there is a clear horsepower advantage to these giants. But... Yep, Court, cornering and braking are the weak point. | ||
| Oldog |
The guy in the green shirt see him? the caption is "Oh $hit! I dropped my pen" "I wonder if any one will notice if I just leave it" | ||
| Danger_dave |
I stowed away om a Freighter a few times. Me, her and an XS1100. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Ohmmmmm. | ||
| Boltrider |
5.6 million ft/lbs of torque should be enough.  Imagine how loud that sucker could be during testing. | ||
| Big_b |
Here are some more pics. I work on a smaller version of this engine in the natural gas industry. http://www.handpickedtrucks.com/wartsilla-ship-eng ine.html | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
100rpm | ||
| Big_b |
That's fast when you imagine all of that weight turning 360º in under a second. My Wartsila turns 800rpm. | ||
| Chadhargis |
And someone, somewhere, is worried about whether they should use synthetic or dino oil and how they can save $3 on an oil filter. LOL!  | ||
| Big_b |
And buckets of loctite | ||
| Edgydrifter |
So, it uses manhole covers for valve shims? | ||
| Froggy |
I don't see any valves, looks like a 2 smoke. | ||
| Gearhead571 |
Two stroke diesels generally have poppet valves in the head. Usually four of them. They use a blower to provide air for scavenging and combustion. Your weed wacker uses the pressure created from the down stroke of the piston to force the intake air and fuel mix into the cylinder for combustion. Yes it is a two stroke. | ||
| Firebolt020283 |
When I was stationed in south Korea I got to go on a tour of the hyundai factories, well i learned they do not just build cars they also build ships and they had engines that big and it was really neat to see engine blocks so big that you could get into one of the cylinders and probably walk around on top of a piston(they did not let us do this of course) |
