O/T Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World

[Bozz]

Here (apparently)

 

here

 

Pretty impressive eh

 

Bozz

 

McLaren Orange and Black 1.6SS 6 Speed here

 

Edited by - bozz on 15 Nov 2006 21:07:26

[Tony C]

Now "That's" what you call an ENGINE!

 

BRG Brooklands SV 😬 It seems that perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

[Swiss_Tony]

I just hope that Arnie doesnt see this 😳

 

James

Su77on Se7ens

 

[Griff]

I went for an interview at Ricardo Engineering when still at college and was asked to identify all the bits of an engine which I duly rattled off except for one which confused me - the walkway!! But this monster has two levels.

 

 

[Beelzebub]

Where do they get the power figures from 🤔 I've never seen a rolling road big enough ❗

[Nifty]

This must appear at least once every 6 months ❗

 

*tongue*

 

Keep off the straight and narrow 😬

[Mark Durrant]

Where do they get the power figures from

 

Field Motorsport 😬

[Nifty]

😬 😬 😬

 

Keep off the straight and narrow 😬

[Gambo]

5,608,312 lb/ft. That 's enough torque to shift my Vx along at a fair rate.

 

RED 2.0 HPC 230BHP

[Myles]

This must appear at least once every 6 months

 

 

here for instance

 

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[Graham Perry]

An example of the type of ship it fits in here

 

To put that in perspective she is about 200 feet longer than any of the American Supercarriers

 

This engine is supposedly the most efficient reciprocating engine made at just over 50% efficiency

 

 

 

Edited by - Graham Perry on 16 Nov 2006 07:51:40

[Bozz]

Alright, alright so I didn't do a search first

 

How about the largest single shaft steam turbine generator then at 1750Megawatts which by my rough calculations is equivalent to about 2,300,000 hp *eek*.

It's yet to be built mind.

 

Makes the diesel above look weedy.

 

Bozz

 

McLaren Orange and Black 1.6SS 6 Speed here

[7 wonders of the world]

Could Oily do a head for it

[Robster]

In a few years time, it'll be apart again...platic dowells replaced by steel ones, HG failure's, loose crank pulley's and Emerald will be building and ECU for it the size of a house......'cause it won't idle properly on the standard one! Finally, some greek shipping magnate with more money than sense will fettle it up to a zillion horse power, screaming at 400rpm, just before the push fit gudgeon pin, the size of a car makes a bid for freedomn into the abyssal plain!

 

What they really should have built was a gigantic Xflow, mated to huge webbers, just think of the noise when she leaves port!

[7 wonders of the world]

I thought induction noise was made as it goes into the port

 

A gigantic Xflow - well at least you wouldn't need to wait for the ship to run aground before you got an oil slick 😳

[Normans_Ghost]

On a similar matter if you live near Sheffield and haven't been to Kelham Island they fire up a Victorian engine which ran the early rolling mill.

 

You can see the crank and rods, the pistons and valve gear.

 

Quite amazing to see and a fraction the size of the one above.

 

This is Kelham Island page here and here (the spiky thing in the lowest picture is a Swiss Army type knife made for an exhibition by one of the many Sheffield knife manufacturers now sadly all gone)

 

ed to add this link here and to mention they have a Merlin unground crankshaft. Rolls Royce Merlin engines were made in Sheffiled during the war.

 

If you do visit get someone else to drive because the Fat Cat pub is just outside............

 

^{Norman Verona, 1989 BDR 220bhp, Reg: B16BDR, Mem No 2166, the full story here}

You and your seven toThe French Blatting Company Limited

 

Edited by - nverona on 16 Nov 2006 16:42:05

[wag]

They have a model of the 4000 ton press which used to be in Firth Brown. I once helped to build some scaffolding round the top of the real one.

[7 wonders of the world]

Whilst at college I went around Ambrose Shardlow in Sheffield, they used to drop forge commercial cranks, 1 minunte a glowing red billet 10 seconds and 2 almighty blows latter a crank, pretty much de flashed too

 

The force of this 'small' drop was enough to make you jump off the ground when it hit and the skill of the operater in throwing the release agent in at just the right moment otherwise the crank went back up in the die.

 

They did have a drop for marine applications we saw this however it was idle at the time - bloody massive, seems they'd had the opperating time of this drop restricted following complaints from the residents of Rotherham! - I can only imagine the sight and power of that in operation .