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N Sperlo
N Sperlo SuperDork
2/14/12 11:27 a.m.

In reply to jstein77:

Wonder how big the crankshaft is. Could have one hell of a stroke.

jstein77
jstein77 Dork
2/14/12 11:28 a.m.

And then there's this 40,000 hp trinket.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo SuperDork
2/14/12 11:30 a.m.

In reply to jstein77:

Damn, how many people does it take to run it?

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed Dork
2/14/12 11:48 a.m.
N Sperlo wrote: In reply to jstein77: Damn, how many people does it take to run it?

Apparently quite a few. Either that or it's the hole digging phenomenon. You know, one guy digs and 20 guys stand there watching.

jhaas
jhaas Reader
2/14/12 12:16 p.m.

^^^

hey, you can only fit one guy in the hole at a time...

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/14/12 12:20 p.m.
jhaas wrote: ^^^ hey, you can only fit one guy in the hole at a time...

Gahhhh! So many images to hotlink. So little time!

fasted58
fasted58 SuperDork
2/14/12 12:34 p.m.

Our old Ingersol Rand reciprocating air compressors had a 31" dia. low side piston... had a piston ring the size of a hula hoop, 600 hp, 500 rpm... cachunka, cachunka, cachunka all day long

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
2/14/12 12:35 p.m.
e_pie wrote: Geez how many rings does that thing need.

All of them.

z31maniac
z31maniac SuperDork
2/14/12 1:28 p.m.

How much oil does an engine like that need for lubrication? Service interval between changes?

Cool stuff!

81cpcamaro
81cpcamaro Reader
2/14/12 2:22 p.m.
Conquest351 wrote: Hey, I have the exhaust valve from a diesel train here on my desk at work. It's about 16" long and the valve head diameter is about 3.5-4". I had it polished up years ago so it looks chrome. Needs to get pix for ya...

How about this one? 12" head, 36" tall, 95 lb valve as a grinder stand. http://www.nastyz28.com/forum/showthread.php?t=212254

81cpcamaro
81cpcamaro Reader
2/14/12 2:30 p.m.
mguar wrote: In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid: There is a working steam engine with a 36 inch piston and 5 feet of stroke.. Max RPM? 105

Small stuff. How about the ones on Titanic? Engine Statistics Weight = 1,000 tons Height = 30 feet H.P. Cylinder Diameter = 54 inches I.P. Cylinder Diameter = 84 inches L.P. Cylinders Diameter = 97 inches Stroke = 75 inches Operating Speed = 76 r.p.m. Operating Output = 16,000 h.p. Torque = 1,105,684 lb/ft

Sorry about the formatting being off.

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
2/14/12 2:49 p.m.
81cpcamaro wrote:
mguar wrote: In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid: There is a working steam engine with a 36 inch piston and 5 feet of stroke.. Max RPM? 105
Small stuff. How about the ones on Titanic? Engine Statistics Weight = 1,000 tons Height = 30 feet H.P. Cylinder Diameter = 54 inches I.P. Cylinder Diameter = 84 inches L.P. Cylinders Diameter = 97 inches Stroke = 75 inches Operating Speed = 76 r.p.m. Operating Output = 16,000 h.p. Torque = 1,105,684 lb/ft

Fixed that for you

81cpcamaro
81cpcamaro Reader
2/14/12 2:53 p.m.

Thank you very much sir. One day I will figure this stuff out.

fromeast2west
fromeast2west Reader
2/14/12 3:21 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote: In reply to jstein77: Damn, how many people does it take to run it?

It burns approximately 5,400 workers per hour. The picture only shows the feed line for once injection port.

Another example of why American workers fall behind foreign workers because we're lazy and won't allow ourselves to be converted into fuel.

jstein77
jstein77 Dork
2/14/12 5:39 p.m.

I have a feeling that was Show and Tell day at the engine plant. Those look like suits to me.

T.J.
T.J. SuperDork
2/14/12 8:56 p.m.

The diesel on my sub had 454 c.i. displacement per cylinder. The diesel only made electricity though. The real action came from the main engines which in reality were fairly small for as much shaft hp as they put out.

Jay_W
Jay_W Dork
2/14/12 10:54 p.m.

Bah. Starter motors. What, 2 pages in and no one's mentioning the really big engine, you know, the one that's 89 feet long and 44 feet wide, with the 300 ton crankshaft and displaces 25480 liters and makes 108000hp@102rpm and 5.6 miiiiilllllion ftlbs? I'll just leave this here then... http://www.eternalcode.com/the-most-powerful-diesel-engine-in-the-world/

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