biggest diesel engine in the world

[savvi 0]

http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/pics/1/diesel/

[alex 0]

Haha yeh i've seen that before, seriously impressive!

[Guest Denny Crane]

Wills probably fitted it to an E30 at some point in his career

[ED1RTY 2]

Holy f**k

Seriously though, what would that much power be needed for??!! Surely its not very economical to run something like that!!

[Gaz 1061]

Holy f**k

Seriously though, what would that much power be needed for??!! Surely its not very economical to run something like that!!

A boat?

[ED1RTY 2]

A boat?

Guess so, it would have to be a f**king huge boat!!

[Gus 5]

something like the thousands of liners and container ships around the globe at a wild guess?

[Guest Denny Crane]

something like the thousands of liners and container ships around the globe at a wild guess?

I'm totally getting a clue over this way

[bravo 35]

Yeah mostly ships. They require huge torque and low RPM to turn f**k-off props at low speed. The Kakariki and Taiko (two NZ petrol tankers owned by silver fern shipping) do something in the order of 15 knots at 80 rpm (off the top of my head) 9000kw engine I think. They are small ships (around 180m long).

Bigger ships (250-400m plus) need big motors.

Edited March 16, 2007 by bravo

[Gus 5]

nah man

m20 turbo 4 lyf

[Andrew 30]

nah man

m20 turbo 4 lyf

wwrr00ngg

u wnt da docha turbs boe

[E30_318i 0]

The Queen Mary II has four I9 engines just to drive it!!!

One of my instructors worked in the merchant navy, said that engines this size need around 24 hrs to heat up, and a popular method for depressed sailors to kill themselves wouldn't be to jump off the back in the ocean, they'd open up one of the hatches and jump into the crankcase.

[Complock 0]

Show us the turbo!!!!

[QuickSilver 0]

imagine blowing a head gasket lol.