Now this is an engine

(gwnkids) · (gwnkids) **Join Date: Nov 2003** 01-17-2006, 8:45 AM

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

(big_ed_x2) · (big_ed_x2) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 01-17-2006, 9:28 AM

What is that thing meant to run??

GOOD LORD!!

(psudy) · (psudy) **Join Date: Dec 2003** 01-17-2006, 10:13 AM

cruise ships?

(flsurflover) · (flsurflover) **Join Date: Aug 2003** 01-17-2006, 10:32 AM

This pic is funny. The people next to the crankshaft look like oompa-loompas.

(tracktor) · (tracktor) **Join Date: Sep 2005** 01-17-2006, 10:57 AM

My cousin worked for Fairbanks-Morse. He was a mechanic for the backup engines on nuclear subs. I have a valve at home that is the same size as an axle from a Chevy pickup. They would open a door and walk into the crankcase to do repairs. Very cool stuff.............

(madchild1) · (madchild1) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 01-17-2006, 11:53 AM

i've seen that before. pretty damned impressive. i'd like to know what it looks like when it throws a rod!!

(Message edited by madchild1 on January 17, 2006)

(toyotafreak) · (toyotafreak) **Join Date: Sep 2003** 01-17-2006, 4:50 PM

Good thing gas prices are on their way down.

(zacky) · (zacky) **Join Date: Apr 2003** 01-17-2006, 6:59 PM

108,920 hp at 102 rpms...

WOW!

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 01-17-2006, 7:50 PM

i wonder if it spins enough RPMs to throw a rod.

(madchild1) · (madchild1) **Join Date: Mar 2005** 01-17-2006, 10:16 PM

i wonder if it spins enough RPMs to throw a rod.

hmmm...interesting.

(boarditup) · (boarditup) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 01-18-2006, 7:38 AM

These are meant to power container or tanker ships. Been inside several of them. Very impressive to watch run. Actually quieter than what you would expect, but still loud.

I have never seen one throw a rod. They are very well built and typically maintained to the extreme - the ship is built around the power plant. Talk about ballast.