Big engines

[CivicCanuck]

Here's a nice big engine.... it's the Wärtsilä-Sulzer 14RTFLEX96-C

It motivates the Emma Maersk, the container ship that's currently the world's largest single diesel unit, weighing 2,300 tons and capable of 109,000 horsepower (81 MW) when burning 3,600 US gallons (14,000 l)per hour of heavy fuel oil. 14 cylinders, each making a colossal 7785 horsepower, or about what a top fuel dragster engine makes.

 

[CivicCanuck]

Another shot:

 

[CivicCanuck]

Think you have seen a big turbocharger....?

 

[CivicCanuck]

The engine that powers the Cat 797 haul truck is a 20 cyl that makes only 4000 hp, and has 4 turbochargers.

 

[CivicCanuck]

Think you get bad fuel economy? The Space Shuttle Crawler Transporter has twin 2750 hp main engines, as well as additional engines for operating steering, lighting, jacking and ventilation. It moved at a whopping 1mph, and burned over 125 gallons per mile. It weighs in at 6 million pounds, without a shuttle.

 

[What'sUpDOHC!]

Whoa!! Pretty cool!

 

[webby]

the crank on the 1st is just mind blowing

 

[Brooksie365]

That turbo must take a long time to spool

 

[Dar-Dar]

The largest machine in the world. The Bagger 288 excavator.

A bit of humor.

 

[Dragos]

This is a pretty cool truck as well, not sure if it was posted before. It has 3650 HP engine servicing two electric engines for the back wheels

http://www.quarryed.co.uk/digthisbiggesttruck.html

 

[CivicCanuck]

The largest machine in the world. The Bagger 288 excavator.

A bit of humor.

That bucketwheel excavator is massive!!!!!

 

[Brooksie365]

that song and video describe that excavator perfectly

 

[Dar-Dar]

That's one of the machines I want to see in person or my life would be incomplete. Bagger 288! Bagger 288!

 

[Dar-Dar]

The complete opposite. The smallest two stroke engine.

 

[CivicCanuck]

The complete opposite. The smallest two stroke engine.
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That's pretty darned small, I have seen 5 hp engines you could hold in one hand that run on nitromethane, for remote control toys.

 

[KennyGS]

It should have a cute little pull start.

 

[nat3d]

that huge engine? who wants to help me do an engine swap?

 

[Dar-Dar]

That's pretty darned small, I have seen 5 hp engines you could hold in one hand that run on nitromethane, for remote control toys.

My cousin is working on really small avionics (UAVs and such). He took that pic and posted it on fb. Lol. I think that engine is either used to make a really small quad copter or a small plane.

 

[Dar-Dar]

Wow. My cousin's pic made it on Reddit.