No replacement for displacement
03-20-2006, 06:52 PM
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You know you have a big a$$ motor when you have to use ladders to get to around inside !. The most I've used is about a 3 foot socket extrension!
03-20-2006, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Randy@DRM
Do you think they make a super charger kit for it? Just kidding that is a huge motor!!!>
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It's already turbocharged....
Kinda makes you think that once you get to that size class you maybe should oughta start to rethink what you are doin.... turbomachinery make a lot more sense if you want to move that much air.
03-21-2006, 07:38 AM
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I guess it doesn't rev that high. Do they CNC the heads or do they use explosives to form the ports? Sure makes a Top Fuel motor look wimpy! Heck, it makes a 777 motor look wimpy...
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03-21-2006, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
I just put one of those in the vette... I now have a little bit of a traction problem, to say the least torque is abundant, Viper what?
03-21-2006, 06:28 PM
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Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
It just sounds funny that the "mid range" is 50 rpm.
Think F1 but the exact opposite
03-22-2006, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Nope ain't spinning 6000 rpms in that one
"Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm "
"Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm "
03-22-2006, 08:09 AM
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How do you start it? I assume it never really gets shut down in use, only for rebuilds. In any case it is very normal in design, typical 2 cycle diesel, just really friggin' huge.
03-22-2006, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ghoffman
How do you start it?
Open the hatch to the combustion chamber
Light fuse to a 1/4 stick of dynamite
Drop into hatch
DOG HATCH!!!
Engine will start to rotate.... time fuel injection to other cylinders to continue rotation.....
OK, just kidding, but you can use something with almost as much power per pound as dynamite...
Gasoline....
No kidding, that's how they used to start the really big aero engines around WW1. Shoot a mixture into a cylinder, bring it to just past TDC and then add a spark from a "tickler" magneto and away you go.
03-22-2006, 12:38 PM
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From: http://www.woodenboat-ubb.com/ubb/ul...c;f=6;t=005692
more info http://www.marinediesels.info/
Originally posted by Stephen Smith:
[QB]Large marine diesels are started by injecting compressed air into the cylinders before the fuel is introduced. To start the engine in reverse the starting air distributor is rotated to give a different sequence. In acceptance trials the engine must be capable of being started a certain number (8 from memory) of times starting with a full starting air system.
Mind you I was only familiar with toy engines of 15,000 bhp @ 112 rpm; 6 cylinder, 760mm bore, 2100mm combined stroke, opposed piston two stroke diesel.
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[QB]Large marine diesels are started by injecting compressed air into the cylinders before the fuel is introduced. To start the engine in reverse the starting air distributor is rotated to give a different sequence. In acceptance trials the engine must be capable of being started a certain number (8 from memory) of times starting with a full starting air system.
Mind you I was only familiar with toy engines of 15,000 bhp @ 112 rpm; 6 cylinder, 760mm bore, 2100mm combined stroke, opposed piston two stroke diesel.
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