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Novaload
05/06/09

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So where do the dilithium crystals go?
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LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
05/06/09

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Over 7000Hp from 8 cylinders and and will move that ship faster than ever...

...for about four and a half seconds before it melts the pistons and valves.
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CptSevere
05/05/09

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I was going to say a Deuce and a half, but how much does this thing weigh? Seriously, this would make a full size open pit mine ore hauler do wheelstands. I want to hear it run through open exhausts, full throttle. Please.
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Novaload
05/06/09

@CptSevere: They'd pretty much have to be open exhausts. I don't think JCWhitney or AutoZone or Midas carry this model.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
05/05/09

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Realistically: SCHOOL BUS!!! (mid-engined of course)
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bdon
05/05/09

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page editor: clicking on next page pretends to go there, then kicks back to page 1. Anyhoo, that engine is quite large. A normal v12 diesel in a rig is amazing, this engine must have some serious honda crushing power. for the comment about hondas and thier 100 hp per liter: hp is a gay number. It is for feminism. It is homosexual. It is richard simmons flambouyant! My mom for example, she is 500hp per liter. Wanna know what she thinks of hondas? ALL ENGINE POWER IS TORQUES RESULT. ok kids? now lets stop feeding the carpocalypse and use real math again....someday? how far is the flying circus called transverse going to kill u sall...
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Sean Smith
05/05/09

@bdon: Actually, Horsepower is a pretty epic win over torque. Torque is a static number, just an amount of force. Horsepower is torque over time. HP=Torque x RPM / 5250. What you end up with is a number that represents real world power, not just a static measurement.

Oh, and HP per Liter is a totally rad measurement. A tiny honda B16 making 1500 hp is a lot cooler than an 800 inch big block rat motor making 1500 hp.
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Mad_Science
05/05/09

@Sean Smith: Half-win for you.

A single HP number is more meaningful than torque, for sure. However, what one really cares about in a car that accelerates and decelerates is the torque curve.

Unless you're going to run the engine at it's peak HP point all the time, you care more about how much torque is available from 1500-5000 (or wherever) RPM. That defines how a pull away from a stop would feel. (Hondas suck at this, btw).

Additionally, HP/liter is a completely useless number. HP/lb of engine or HP/gallon/hour for how much power a motor is making for a given rate of fuel consumption is a lot more meaningful.
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Froggmann
05/05/09

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I say mount some rockwells under it put a direct drive on it and slap a barstool on top oh heck yea.
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
05/05/09

@Froggmann: I think that was basically a Monster Garage episode, with a Peterbilt-based trike, IIRC.
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discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
05/05/09

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My senior design team is using one of these Waukesha generators for our project:

It only makes 1400 hp.
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Mad_Science
05/05/09

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Anybody bring this thing up?

[people.bath.ac.uk]
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
05/05/09

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My favorite insane diesel engine is the Deltic. It was (is?) used in locomotives and ships.

It has three crankshafts with at least three pairs of pistons. See this animation:

Since one of these monstrous engine was not enough, the crazy brits stuffed two in one locomotive:

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Six Flags Over Tomsk
05/05/09

@Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009: Bitchin' as that is, it's still no match for the mountain-towing, house-dwarfing WIN that is the Big Boy.

Anyone else wonder if there'd be a market for Trainlopnik?
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mkII
05/05/09

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Any jalopnik kind enough to enlighten me about how to change gears on this behemoth? If the shifting mechanism is proportional in size they'd need another engine just to do the shifting...
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Mobius
05/05/09

@mkII: I'm pretty sure they use Nissan GT-R transmissions with those.

:)

But I guess one big ass gear is enough to propel anything that engine is in around the Earth in 5 minutes, so why bother with more gears? (Sorry for lack of any science and proper responses to your question, I'm no engineer)
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ummagumma82
05/05/09

@mkII: I'm guessing engines like these are used as generators/hydraulic pumps to indirectly power other stuff, so it'd just run at a constant speed.

I'd love to know how much power the starter motor (engine?) has to make in order to crank that thing!
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discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
05/05/09

@ummagumma82: The Waukesha engine I've been working with (see below) uses a tank of 150 psi air to start.
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tenbeers
05/05/09

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LULZ THATS NOT EVEN 50 HORSEPOWER PER LITER, AND ITS EVEN TURBOCHARGED, MY HONDA MAKES OVER 100 HP PER LITER, BBL MY MOM IS CALLING
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Mobius
05/05/09

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A house.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/05/09

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I'd swap this into a Ford F-450.

Put the engine in the bed of the truck. Awesome

And I think I'd put a cap over it, I'm not sure yet.
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wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
05/05/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: That was almost my exact idea, but can you imagine how that thing would handle? It would snap oversteer and roll at the vaguest hint of a turn.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/05/09

@wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx thanks for the: Yeah, that's what makes it exciting.
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qwijybo
05/05/09

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Why shoehorn it into a car just add a transmission, some wheels and a seat.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/05/09

@qwijybo: Great idea.

How about brakes- I don't know where I stand on those.
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
05/05/09

@qwijybo: You mean like this:

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Rayeth
05/05/09

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Come on now. As long as we're going insane with number we might as well jump straight off the cliff rather than simply stand at the guardrail.

From Google:

"The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine:

14 Cylinders

Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)

Length: 89 feet

Height: 44 feet

Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm"

seen here : [people.bath.ac.uk]
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brandegee
05/05/09

@Rayeth, he who hath Forged many Pistons: The engine that needs scaffolding to build, wins.
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