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MTU Series 4000 Engine... As In 4000 HP!
Detroit, 2:09 PM
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...for about four and a half seconds before it melts the pistons and valves.
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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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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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It only makes 1400 hp.
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[people.bath.ac.uk]
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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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Anyone else wonder if there'd be a market for Trainlopnik?
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:)
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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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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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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How about brakes- I don't know where I stand on those.
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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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