Now thats what I call and engine MXVIII

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:28 pm

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

Now thats what you call a powerful engine!!!!

bit difficult to get in the polo tho

not to mention you will need some seriously uprated suspension

Enjoy!!!!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:00 pm

Bet it's a nightmare to change the head gasket on that!

Good god! It must feel like being a lego man attempting it on a dub

25 thousand litres and 109 thousand horsepower..... not bad, even considering it's the size of a bus!
(still you could rope 24000 1043's together and get similar oomph.... just at considerably higher rpm - it gets all that HP at about 100rpm! --- or 5.6 MILLION lbft... in other words 100 THOUSAND times that of a 1.0, going 28 times slower..... so much hp at so little rpm, sweet mercy!)

mind you im still very confused as to how a 2-stroke diesel even works (no compression stroke...) let alone how it can be at all efficient..

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:37 pm

i'm sure that link has been on here b4 at some point! wot an engine!

my gf's dad told me how they used to clean the cylinders when they were having a service on the cruise ships! they used to stand on the piston and someone would turn the crank shaft to lower them into the cylinder! how cool is that!

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:55 pm

one ticket to the bowels of hell... going down!

mk2keel · Post by **mk2keel** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:56 pm

HOLY MARY MOTHER OF JESUS.

Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm thats some serious torqueage

mmmmm i am thinking rear engined mk3 squareback.