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Now thats what I call and engine MXVIII
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:28 pm
by bstardchild
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!!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:00 pm
by Tahrey1043
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..
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 5:37 pm
by SpikeyG40
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!
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:55 pm
by Tahrey1043
one ticket to the bowels of hell... going down!
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 6:56 pm
by mk2keel
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.