108,920 hp at 102 rpm

[Thomo260]

Yes you read it right.

max power 108,920 hp at 102 rpm, torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan 's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version

[stevo_gj]

Haha you would need to do some serious grinding to adjust the cam timings 

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wish I could find a mechanic that small to work on my car

[RBZ 260]

damn its only a 2bolt on main caps 

 

lol u can park a z in one of its cylinders

[Thomo260]

Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.

For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.

Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.

A cross section of the RTA96C:

 

[Scando]

Well that's solved the issue of the extra horsepower I need to get on the pace.  Anybody know any workshops that would be keen to do this engine conversion for me?

[waxhead]

Some of these big engines dont even run a lower big end cap

No need as they dont rev hard enough

[Zeddophile]

wish I could find a mechanic that small to work on my car

 

This wins the prize for best reply so far!

 

[Scando]

Shane, you may need a suspension upgrade me thinks 

 

Yeah, good point, might upset the weight balance a little.  I'm also not sure if 5,608,312 lb/ft will be enough torque.........Do they make a turbo version?  Maybe I could make my own out of a couple of windmills.

[zzzzed]

it is turbo charged

 

i wonder if you can feel the spool

[waxhead]

Yeah it comes on boost at 68 rpm

[Scando]

it is turbo charged

 

haha, trust me not to read things properly........or have a decent look at the pic......

 

Yeah it comes on boost at 68 rpm

 

Now that's what I'm torqueing about.............ok, sorry that was lame.

 

 

[nizm0zed]

I love big ship engines, modern marvels of mechanical engineering.

My most memorable marine engine experience was standing between the two running diesel engines of an Oberon class sub, seeing the rockers ticking up and down through the clear covers, ahh the noise 8)

2 16 cylinder engines, side by side, with a meter wide passage between them.

 

just for reference, i am not in the navy, nor have ever been in any defence forces at all, but my dad, a Lt Commander and former submariner was nice enough to 'massage' a few strings and get a tour for our scout group on an active service sub.

Cool stuff.

 

edit, i have also sat on the sonar hump of the Hmas Otway, but then anyone in holbrook can do that

 

edit again, heres a shot of the twin motors,

 

the black covers are clear, well, they were origionally, but the oil stains them.