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tut
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by tut » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:38 am
The Globe, taking up berths 8 and 9 at Felixstowe, has seemingly set a second world record. Its engine is the biggest, in terms of sheer physical size, rather than power, ever made, according to its German design firm Man Diesel. It is 17.2m (56.5ft) high, 5.2m (17ft) wide and 22.5m (74ft) wide.
The two-stroke engine, built in South Korea, operates at 56.8 megawatts. That's the equivalent of almost 38,000 1,500-watt vacuum cleaners.
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by j2 lot » Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:12 pm
Still dick it ??
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by graeme » Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:41 pm
Might upset the handling, and you'd lose some boot space. Nice and torquey though.
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by tut » Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:28 pm
Is that a single cylinder, and a 2 stroke to boot?
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by woody » Thu Jan 08, 2015 3:37 pm
Meh. Aero derivative gas turbines FTW.
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by thinfourth » Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:14 pm
tut wrote:Is that a single cylinder, and a 2 stroke to boot?
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it will be a straight 12
And a uniflow 2 stroke
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by tut » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:35 pm
You mean that there will be 12 of those one behind the other?
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by twinrotor2 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:54 pm
Yes like this

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by a4drk » Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:02 am
Will it fit in an Elise ?

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by gedi » Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:16 pm
My old job had me looking after those.
Job was fine but 4 month trips wasn't much of a life.
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by thinfourth » Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:05 pm
tut wrote:You mean that there will be 12 of those one behind the other?
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In front actually
The cam is always to the left hand side looking forward and the gear case in normally central
And amongst the highest thermal efficiency going
bore = 960mm
Stroke = 3500mm
Roughly
Landrover 90 = Muddy shed spec
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by thinfourth » Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:15 pm
Landrover 90 = Muddy shed spec
Fiat panda = Couldn't care less spec
Landrover ?? = Muddy shrek spec
Unimog 404S = Very slow silly offroader spec
Kubota F1900 = Snowplough spec
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by Simon82 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:13 pm

I work on slightly smaller and older variants of that. That's one of the newer, camshaftless engines using hydraulics/electrical solenoids for injection/exhaust valve operation. Impressive bit of kit!
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