Diesel Power...

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:45 pm

No it will not fit in your Beemer Dom....

Edit: fixed the link... Now makes a bit more sense

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:13 am

Hmmmm....

Might be more use for the healey 3000. We unwrapped the newly reconditioned gearbox a few days ago, to discover it had been dropped before it was packaged, and is bent

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Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:43 am

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

May need to uprate the gearbox and change the ratios (alot!) also the suspension could do with stiffening:

Total engine weight: 2300 tons

Loving the steps down into the sump...Oil change sir? That will be 250 tonnes of castrol GTX or would you prefer Hafrauds? And it will take 2 weeks to drain through the crappy M10 sump plug at £95 per hour +VAT

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:53 am

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

May need to uprate the gearbox and change the ratios (alot!) also the suspension could do with stiffening:

Total engine weight: 2300 tons

Loving the steps down into the sump...Oil change sir? That will be 250 tonnes of castrol GTX or would you prefer Hafrauds? And it will take 2 weeks to drain through the crappy M10 sump plug at £95 per hour +VAT

Ah.. did not find that in the link

Even I would not be able to break that

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:04 pm

Looks like I got carried away while posting on NorLog

Try again....

http://www.ultimatestupidity.com/pics/1/diesel/

Someone with a gearbox problem is probably very confused right now....

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:30 pm

That looks like one of Thinfourths...

...unfortunately he uses his same tools on his K-series.

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:50 pm

mmmmmmmmmmm..........................

How do they get it out of the factory and into the ship?

tut

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:46 pm

tut wrote:mmmmmmmmmmm..........................

How do they get it out of the factory and into the ship?

tut

JCB usually does the trick for me

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 5:50 pm

No, that was out of the Beemer and onto the floor Dom....

I would imaging they build the ship around it, it's fecking huge! That is some lump of metal they have cut the sump out of!

r055 · Post by **r055** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:20 pm

maybe above is the lotus' new venture?

http://www.grouplotus.com/grp/vacancy_detail.php?id=146

there's also a vacancy for an accountant - ouch! dont fancy trying to balance their books after the Europa launch!

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 5:03 pm

Got a tour of the Kincaids engine works in Greenock many years ago- they used to build similar lumps- awesome to see these things for real- the photo's don't do them justice. And you should hear them testing....

It'll probably be craned into position.

I had an uncle who worked on these in Japan for many years. He had a picture of one that dropped whilst they were doing it- right through the hull and halfway to the earth's core

Now that's a bad day at the office

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:31 pm

bertieduff wrote:Got a tour of the Kincaids engine works in Greenock many years ago- they used to build similar lumps- awesome to see these things for real- the photo's don't do them justice. And you should hear them testing....

It'll probably be craned into position. I had an uncle who worked on these in Japan for many years. He had a picture of one that dropped whilst they were doing it- right through the hull and halfway to the earth's core

Now that's a bad day at the office

imagine explaining that to the boss. "erm, right, you see, what happened was...."

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:33 pm

Reminds me of the opposite problem a boat yard not far from my parents dropped a boat onto another boat with the owner in it.... Try explaining that to the angry owner!

That said, I used to chat with the crane driver (An education at the time for an spotty teenager!) and the load and rigging is the clients problem, he just does as he's told within reason. Oops!

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:29 am

Tom wrote: imagine explaining that to the boss. "erm, right, you see, what happened was...."

No, it's a job for VP :-

Boss: "How the F*** did you drop that there?"

VP: "Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, ...., but yeah, you see what is was is that you know that Misha, right, well she's a right slag, ...."

Or the other one, "Look at my face, do I look bovvered, do I?, etc."

Cheers,
Robin

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:40 am

"Whatever..." (both hands making a W on forehead)