Now THIS is an engine!!!

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Now THIS is an engine!!!

Postby smithpa68 » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:21 pm

Now this is an engine!!!

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
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Postby Savant » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:41 pm

big coin for that hunk
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Postby deathBOB » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:56 pm

jesus...
5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm


Simply amazing...
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Postby Sabres » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:13 am

that horsepower is off the charts fricken amazing
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Postby Chacal » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:42 am

You know it's a serious engine when there's two flights of stairs on it.
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Postby Sabres » Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:49 am

Originally posted by Chacal
You know it's a serious engine when there's two flights of stairs on it.


Affirmative! :rotflmao:
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Postby LordShard » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:26 am

SO who's gonna wigger rig their car for it? =O
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Postby smithpa68 » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:13 am

How did they even measure the horsepower and torque??
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Postby MoJo » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:15 am

That site is from Bath which is only about 10 miles away from mine :D
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Postby LordShard » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:17 am

ROLF. 10 minutes away from your bath. :rotflmao:
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Postby MoJo » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:25 am

:lol:
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Postby deathBOB » Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:48 am

NOw what I want to see is the turbocharger... Probably some dual industrial turbine set up...
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Postby LordShard » Sat Jan 15, 2005 11:42 am

Originally posted by deathBOB
NOw what I want to see is the turbocharger... Probably some dual industrial turbine set up...
Turbines for a diesel engine? o_O
Why do you need turbines? I thought turbines were the engines where the air moves through it. How would you burn water running thorugh it exactly?
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Postby deathBOB » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:13 pm

Well.. it says its turbocharged... and a turbocharge is basically a small turbine... i would imagien a turbocharger on this scale would be more like an industrial turbine...
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Postby Savant » Sat Jan 15, 2005 12:19 pm

Originally posted by deathBOB
Well.. it says its turbocharged... and a turbocharge is basically a small turbine...


Correct, and its the exhaust gases that spin the turbo not water @(...:...:...)@ the energy from this turbo propells a pump that forces air into the intake part of the engine

most diesel engines have 1
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