The most powerful diesel engine with 108,920hp!

[byronleehk]

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

Interesting read (http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/) :)

[carlover]

What if you put that thing in a car (theretically, that things huge!)? It would run a 1 second quarter mile then explode. :D

[SPHFerrari]

holy crap thats big. thats sooooo sweet! :D

[Rockefella]

What if you put that thing in a car (theretically, that things huge!)? It would run a 1 second quarter mile then explode. :D
Prob. not, It must weigh a shitload.

[SPHFerrari]

2300 tons. so thats 4,600,000 pounds. thats only 42.2 hp/pound

[Cotterik]

lol i dont think boat engines count somehow :P

[carlover]

Prob. not, It must weigh a shitload.
Okay then, imagine if you got 100,000 horse power out of your average F1 engine? That would be sooooo coull. :D

[SPHFerrari]

hahaha well YEA

[Pando]

OMG that is huge! Just look at the pistons. :eek: Nice find.

[Gnafu the Great]

I like the torque :D.

[RazaBlade]

torque at 102rpm?!?!? HA HA HA

[ruim20]

I've been inside the cilinder of a boat engine like this hehe, a friend of mines mom howns a firm that rebuilds marine engines. :D

[Gnafu the Great]

I've been inside the cilinder of a boat engine like this hehe, a friend of mines mom howns a firm that rebuilds marine engines. :D

That's gotta be a neat experience :D.

[targa]

i cant find the mag right now, but R/T featured an inline-6 with 600bhp, and 15,000 lbs-ft of torque

[carlover]

i cant find the mag right now, but R/T featured an inline-6 with 600bhp, and 15,000 lbs-ft of torque
Missles don't count! :D J/K

[Saleen Hobo]

Engine would probably run for 3 seconds a gallon or something.

[targa]

Missles don't count! :D J/Kit was a snow blower engine, 15.5 litres

[Matra et Alpine]

Almost exactly one year ago we had .... http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3105 :)

I love reposts and the short-term memory of on-line forums !!!!!

[hec16]

Thats bif did you know the titanic had 4 diesel engines each of 8,000 hp
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Problems from avandia (http://www.classactionsettlements.org/lawsuit/avandia/)

[aNOBLEman]

i cant find the mag right now, but R/T featured an inline-6 with 600bhp, and 15,000 lbs-ft of torque

One time they featured one of those race trucks. It has 800hp and 2400lb.-ft. of torque.

BTW, I wasn't here a year ago. :p

[Gnafu the Great]

BTW, I wasn't here a year ago. :p

Hehe, neither was I :p.

[targa]

Hehe, neither was I :p.nor I!

[targa]

One time they featured one of those race trucks. It has 800hp and 2400lb.-ft. of torque
the one right after the snow blower was a ZAMBONI...

i think it ran on a 2.4 litre Volkswagen engine......

so much power ;)

[Sweeney921]

BTW, I wasn't here a year ago. :p
I was! I remember sitting in study hall when I saw the first thread :)

[targa]

I was! I remember sitting in study hall when I saw the first thread :)wahoo, VA

what year where you born?

[carlover]

Almost exactly one year ago we had .... http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3105 :)

I love reposts and the short-term memory of on-line forums !!!!!
Forum?!?! Internet!?! Electricity!?!?!?!?! How come everybody knows about this stuff but me?! :D

[2ndclasscitizen]

those pictures are cool, its just massive! do they put those in supertankers or what?

[ruim20]

those pictures are cool, its just massive! do they put those in supertankers or what?

Read Matra's reply in the "original" post :)