Cubic Inches

[redneck joe]

This is some engine:

Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Maximum 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 cyl inder 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.

Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:

Total engine weight:

2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)

Length:

89 feet

[HOTSPOT]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!

[Trollnheel]

I need to drop that sucka in the Civic...

[Mr. Demeanor]

So the Yamaha 400hp outboard is a reality!

[auguste]

Need a ten story engine room

Probably a real slow climb up from 50 to 280 rpm max

[triumphrick]

What a Mutha!!! I am looking at the ring gear and imagining the starter it takes to turn that beast over! I am thinking it to be the size of a Civic!

[rchanner]

It probably takes something along the lines of a Cat 3412 for a starting motor.

[cjd]

so why would the monster ship builders prefer one engine to two? It wouls seem like having an extra engine/screw can only be good if trouble strikes

[welder]

And it's got V-TECH........................

Some SKA guy will have that in a 38' hull.............WITH TWINS

Hammer down Bra

[cataholic]

so why would the monster ship builders prefer one engine to two? It wouls seem like having an extra engine/screw can only be good if trouble strikes

One word: economy

Speaking of which, GPH?

or per second?