I once rebuilt a 500 c.i. Caddy engine..

[Jeep]

I once rebuilt a 500 c.i. Caddy engine that was in my dad's '74 Eldorado, a sweet ride to the max, and I thought that was a BIG engine,,turns out I was very wrong, lol....check this out..

http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/

Jeep

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

WOAH...That thing is HUGE! AND it's more efficiant than a friggen car engine. 2700 TONS. I don't think a ship could float with all that weight!!

 

[Jeep]

Even at the lowest scrap metal prices, that engine is worth nearly half a million bux!

"Bux" = USD for our friends over the pond

Jeep

 

[robriguez]

Yeah I saw an engine like this before. Over 100,000Hp!!

"" Even at it's most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.""

WOAH!!!

 

[Jeep]

Yeah I saw an engine like this before. Over 100,000Hp!!

"" Even at it's most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour.""

WOAH!!!

My dad used to work maintenance on oil rigs back in the 50's, and he told me about natural gas engines that had crankcases that he walked around in, and that sounded huge, but, in the crankcase of this engine, we could setup a large RC track,,lmao

Jeep

 

[.21Rc10GT]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!! That thing is awesome!!! 109,000hp at 102 rpms... Movin slow, but holy crap!!! You could fit a couple people in each cylinder... That is truly amazing right there.

 

[HeartBreak]

That thing is just insane. I just hope no one rices one out.

 

[digger]

DAMN!!!

I've worked on some pretty good sized engines. Used to work on heavy equipment. I knew there were some huge engines out there.
That is awesome.

Did ya notice it was a 2-stroke? Wonder what the head bolts torque to?

 

[Nubster]

Is that a drop in for my T-Maxx or do I need to beef up the drive train first?

 

[retarded pilot]

DAMN!!!

Wonder what the head bolts torque to?

i thought the same thing when i saw the head studs....that thing is awsome

 

[itsme]

Wow the size of that beast is just amazing what the heck would you power with that!

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

Wow the size of that beast is just amazing what the heck would you power with that!

Answer:

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.

 

[itsme]

Answer:

Ah i looked right past that must of been one of those duh moments!

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

Thats okay, I only looked at the pictures! LOL

 

[SumoDethRat]

My dad used to work maintenance on oil rigs back in the 50's, and he told me about natural gas engines that had crankcases that he walked around in, and that sounded huge, but, in the crankcase of this engine, we could setup a large RC track,,lmao

Jeep

They had those diesels on tv once and they showed the hatches (more like full on doors) in the cylinder walls that are used to inspect the engine.

 

[Plaidfish]

I bet Cooper Dillon could mount a savage on it and get double what it's really worth....

 

[SMaxxin]

Did ya notice it was a 2-stroke?

Not quite a two stroke, but a Diesel. They may look similar but the way they make combustion is very different. The first thing you should notice when looking at a diesel is that it doesn't use spark plug, it uses glow plugs to get started and heat and compression take it from there (insert light bulb)

While I was typing this I starting thinking about our nitro engines.....Are they really 2 stokes???They operate more like a diesel onder2:

 

[SumoDethRat]

Does that thing have valves??? I can't tell what that is at the top right.

I guess that thing is a two stroke, I didn't know two stroke diesels had valves.

 

[SpitFireV12RR]

Not quite a two stroke, but a Diesel. They may look similar but the way they make combustion is very different. The first thing you should notice when looking at a diesel is that it doesn't use spark plug, it uses glow plugs to get started and heat and compression take it from there (insert light bulb)

While I was typing this I starting thinking about our nitro engines.....Are they really 2 stokes???They operate more like a diesel onder2:

Don't they sell model diesel fuel? I'm sure it's the same thing but with a diffrent name.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXECW300&P=0

 

[digger]

The diesel rc engine needs a different head on it. http://www.davisdieseldevelopment.com/diesel/index.htm
The fuel is not exactly what you get at the station. Don't know the difference. But I do know that it is some kind of nasty. Makes glow fuel look as clean as an electric. They really talk good about them on their site.
I've been around 2 of them. Think I'll keep mine glow.

Here is a good animation that shows the difference in 2 and 4 stroke engines. http://www.stihl.ca/4mix/english/stihl4mix/default1.htm#
A 2 stroke makes 2 revolutions for everytime it fires. A 4 stroke makes 4.
Guess that would be an easy way to explain it.
It's not the way it makes compression. Most of the diesels are 4 strokes.