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Now this here's a DIESEL!



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 cylinder 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
Height: 44 feet
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm

 

more on this engine and the manufacturers, just the right size for your boat...

 

Yours is painted a true Aqua marine. A real boat engine.
Those numbers are mind boggeling. For me anyway.

 

TheOpenSea.com

FYI. A yacht club buddy of mine just stumbled on this site..seems like a nice way to upload and organize a lot of these pics.

:idea:

 

gdmiller5, just upload to your library - I think the images must be smaller than 2meg each...

 

Thanks Masalai...the forum just seems pretty limited to me. These social sites have a lot more to them and a ton more functionality. A forum is well, just a forum.

 

Great View

I Think I'd rather be on the hill

 

I hope nobody needed their insulin that night.

This incident would feed many lawyers if it happened in the USA.

 

Yeah but when you have a model of purchase where by the owner buys a property then procures a builder to build a house only to find the house built or half built on the wrong block.

The realisation. The anxiety. Yichee corumba!

 

"Now'd be a good time for a grenade, dontcha think?"

 

I dont know why I havent posted this picture before now, I took it last year. Name this class of boat lads. Soooo rare to see 3 out of the water together.

 

Rocky got his stripes back

Rocky (ala Rocky & Bullwinkle fame) got his stripes back.



1 step closer. Nice shiny stainless steel exhaust system showed up today too. Sub frame connectors should be here Saturday then the welding begins.

 

Enjoy.........

www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DU_Fl7tDA

 

Rick, I can't see any "nice shiny stainless steel exhaust system" except in the text? and this is a random PICTURE thread sooooooo - - ?

 

Ohhhh we haven't installed the "My Precious" exhaust yet! It'll come though. Need to make a few repairs to the sub frame and install the sub-frame connectors then the exhaust will go on. My preeeeeeeeeecious!