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RotorNutFD3S
02-09-2009, 11:20 PM
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

Sounds kinda freaky, huh? Click the link, then you too will understand. :D

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/
simontibbett
02-09-2009, 11:22 PM
If that had crank walk there would be a HUGE problem, including dead people.
MoD_Scotty
02-09-2009, 11:27 PM
lol@crankwalk.

Don't remind me that I have a 4G63 in the garage.
RotorNutFD3S
02-09-2009, 11:27 PM
:lol:

And we thought our timing belt changes were rough...

Best reply yet, on another forum:

And 5,608,312 lb/ft? How do you measure that? Seems like it'd just pick up the building the dyno is in and throw it across town.

On another note, I want to see the turbochargers the article mentions...
DecoyOctopus
02-09-2009, 11:50 PM
put it in a miata
RotorNutFD3S
02-09-2009, 11:53 PM
put it in a miata

I don't even think the connecting rod studs would fit in a Miata... :lol:
I think a Miata would fit in one cylinder of that beast though!
Jack-MX5ATLanta.com
02-10-2009, 12:00 AM
That's utterly insane.
simontibbett
02-10-2009, 12:09 AM
I think a head bolt is bigger then a Miata.
MeFryRice
02-10-2009, 07:21 AM
I wonder how all that tq would feel....

Any idea as to what the motor is powering?
RotorNutFD3S
02-10-2009, 07:29 AM
Yeah, tanker ships. :lol:
MeFryRice
02-10-2009, 07:43 AM
Eh, it's still early in the morning and too lazy to read. :)
Doppelgänger
02-10-2009, 07:45 AM
wtf? These came out of left field....i remember seeing these pics like 5 yrs ago :lol:


I think the design of a 2-piece rod is rather cool/strange...but the ladders going down into the crankshaft area are killin' me :D
Grantri
02-10-2009, 07:52 AM
"Hey Bill, hand me that hundred foot long torque wrench please...no not that one, the five foot drive with the 12 foot socket on it, thanks"
RotorNutFD3S
02-10-2009, 08:12 AM
"Hey Bill, hand me that hundred foot long torque wrench please...no not that one, the five foot drive with the 12 foot socket on it, thanks"

Have a Chinook helicopter hovering up and down to crank the bolts. :lol:
simontibbett
02-10-2009, 10:23 AM
Yeah, tanker ships. :lol:

No, a new combustion engine powered space ship.