That's some engine lad!

Stinicker

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There is no replacement for displacement I suppose! She'd be a bitten thirsty on the 'ol daysul though I'd say.

Nissan doctor

Must be a red 'D' and red 'I':P



Seriously though, I'd love to see the torque figure for that engine, considering they only run at something like 10rpm

colm_mcm

Short of putting it in the boot of an Octavia, I can't see how you'd actually fit that in a car.

Chuck_Norris

Pffft, only 108,000bhp. Nothing a good remap wouldn't sort out

166man

colm_mcm wrote: »

Short of putting it in the boot of an Octavia, I can't see how you'd actually fit that in a car.

Was that just another joke about Octavias? Christ EPM is going to go ape!:D

mathepac

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Must be a red 'D' and red 'I' ...

The stuff they run on is only a step up from crude straight out of the ground. Thick, black, treacley, smelly stuff.

They have a nuclear power station on board just to run the glow-plugs :eek:

Mr Benevolent

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Seriously though, I'd love to see the torque figure for that engine, considering they only run at something like 10rpm

7,603,850Nm @ 102rpm

challengemaster

cadaliac

Piston pic was the best - 1m in diameter ....... :eek:

Chuck_Norris

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Must be a red 'D' and red 'I':P



Seriously though, I'd love to see the torque figure for that engine, considering they only run at something like 10rpm

Well looked after. Never burnt a drop of oil.

islanderre

Finally something on the motors forum I can relate to in confidance.

Worked on Oil Tankers for a short while which were powered by Slow Speed Diesel similiar to the one above. Engines I worked with were MAN B&W slow speed; average RPM were between 67 and 102RPM. Double or triple injectors per cylinder and fully reversible simply be shifting the camsharf position.
They were started by Air in that compressed air was admitted to each cylinder then fuel injected. Either one or two turbichargers and electric motors to feed air when @ low RPM e.g: going into and out of port etc.
Another great thing about them was recovering the waste heat form the exhaust gases in a boiler...... this then provided steam on board for uses like heating the fuel used as as mentioned aboard was a thick smelly gunk when @ room temperature.

Sorry lads, lost the run of myself there......... Marine Engineering is available to study in Cork National Maritime College in Ringaskiddy now.....

Mr Benevolent

I find ships and the sea fascinating. Ships take so much punishment yet have very little regulation governing safety (or what is governed isn't actually policed). It's utterly, utterly terrifying compared to aviation, where every incident and accident is recreated and analysed in scientific detail. Ship safety seems to rely on instinct and the tensile strength of steel!

To make matters worse, the entire industry revolves around insurance. One example was Port Harcourt in Lagos. The delay for berthing was so long that ship's cargoes were rotting. Cement cargoes were setting in the ships and the ships themselves had to be abandoned. Hilariously, ship owners cottoned on and sent cargoes that they knew would spoil, insuring them for far more than they were worth, claiming and pocketing the claim.

OT I know, but commercial shipping is utterly, utterly lawless. Only now have they developed lifeboats that can be launched in any conditions.

islanderre

Confab,

Read your post there with interest. I can say from experience ship conditions vary in a huge way company to company and what part of the world they operate in. Ships I sailed on traded world wide and inspections in US and European ports by authorities were very regular. Paperwork and all parts of the ship would be inspected and any Non Conformaties would have to be righted prior to next inspection / port call.
Sometimes I look back fondly on the way machinery on board would be cared for by the engineers and compare that to the way machinery I now work with is not cared for in the same way....but...... all that is cancelled out when I recall having to get up at all hours to answer a silly alarm in the engine room caused by a careless deck officier and losing an hours or so sleep a night when crossing the pacific to L.A. I did however enjoy the extra hours sleep on the way back!!!!!!!!!!

Off topic I know but could not resist!!!!!!!