Mike J

Jeeze, was getting a loud knock after a missed shift, and ended up with this:



Cheers!

Mike

axl911

What? Were you exceeding the 700 RPM redline?

Mike J

Full throttle baby, full throttle!!!

CorrdoBrit

Is that off a ships engine?

AOW162435

Story please.


Andreas

Arena993

Maybe Andreas can make a clock out of it

Mike

AOW162435

DonkeyHeadcover...


Andreas

Mark in Baltimore

That has to be photoshopped, right? I'm not an engineer or metallurgist, but that looks impossible.

Arena993

Better than being a Native American person that gives things away and then asks for them back.

Everyone else, this is an inside joke.

Mike

Aircooled Dave

Looks legit to me. Lots of scoring, evidence of overheating (color, burn marks). It's huge, but the same laws and principles of physics still apply. Of course the force required to bend something at this scale is massive, but it's still a con-rod from an engine.

I'd venture to guess this was taken somewhere in Korea. Most large scale container ships are made over there these days. i.e. Hyundai.

Magdaddy

Love it!

kinda like group fornicate, huh?

trophy

Wonder what a Carillo for that bad boy would cost ?

cdmdriver

Is it Billet?

Mike J

Do not know the origin, a friend sent them to me. Its a ship engine for sure, and like the comments were, likely out of Korea.

Mike J

Check these out!

The Wartsila NSD (Sulzer) RTA96-C two-stroke diesel engine is the most
powerful and most efficient piston prime-mover in the world today. Bore
- just under 3'2" (965mm). Stroke - just over 8'2" (2489mm).
Available in 6 through 12 cylinder versions (all inline). Engine weight
exceeds 2000 tons in the 12 cylinder version (the crankshaft alone exceeds
300 tons).

Point of maximum continuous power is 89,640 HP (66,844kW) at 100RPM
with the 12 cylinder version. Point of maximum fuel economy is 53,244 HP
(37,704kW) at 90 RPM. The 12-cylinder engine exceeded 100,000 horsepower
during overspeed testing (all of 101.5 RPM!) while under test at Japan's
Diesel Union works (who built the first engines and from who these
pictures are taken).

Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs/HP/hour (BSFC). Fuel
consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/HP/hour.
At maximum economy the Sulzer engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency i.e.
more than 50% of the fuel going into the engine is converted to power).
For comparison, consider that automotive and small aircraft spark-ignition
engines have British Standard Fuel Consumption figures in the 0.40-0.60
lbs/HP/hour range and 25-30% thermal efficiency.

Even at its most efficient power setting, the Sulzer 12 cylinder
consumes nearly 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil an hour.

None of these parts are going on a keychain!