# Worlds largest engine! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324 "2012-01-16T16:33:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![4ADAM12](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4adam12/32/6282_2.png) [@4ADAM12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4ADAM12)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/1 "2012-01-16T16:33:38Z")
![http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages601/4b87e3277d3fd1.59795151frogview-gallery.gif](http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages601/4b87e3277d3fd1.59795151frogview-gallery.gif) ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/2 "2012-01-16T16:40:36Z")
That for a boat or suttin lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/3 "2012-01-16T16:42:17Z")
This is very old… but yah, pretty sure its a honda k series motor ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/4 "2012-01-16T16:46:41Z")
Move over LS1, the king is in town. Edit: Awesome [![http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages601/4b87e32a60d2a3.66270979frogview-gallery.jpg](http://www.frogview.com/uploadimages601/4b87e32a60d2a3.66270979frogview-gallery.jpg)](http://www.frogview.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sully93vr4](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sully93vr4/32/6278_2.png) [@Sully93vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sully93vr4)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/5 "2012-01-16T16:47:12Z")
^Nahhh, straight 6, Gotta be a 2JZ. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/6 "2012-01-16T16:48:58Z")
Fuckin sully ---
**Author:** ![LS\_WS.6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ls_ws.6/32/6563_2.png) [@LS\_WS.6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LS_WS.6)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/7 "2012-01-16T19:04:35Z")
wtf, details? ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/8 "2012-01-16T19:16:56Z")
[quote=“LS?WS.6,post:25,topic:47923"”] wtf, details? [/quote] NP > Shipping goods from China to the U.S. is big business. And when we say big, we’re talking 1,300-foot-long ships that weigh 170,974 tons. The cargo ships in question can carry 11,000 20-foot shipping containers at a breakneck speed of 31 knots. > That’s a lot more oomph than the typical 20-knot cruiser, and the reason for the extra push is the world’s largest [diesel](http://autoblog.com/tag/diesel) engine. The **109,000-horsepower** Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C, which first set sail in the Emma Mærsk in 2006, weighs in at a rotund 2,300 tons, and it’s 44-feet tall and 90-feet long. In other words, the TRA96 is the height of a four-story building, and longer than a Christmas Eve line at Sam’s Club. Within that massive exterior rests 14 cylinders that each consume 6.5-ounces of diesel fuel every cycle. And, if you like torque, there’s enough twist to rip an M1 tank to shreds, though the massive mill churns at only 102 rpm. > That’s a lot of motor to ponder, and we’d be imagining the size of that camshaft, if it had one. This turbocharged two-stroke features common rail tech that utilizes a high-pressure fuel rail to supply fuel to individual solenoid valves. That means improved fuel economy and better performance, which is nothing short of essential in such a massive ship. > So far there are 25 such engines patrolling the world’s oceans, and another 86 are on the way. And since these mills can get a shipment from China to LA in four fewer days than their competitors, we wouldn’t be surprised to see still more engines on the way. > Quick calculator, at 102rpm… > **Torque is** > **5,612,431.4** ---
**Author:** ![adamea1635](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@adamea1635](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/adamea1635)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/9 "2012-01-16T19:23:19Z")
Waiting for the thread where wayne wants to put this in a huge pickup truck. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/10 "2012-01-16T19:28:24Z")
> [@LCD Projector Need to Rent](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lcd-projector-need-to-rent/47934/6): > > Waiting for the thread where wayne wants to put this in a huge pickup truck. :rofl Yet your local 96 Honda Civic has to pass C02 emissions :facepalm ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/11 "2012-01-16T19:41:11Z")
These massive engines are epic. I’m really hooked on vintage ship building photos, especially the machining processes used back in the day. I don’t think I can cross-link these photos here but defiitely check out the pictures in this flikr album. Pages 8-11 are especially interesting, being old dock/machine yard photos of the assembly of the doxford motors. Just so fucking cool how they can build something THAT big THAT precise. ![](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5769/21445385543_f670baf4a9_b.jpg "alfons verheijden") ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/12 "2012-01-16T22:50:50Z")
2 stroke too! i bet that thing would sound ridiculous ---
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/13 "2012-01-17T00:10:22Z")
> [@WTB: parts for teh honduh](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-parts-for-teh-honduh/47909/4): > > ^Nahhh, straight 6, Gotta be a 2JZ. Looks like a straight 10! ---
**Author:** ![4ADAM12](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4adam12/32/6282_2.png) [@4ADAM12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4ADAM12)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/14 "2012-01-17T02:16:26Z")
This is the turbo for these beasts. ![http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/demon_044/Wartsila-SulzerRTA96-C.jpg](http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/demon_044/Wartsila-SulzerRTA96-C.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LS\_WS.6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ls_ws.6/32/6563_2.png) [@LS\_WS.6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LS_WS.6)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/15 "2012-01-17T06:48:05Z")
Absolutly Amazing ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/16 "2012-01-17T10:21:47Z")
More photos of container ship engines and turbochargers. CHRA in the bed of a truck going out for overhaul: ![http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/prevention/eom/eom1201/Ab021.jpg](http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/spills/prevention/eom/eom1201/Ab021.jpg) 12 Zylinder muwahahaha! ![http://www.jokelibrary.net/xOtherNtoZ/n_to_v/ships-eng1.jpg](http://www.jokelibrary.net/xOtherNtoZ/n_to_v/ships-eng1.jpg) Air diffuser/scree is 2/3rds the size of a civic :excited ![http://www.motorship.com/__data/assets/image/0004/626368/A100-L-Turbocharger.JPG](http://www.motorship.com/__data/assets/image/0004/626368/A100-L-Turbocharger.JPG) Dropping crank in ![http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/329817526_2f6e8e99ee.jpg](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/142/329817526_2f6e8e99ee.jpg) Piston and intermediate rod(con rods are multiple pieces in these engines) ![http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/329815479_e94e3c9f75.jpg](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/329815479_e94e3c9f75.jpg) Main beings going in: ![http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/contentteller.php?ct=news&action=file&id=186](http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/contentteller.php?ct=news&action=file&id=186) Cylinders: ![http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/contentteller.php?ct=news&action=file&id=185](http://www.pedaltothemetal.com/contentteller.php?ct=news&action=file&id=185) And last but not least…how do you transport alot of big ships…Make even bigger barge to haul them :rofl ![http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/328904512_59f733ff0a.jpg](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/328904512_59f733ff0a.jpg) Oh, and another thing that facinates me about these ships. Their screws. Absoliute works of art: for comparison…the titanics screws: ![http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-swbNxXZIQM4/TtbHMNbSL_I/AAAAAAABj2g/zMQfRb18VJM/s800/r6yuergtdfdfgdfgdfgf.jpg](http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-swbNxXZIQM4/TtbHMNbSL_I/AAAAAAABj2g/zMQfRb18VJM/s800/r6yuergtdfdfgdfgdfgf.jpg) And now modern ship screws and korts: ![http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SWxIApQLr1k/TtbHX752TxI/AAAAAAABj3E/61F_GGHVOPg/s800/eryewrtgrdtfsdfdsfsdf.jpg](http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-SWxIApQLr1k/TtbHX752TxI/AAAAAAABj3E/61F_GGHVOPg/s800/eryewrtgrdtfsdfdsfsdf.jpg) ![http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CuBhpU76Hmo/TtbHW_GW99I/AAAAAAABj3A/AnIdSR-DhAc/s800/e54twefdsfsdfsdfsd.jpg](http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CuBhpU76Hmo/TtbHW_GW99I/AAAAAAABj3A/AnIdSR-DhAc/s800/e54twefdsfsdfsdfsd.jpg) ![http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1ew_kvwi6AA/TtbHbckeRFI/AAAAAAABj3M/e78CiPZRhUg/s800/wergfdsfdsfsdfsdfsd.jpg](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1ew_kvwi6AA/TtbHbckeRFI/AAAAAAABj3M/e78CiPZRhUg/s800/wergfdsfdsfsdfsdfsd.jpg) ![http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R_AaMd1pbO4/TtbHaFZrLlI/AAAAAAABj3I/9-gjMH84GGQ/s800/e54twefsdfdsfsdfsdf.jpg](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R_AaMd1pbO4/TtbHaFZrLlI/AAAAAAABj3I/9-gjMH84GGQ/s800/e54twefsdfdsfsdfsdf.jpg) ![http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-abBju7HdHb0/TtbHOrxl8_I/AAAAAAABj2s/uMDmNAt5NU0/s800/eryerwtgsdfdsfdsfds.jpg](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-abBju7HdHb0/TtbHOrxl8_I/AAAAAAABj2s/uMDmNAt5NU0/s800/eryerwtgsdfdsfdsfds.jpg) ![http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k6AA0tT3D58/TtbHkRzikQI/AAAAAAABj30/PJViTbBFOdM/s800/e5tywefdsfdsfdsfsdf.jpg](http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k6AA0tT3D58/TtbHkRzikQI/AAAAAAABj30/PJViTbBFOdM/s800/e5tywefdsfdsfdsfsdf.jpg) Now you can see why they need those massive engines. some of those screw weigh over 100 tons each. ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/17 "2012-01-17T10:25:18Z")
makes me wonder how long it takes for that ginormous turbo to spool up ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/18 "2012-01-17T10:34:18Z")
Marine engine, it’s always spooled :lol But in reality with the kind of displacement we’re talking here, probably not as slow as you think. ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/19 "2012-01-17T10:35:57Z")
still it’s gotta take at least a full minute ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/20 "2012-01-17T11:06:45Z")
How the fuck do you machine a crankshaft that fucking big? I feel like itd take years just for that fucker to be machined [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324.md?page=2)