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Could thie be the upgrade engine for the Thunderbird
Check out the steps leadind down to the bottom of the throw.
1,556,002 Cubic Inches or 2,548,000cc

Now that's a big bore!

What!!!!!!!!!!!!
No Fins?

Cool! It's even got 4 bolt mains!

That's not for the Thunderbird!! That's for the new Rocket XII. It's in honor of Jaguar's V12's.

Tragically, it only comes with a kick starter.

Jeezuss, that's a big bugger.

Don't let Ian see it. He'll want to put a kickstarter on it.

It would take some mighty big gremlins to bug on that whopper?

COMPENSATOR

Who makes that beast?

interesting!
What kind of HP?

What is that going in??

I just rebuilt one of those. Oh sure it took a little help from friends and neighbours but it went well. Tim Allen would be proud!

I'd want to believe that will power a large ocean going vessel

I do believe that's a turbo up top. Dang!

I had the good fortune to get a factory tour of CAT's Indiana large engine plant. The in-factory dyno rooms were the size of a two story house. Unfortunately no photography was allowed, or I'd have a 300 picture slide show to bore y'all with.

For those that are intrested here are some of the specs
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


Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.

Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour

In high school, a friend of mine had a Packard 8 with an engine like that.

No, this engine is for the secret new Rocket IV.

You have to love an engine that comes complete with multilevel catwalks!