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The World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine

Posted by kdawson on from the zero-to-sixty-eventually dept.

trex279 writes "The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the world's most powerful diesel engine built to date. Each cylinder displaces a whopping 111,143 cubic inches (1,820 liters, equivalent to a cube 4 feet on a side) and produces 7,780 horsepower. The engine is about the size of a small building." The engine is intended for use in container ships.

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  1. yeah but by mr_luc · · Score: 1, Funny

    That thing got a HEMI?

    1. Re:yeah but by RancidMilk · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can't wait to put one of those in my SUV. Think I could get 10 mpg?

  2. Re:Pollution? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Any time you say "two-stroke" it's dirty.

  3. Just remember: by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do NOT put petrol into the tank.

  4. Yes, but... by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 2, Funny

    does it run on straight vegetable oil?

    (You thought I was going to ask something else, did you?)

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  5. Re:er by eclectro · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm curious if perhaps it's time to switch to nuclear.

    I think that the idea of floating breeder reactors or a floating three mile island will hamper that switch. Even though there are military nuke ships.

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  6. Re:this is pretty old by Basehart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well then what took so long to see it here!

    The author added something about it being able to play Ogg Vorbis files.
  7. Re:Uh, no... by wik · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, the engine still spins the same way.

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  8. Re:Nice... by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

          No but it will run over linux quite easily...

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  9. Re:Two stroke engines.... by Oblong_Cheese · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wish US car makers would stop trumpeting engine size and horsepower quite so much. Believe me, it's a somewhat neglected market because the profit margins aren't out there, but there's quite a segment in the USA that's the same way.
    Especially when you consider that the majority of US sports cars have a pitiful measure of power vs. displacement when compared to their European counterparts. :-P