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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. Re:Japanese, the late great manufacturing power? by KokorHekkus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wärtsilä is a finnish company. But then there are some people who think that Nokia is japanese as well so I guess you're in good company :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4