landman Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 (edited) 20-cylinder MTU Series 8000 . Isn't it a beauty? Edited July 27, 2019 by landman Typo, as usual.
PappyD340 Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 big is an under statement, can you imagine footing the bill for an oil change,
Anglia105E Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 Pat..... those guys must have a pretty decent 3D printer....... !!! David
landman Posted July 27, 2019 Author Posted July 27, 2019 7 hours ago, cowboy rich said: Nice, you gonna scratch up one of those? I'd have to find one to measure it.
landman Posted July 27, 2019 Author Posted July 27, 2019 Turns out MTU is a Rolls-Royce Germany brand and this one is for marine applications.
Motor City Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 A lot of the MTU engines are formerly Detroit Diesel off-highway engines (marine, generator, mining, etc.). When Daimler bought Detroit Diesel in 2000, they eventually decided to sell the off-highway business and just keep the on-highway engines. These multi-cylinder engines are really impressive to see up close. Some for yacht usage had lots of chrome plating. The largest I saw at Detroit Diesel was 20 or 24 cylinders.
Snake45 Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 I wonder what Jay Leno will find to stuff it in....
Tom Geiger Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 One of my previous employers had their data center in a location with sketchy power. There were four huge diesel engines in the basement that ran the generators to keep it all up and running.
LDO Posted July 27, 2019 Posted July 27, 2019 Someone needs to build a boat tail speedster with one of those in it. Better yet; a new take on the Hot Wheels Twin Mill with 2 of them.
Gramps46 Posted July 29, 2019 Posted July 29, 2019 In the summer of 1967 I worked at Cooper Bessemer where we made huge engines for ships, locomotives, and off shore oil rigs. The vertical cylinders are the diesel cylinders and the horizontal cylinders are for compression, all on one crankshaft!
landman Posted July 29, 2019 Author Posted July 29, 2019 The company i used to work for had several of those, some Coopers, some Ingersoll Rands. they were on a natural gas pipeline to rebuild the gas pressure at intervals.
lordairgtar Posted July 29, 2019 Posted July 29, 2019 I build ignition harnesses for Waukesha Engine through our shop. They have huge gas powered mills for generators and stuff.
landman Posted July 30, 2019 Author Posted July 30, 2019 1 hour ago, lordairgtar said: I build ignition harnesses for Waukesha Engine through our shop. They have huge gas powered mills for generators and stuff. The first compressor station I worked at was in a remote location past the end of the power lines. It made its own power using two Cat generators powered by natural gas. Then a microwave tower two miles down the road offered to buy rather than generate their own so we added a big Waukesha V8 to supply them and enhance our own supply.
Goose1957 Posted July 30, 2019 Posted July 30, 2019 When I was younger, my dad and I were huge into trains, modeling and real ones. It was impressive to tour Norfolk Southern's (nee Pennsylvania Railroad's) Altoona locomotive shops and see the EMD and General Electric prime movers (engines) out of the locomotives and torn down to their basic components. Very basic, yet sophisticated at the same time. 4,000 and 5,000 horsepower out of each one. 16 to 20 cylinders per engine depending on the model. Cool to see the crews static test them back in the locomotives after they were rebuilt and before they were released for service also. LOUD! Good memories. Jeff
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