Has anyone else seen engines like this before?

[Boosted DSM 32]

I was talking to a guy at the track today about racing and he mentioned to me guys running motors upwards of 900ci so I went home and checked it out and just absolutely amazed by this I think it's incredible the size of the motor and the power these bad boys can put down naturally aspirated I figured I would share for anyone else who didn't know motors this big existed Anyone need a 1005 cubic inch engine? - AR15.Com Archive

 

[RvlutionMtrsprt]

Yep, pretty impressive. I'd like to know more about this claimed 4000hp 4 cylinder but can't seem to find any updates on how fast it has run...
4000 Horsepower Integra Drag - YouTube

 

[JusMX141]

Marine & giant off-road truck engine; two-stroke diesel. 24 cylinders, 71 cubic inches per for a total of 1,704 cubic inches. Four turbos.

Wonder how much fuel this baby consumes at cruising speed on the open water?

detroit diesel 24v71 start up - YouTube



....and for the radial engine fans, we have the Pratt & Whitney R-4360. This WWII-era monster is...you guessed it....4360 cubic inches rated at 3000-4000hp depending on the production run. Four-row radial, 7 cylinders on each row for a total of 28 cylinders on this beast....and you thought setting the base timing on a 1G was hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMsdXGOm5A

Prototype aircraft the Hughes H-4 Hercules has EIGHT of those engines; four mounted to each wing. The Hercules is made entirely of wood () and has the largest wingspan of any plane ever produced.

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[my dreamt dsm]

^^^^ is that thing even able to lift off?

 

[Spoolin92GSX]

32,000hp I think it'll manage just fine Marine and aircraft engines are insane, gigantic displacement gigantic turbos and the low speed diesels burn what is basically road tar!

 

[Boosted DSM 32]

Holy crap those motors are huge!! That's rediculous I cannot imagine the work it would take to get them running correctly! and that plane is enormous I don't get how things that big can fly

 

[bastarddsm]

The SPRUCE GOOSE!

 

[leet]

When I was working in power plants back in the day, we had 8x 7042 ci V-12's that were hooked up to generators. Max RPM was 1200. Working on those things was a cast iron bi***.. but I sure did learn an awful lot about engines, motors, boilers, chillers, pumps etc.

Each cylinder had it's own individual head (weighing 210 pounds) and the pistons were about 32 pounds of solid aluminum.

Even those are considered 'small'. Check out some shipboard engines or real massive stuff like Wartsila / whomever.

Here's a cylinder liner from one, a valve head broke off the stem and proceeded to destroy it, the head and the piston.

 

[okcpopeman]

^^^^ is that thing even able to lift off?

Yes....

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[AngelOfPassion]

Anyone need a 1005 cubic inch engine? - AR15.Com Archive

I need to stick one of those in my hatch...

 

[4g63tc]

The Spruce Goose Flew....A little

 

[JusMX141]

Yeah, it's kinda shitty about that whole situation....using Government funds to build a plane that was never put into service- but it's just so damn cool. I mean a 320ft wingspan- the wings are the width of a football field. Ridiculous!

 

[4g63t]

.I work on 16cyl cat engines that we use for generators. We burn methane through them and produce about 820kw per engine. Its neat stuff with a free fuel source.(landfill gas)
So far we have a 6 engine generation plant with room for 2 more generators for future expansion.