The Most Powerful Diesel Engine in the World

Have a look at this for a diesel engine

 

It's a big un .. but can it run on veg oil ?

 

Bet its not as fast as the JCB land record engine

 

Glad i am not paying for the fuel!
Probably costs about £2,000,000 just to start it up!

 

Wow!

This link is handy for anyone that complains about our motorhome fuel consumption. And the ships are probably bringing all the computer kit over from Asia that people use to post their complaints about fuel consumption!

Rog

 

I would really be interested to see the manufacturing machinery. Is the crank a single billet and just how is it machined?

 

looks like the engine in my old matiz....

 

blimey the head torque bolts on thatoh:

ray

 

I work in whats left of the diesel engine manufacturing industry, mainly marine, rail traction, and power generation. Yes, I'm told that this crank was made from a single billet. Although large, the manufacture wil remain the same as a small crank. Each journal will be individually drop forged untill all the journals forged. Then the billet will be gripped whilst other journals are twisted by rotating through 60 degrees untill the crankshaft take on
its more common apperance. Machining done in a number of stages, rough turning, finish turning on a lathe. Next comes grinding of the main bearing diameters followed by the bearing journal. Next the crank is balanced on machine called a dynomometer, sometimes a crankshaft will bend during
manufacture, so it needs to checked and straightened if needed. Finally the crank is checked for any cracks which may cause it to fail durng service.

I've worked on some very large marine engines in my time, but nothing on this scale. No wonder they are called Cathedrals.

 

I dare say it wouldn't even splutter as it sucked your JCB engine into the Turbo
intake.