And you thought you have a BIG stroker.

[ferrari fan]

Here is a picture that blew me away.
It is of a ship's engine being built in Japan ,this one will have over 100.000HP on tap at 100rpm :eek:
There are a few more pictures on this website and it is just a wee bit big.

[ferrari fan]

Here is the finnished unit

[ferrari fan]

And here are the 'oversized' liners of the Monster!
Found on "oldHoldens" webside by the way.

[Martin Thomas]

I spent some time of my apprenticeship working on Mitsubishi-Man engines. They weren't as big as the ship engine but they were big. Everyone had the old valves as toilet roll holders and the exhaust valves had cooling fins on them that looked pretty cool. Once a couple of apprentices were having a dissagreement on the affections of a young lady and one used a valve to break down the door of the others flat. Don't know what the problem was, she didn't mind sharing her affections to just about anyone.. I still remember doing a rebuild and lapping the valves into the seats:mad:
They were dirty, horrible things that have been removed and replaced by a new turbine station..

[ferrari fan]

Here is one, as I quiet like the shape.
Now what was her adress again?

[ferrari fan]

Here is one, I do like the shape of these.
Now what was her adress again?

[TBVX05]

Hey FF, I cant see any of your pics!

[Martin Thomas]

Originally posted by ferrari fan
Here is one, I do like the shape of these.
Now what was her adress again?

FF, if she was still around she would probarbly have a card by now..:D

[Esses]

Silly question, but how are they going to get that thing into the ship? With the Nuclear Carriers, they basically build the ship around the reactor & the steam-turbines. The huge old Triple-Reduction Steam Engines (a la Titanic) were assembled piece by piece in the hull as they were far too large to be removed. Main reason most smaller modern Warships are powered by Gas Turbines (basically jet turbines) as they are very compact & powerful. They also do away with the large boiler-rooms of the Steam-Turbine powered ships.

[ferrari fan]

Originally posted by Steve
Silly question, but how are they going to get that thing into the ship? With the Nuclear Carriers, they basically build the ship around the reactor & the steam-turbines. The huge old Triple-Reduction Steam Engines (a la Titanic) were assembled piece by piece in the hull as they were far too large to be removed. Main reason most smaller modern Warships are powered by Gas Turbines (basically jet turbines) as they are very compact & powerful. They also do away with the large boiler-rooms of the Steam-Turbine powered ships.


It states that the 'donk' has a weight of 2800 tonnes!!
Some forklift to pick this one up.
Some courier ute to deliver this one COD

[Esses]

Originally posted by ferrari fan
It states that the 'donk' has a weight of 2800 tonnes!!
Some forklift to pick this one up.
Some courier ute to deliver this one COD

Well, it won't be MY van!:D

[b sharp]

thay usually drop the engines into the hull then build the rest of the ship around them.
this was how thay did the engines on the Queen Mary II, has anyone seen the documentry that (big task)

[the collector]

reading this forum is more interesting than watching foxtel.

[wayno]

What other bits and pieces have you got tucked away Bert?