"The RTA96C-14 can achieve a maximum power output of 108,920 hp at 102 rpm and astonishingly, at maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That means, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel is converted to motion. Its Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) at maximum power is 0.278 lbs/hp/hr." http://www.gizmag.com/go/3263/ "The cylinder bore is just under 38" and the stroke is just over 98". Each cylinder displaces 111,143 cubic inches (1820 liters) and produces 7780 horsepower. Total displacement comes out to 1,556,002 cubic inches (25,480 liters) for the fourteen cylinder version." http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ The cl*** will now discuss potential street rodding applications for this power unit.
It's not a giant engine...those guys are just REALLY small. They're the same guys in all of the Godzilla movies.
lets do some math here 300tons =600000 pounds lets give it some more HP (headers) = 109000 HP now lets divide 109000/600000 and that gives us about 18 lbs per HP and lets take that and see what it would equal to in a 3000 lb car 3000/18 = about 180 GROSS horspower in a 3000 lb car Ohh what a rocket sign me up now thats what your talkin about...... Im thinking that the current untuned hyundi street car cou blow its doors off.... hell a weed eater could blow its doors off
TORQUE BABY, TORQUE!!!!! <TABLE cellSpacing=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%" colSpan=3>Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:</TD></TR><TR><TD width="5%"></TD><TD width="25%">Total engine weight:</TD><TD width="70%">2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)</TD></TR><TR><TD width="5%"></TD><TD width="25%">Length:</TD><TD width="70%">89 feet</TD></TR><TR><TD width="5%"></TD><TD width="25%">Height:</TD><TD width="70%">44 feet</TD></TR><TR><TD width="5%"></TD><TD width="25%">Maximum power:</TD><TD width="70%">108,920 hp at 102 rpm </TD></TR><TR><TD width="5%"></TD><TD width="25%">Maximum torque:</TD><TD width="70%">5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
It is amazingly large and all that, but you've got to be impressed with the BSFC number, and getting 50% thermal efficiency is a pretty big deal in some circles.
If you want really big HP that comes in a smaller package The Saturn V engine is just the thing 32 million horsepower and its old school... its from the 60's Gary
OK redoing that math for the max Torque that puts you in the healthy D-max, ***mins crew cab dually territory. impressive but still not all that impresive. the trucks are trucks with a motor and the numbers off that hog are just motor...... its just big thats all......ohh **** my math is WAY off its worse than I thought Im just going off the weight of the crank shaft that things a fricking DOG
Yeah, it's the torque that does the real work. Plus it's a two cycle! I say if we can open it up and get it to breathe we might be able to get 130 RPM out of it! Then look out all you DuraMax guys!
WOW!!! It's been almost a year since this has been posted. And at that time it was on here about 3-4 other times, only with a lot more pictures. YAWNNNNNN!!!!...................................... Frank
Well,about 700-800 good runnng Flathead V-8's running at 4000 rpm makes about the same power.........
I come from working on ships and let me tell you these engines are abousolute monsters. You measure fuel in barrels. Also these engines and others like them move ships over 1000' long and with beams 150' or more at over 25Knots. It's some serious power. Also you should see what the turbos look like.
Yep! I'm sticking with a trad build style and going with the Saturn V. Sorry, inliner fans. Much easier packaging, too. I'll have to shuffle a couple things around (maybe move the radiator to the trunk), but should be able to squeeze one of these puppies into my Morris...
Your math is all wrong,because this is putting out 108,000 HP at 102 RPM.The little street Hyundai is putting out 180 at 4,500 RPM. So this motor would put 4,796,000 HP at 4500 RPMs So this thing if it were scaled down to an 8.0 liter,would be putting out around 1250 HP stock.
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