Hot Rods What is the biggest engine...

...that you have actually seen, know of, or (better yet!) have pictures of, in a street-legal rod?

That '55 Chevy in Australia is probably the biggest one, both in cubic inches and physical size, that I can think of currently. I believe it was a Merlin aircraft engine, but I don't remember right off.

Here is another oddball, not the biggest, by any means, but for the size of the little Triumph, it's probably plenty - from jalopnik - http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/ls2triumph/1008162958

Anyone?

 

few years ago there was some*****ed up looking giant roadster out west that I saw pictures of . Had wheels and tires and some suspension parts from semi trucks and what I believe was a tank engine . Why ? Can't tell you , but it was weird enough to get some ink .

 

I used to have a GMC Twin six as a display in my shop...

 

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. The Aioi Works of Japan 's Diesel United, Ltd built the first engines and is where some of these pictures were taken. It is available in 6 through 14 cylinder versions, all are inline engines. These engines were designed primarily for very large container ships. Ship owners like a single engine/single propeller design and the new generation of larger container ships needed a bigger engine to propel them. 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.

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Some facts on the 14 cylinder version:


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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 28%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="28%">Total engine weight:


</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="70%">2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)


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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 28%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="28%">Length:


</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="70%">89 feet


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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 28%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="28%">Height:


</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="70%">44 feet


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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 28%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="28%">Maximum power:


</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="70%">108,920 hp at 102 rpm


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</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 28%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="28%">Maximum torque:


</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 70%; PADDING-TOP: 0in" vAlign=top width="70%">5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm


</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Fuel consumption at maximum power is 0.278 lbs per hp per hour (Brake Specific Fuel Consumption). Fuel consumption at maximum economy is 0.260 lbs/hp/hour. At maximum economy the engine exceeds 50% thermal efficiency. That is, more than 50% of the energy in the fuel in converted to motion.
For comparison, most automotive and small aircraft engines have BSFC figures in the 0.40-0.60 lbs/hp/hr range and 25-30% thermal efficiency range.



Even at its most efficient power setting, the big 14 consumes 1,660 gallons of heavy fuel oil per hour

 

I think your talking about the blastolene special owned by jay leno, or actually maybe big bertha owned by goldberg

 

Although i n't get any pics of the engine in the car here's some pics of some parts of an engine we put in a Model T roaster a few years ago...really...honest... The small piston and rod used for comparison is a SBC.

 

Yeah, sounds like the blastolene is probably the one he is describing.

 

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/tankcar_shell.shtml

jay lenos tank car

 

Blastolene is bad****!!!
VERY creative, all hand built beautiful

 

Ebay item no. 170326782180 would definitely fit this thread.

 

The pics from Belchfire8 ; that piston/rod****embly is larger than an EMD Locomotive component

 

does a mustang with a tank engine count?

 

The caddy 500 on the stand in my shop......

-John

 

The question was "biggest engine you know of in a rod", but the ship Diesel was killer, too! I've seen pics of that one before!

There is a GMC 702 V-12 in another rod, being built in Oz, also.

 

Here are a couple for you.

1100 cubic inch Mustang and 702 powered GMC COE.

 

didnt quite grasp the whole in a street-legal rod thing did ya dude?

 

Yea , that's the one . I agree it is bad**** , just crazy as hell . Sounds like an idea a bunch of intoxicated truckers came up with , only it was very well executed .
Just imagine a hot rod built around that 89 foot long ship engine !

 

I´ve seen a Rolls Merlin powered car on the street in the UK - LOUD!

 

Street legal ???


2:55 shows the size of that monster

 

That would be....The Beast, I remember seeing it in London a couple of times, John was regularly sued by Rolls Royce for using the grill from a Rolls on the car....

 

Merlins are neat but the Continantal tank engine in Lenos car is buger in displacement.

 

Here is the biggest one I know of, 2868 cubic inches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32hQ8mtSNGc&feature=related

 

Forgot about "Brutus". I´ve seen that thing running right in front of me - I still have the sound of it on my phone! 44 litres of BMW from a Dornier flying boat.

Any updates on your Mustank LB?

 

That Brutus is awesome!
Rod Hadfields 55 Chebby with the Merlin now lives in the US somewhere, he sold it there a few years ago.

As for big there was a car that had a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engine in it. 4,362.50ci!!! (71.5 L), I don't know if it ever drove though as it had a short life span, I don't even have a pic but the engine is a 28 cylinder 4 row monster with 56 spark plugs! Problem with it was the starter, it was a Coffman. They are basically a 40mm cannon shell without a projectile, the explosion turns the motor over starting it. They are quite awesome to see.




Doc.

 

Why aren't T-buckets taken more seriously?