World's most powerful diesel engine

How's 108,920 hp and 5,608,312 lb/ft of torque at 102 rpm grab you?

The picture above is a 12-cylinder inline diesel engine found in container ships. Look carefully and you will see a man in a yellow jumpsuit standing along side of it.

The Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged two-stroke diesel engine is the most powerful and most efficient prime-mover in the world today. It is made by Aioi Works of Japan's Diesel United, Ltd... It's available in 6- through 14-cylinder versions, all inline diesels.

Some other specs of the 14-cylinder version:

2-stroke turbocharged diesel
Total engine weight: 2300 tons  (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)
Length: 89 feet
Height: 44 feet

Economy? At its most efficient setting the 14-cylinder unit uses 1,660 gallons of diesel fuel per hour!

And you thought the Dodge Viper engine was a monster?

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• Posted by: Bob Holland August 14, 2006, 12:00 AM
• Categories: Diesels