I would like to know how someone arrived at that HP figure. Imagine the Dyno for that amount of HP!!!!!! Of course you can use the old PLANK calculation, but wonder if a different way of figuring this out was used.

 

Wow I would like to see it run. ;D ;D

 

I tried the link and it did not work. I back-dorred it by surfing through the parent site and found it at this link. I wonder why they changed it.

http://performanceunlimited.com/illu...ul_engine.html

I wonder what size exaust they run on it, 14 foot pipe?
I'll bet that's COOL with no muffler. ;D

Chris

 

WOW! just rev it 1 rpm higher and pick up over 10,000 HP! Imagine with a 125 high rpm spring would do!

 

[quote author=Mexstan link=board=8;threadid=14394;start=15#136409 date=1052451655]<br>I would like to know how someone arrived at that HP figure. Imagine the Dyno for that amount of HP!!!!!! Of course you can use the old PLANK calculation, but wonder if a different way of figuring this out was used.<br>[/quote]<br>First you get a long rope, then you gatta get about 89,000 horses....... don't forget a shovel!

 

I remember back in '75/'76 at NNSYDD there was a tanker there that had a Colt-Pielstick rotary (wankel) power plant. Best I remember, there were four rotors (equaling 12 cylinders) with a HUGE turbo on each combustion chamber(cylinder). The turbos were about three feet in diameter and the air inlet was a good 16-18 inches across. Don't remember the engine speed but 200 rpm's rings a bell.<br>Proceedings had a good write up on those engines 20 or so years ago. I don't think they lasted long. Something about seal problems.<br>Along that same time, there was someone working with direct injection liquified natural gas engines. Haven't seen anything else on them.