Down in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, every year they have an event called the Old Threshers' Reunion ( http://www.oldthreshers.org/ ).

Anyway, it occurs near a museum of old engines, including farm implements, steam tractors, and such, as mentioned on the web site referenced above.

I happened to come across an old dragline engine they were preparing to start. Check these stats:
2 cylinders
Weight: 16 tons
Displacement: 5300 CID
Bore: 13"
Stroke: 20"
RPM: 250
HP: 110

It's a diesel engine, and it was built in 1925.

Then I got home and plugged the HP and RPM into the torque-to-HP equation (HP= [TQxRPM]/5252) and came up with the torque this thing produces at 250 RPM:

** 2300 foot-pounds! **

Of course it makes sense--a dragline is used for strip mines--but my poor little brain still boggled at that number. That is a BUTTLOAD of torque.

This engine is *bigger* than a Fiero is. When I get the film developed, I'll post a pic.

Ed

That already happened this year? I was going to try and make it. It has been a couple of years since I went to it. It really is fun just to walk around and look at all the old equipment.

quote Originally posted by Manic Mechanic: That already happened this year? I was going to try and make it. It has been a couple of years since I went to it. It really is fun just to walk around and look at all the old equipment.

Going on even as we speak. Today was opening day and it runs until Labor Day, so you still have time.

Ed

I wanna see

But the real question is......will you have to fab new mounts to get it into a Fiero!

The question is.... are you on medication?

the diesel eng used as a back up water pumps by the water dept are 3 stories high 12 cyl 8 ft stroke, to big to move as a unit so built in place and only used when power fails to main pumps!!

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Doesn't Hyundai make massive IC engines for cargo ships that are something like 40 feet tall? Thought I caught that on the Discovery channel recently.

- dosed

I went on a ship once that a friend was a crew member on. He showed my one of the cylinders, wow. They lost a piston once he told me and it took 2 guys a day to shovel all the metal fragments out of the bore. You aint seen a piston until you seen one on a large cargo ship.

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There is a tug boat monument in Sioux City.. I dont recall exactly how big the engine is, but I saw the top of the cylinder head.. Whew! Thats big stuff.. If I recall it produces 8000 Hp... been a while, I could be wrong. neat stuff!

Ya, think I saw that the Titanics engines were like 4 stories high.

quote Originally posted by rogergarrison: Ya, think I saw that the Titanics engines were like 4 stories high.

Titanic was a coal fired steam boat NOT an IC motor

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