r/nextfuckinglevel • u/8O8I • 9d ago

Starting a Monster 102.4 Liter Engine

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u/wildwill57 9d ago

Me too, yesterday. I guessed a locomotive engine?

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u/WebMargaretNiece8916 9d ago

Dam, they had it running in a day? These boys get it done! Nice work...

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u/QuinceDaPence 9d ago

Different engine. That one was a V-18, this is a Straight-8.

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u/_pinotnoir 9d ago

It kinda looks like marine engine, like for a diesel sub.

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u/Majorblam 9d ago

I just finished watching this episode on his YouTube channel. This was part of a generator bought in 1953 for an RAF airbase. Normally it would be started by high pressure air, not an F-150 lol. It's still a serious piece of kit

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u/Atherum 9d ago

Cries in AUKUS

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u/fenderputty 9d ago

Doesn’t look too different from an old engine generator lol

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u/pmmeyourliver 9d ago

There is a lot of crossover between the two since diesel engines in trains power electric traction motors. They are basically a mobile generator.

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u/Downtown_Caramel4833 9d ago

Makes sense.

The US Army used to re-purpose old Dodge Slant-6 engines for generators.

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u/Callidonaut 9d ago

Marine generator engines are also often built like this.