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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #15 on: 25 January 2008, 23:25:23 »
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It amazes me that they just look like scaled up car lumps. :o

Whereas I have a phone in the garage so Mrs.KW can phone me when I'm fiddling with engines, having one in the crankcase... 8-)

Kevin

They are....  Simply big bits for little hands, if you remember the plastic meccano adds of years ago....

Engineering principles are exactly the same.  Engineering tolerances are equally fine, in some cases more so.  Cylinder head to liner joint was face to face - no head gasket!!


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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #16 on: 25 January 2008, 23:26:36 »
Did it have a manual or automatic box?  ;D

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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #17 on: 25 January 2008, 23:27:54 »
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BIG!

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Bet you get a few shell point when you fill one up, or in the good old days a rather truck full of glass tumblers. ;D
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #18 on: 25 January 2008, 23:30:44 »
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Did it have a manual or automatic box?  ;D


Direct drive....

110 revs flat out, 35 revs dead slow, and all points in between....

Both speeds, either forward or astern.  If you wanted to go backwards, it was like the old DAF Variomatic adds....

Forwards for forwards, backwards for back.  Its as simple as that....
Engines were two stroke diesels, not 4 stroke like cars, and, once the timing gear was adjusted to suit for fuel injection etc, ran just as quickly and as powerfully astern as ahead....   ;)


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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #19 on: 25 January 2008, 23:31:32 »
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BIG!

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Bet you get a few shell point when you fill one up, or in the good old days a rather truck full of glass tumblers. ;D

No tumblers or soup bowls, lot loads of Dinky cars though!
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #20 on: 25 January 2008, 23:32:38 »
... and we're always told piston engines are so inefficient. I always thought that they'd use gas turbines / steam turbines or something. I guess if oil is a convenient fuel and you need output at a low speed it makes sense.

I guess the specific fuel consumption is much better than a car engine at that scale, especially if 2 stroke.

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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #21 on: 25 January 2008, 23:32:48 »
Apologies for the thread hijack, by the way!!   ;D   ;D   ;D
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #22 on: 25 January 2008, 23:34:23 »
MV Baron Inchcape

Deadweight = 23,700 Ton

Power = 12,000 bhp

hp/ton = 0.506

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 ... 167 bhp

Max Weight = 2.1  tonnes

hp/ton = 79.5

so actually the meega wins ...... (from a very narrow viewpoint !! )  :)

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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #23 on: 25 January 2008, 23:35:18 »
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... and we're always told piston engines are so inefficient. I always thought that they'd use gas turbines / steam turbines or something. I guess if oil is a convenient fuel and you need output at a low speed it makes sense.

I guess the specific fuel consumption is much better than a car engine at that scale, especially if 2 stroke.

Kevin

The engines used marine diesel for manouevering into and out of port.  Equivelant is diesel dirtier than used in trawlers and similar.  Full sea speed fuel was bunker oil.  Same consistancy as Fowlers Treacle that required to be heated to some incredible temp to allow it to go through the fuel valve (injector) with the same spray pattern as a car or lorry engine...

It got friggin' hot, I can tell you.....   :o
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #24 on: 25 January 2008, 23:36:03 »
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BIG!

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Bet you get a few shell point when you fill one up, or in the good old days a rather truck full of glass tumblers. ;D

No tumblers or soup bowls, lot loads of Dinky cars though!
No, Smurfs! :D
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #25 on: 25 January 2008, 23:36:27 »
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MV Baron Inchcape

Deadweight = 23,700 Ton

Power = 12,000 bhp

hp/ton = 0.506

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 ... 167 bhp

Max Weight = 2.1  tonnes

hp/ton = 79.5

so actually the meega wins ...... (from a very narrow viewpoint !! )  :)

So your saying the Omega can out drag a large ocean going vessel then.
Well on paper at least. ;D
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #26 on: 25 January 2008, 23:36:44 »
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MV Baron Inchcape

Deadweight = 23,700 Ton

Power = 12,000 bhp

hp/ton = 0.506

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 ... 167 bhp

Max Weight = 2.1  tonnes

hp/ton = 79.5

so actually the meega wins ...... (from a very narrow viewpoint !! )  :)


But if you wanted to transport 10 000 tonnes of bullsh!t, how many return journeys would the 'Meega need?   ;D
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #27 on: 25 January 2008, 23:37:44 »
I like the idea of YARDS per gallon, reminds me of my old mk2 granny.  :)
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #28 on: 25 January 2008, 23:40:07 »
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MV Baron Inchcape

Deadweight = 23,700 Ton

Power = 12,000 bhp

hp/ton = 0.506

Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 ... 167 bhp

Max Weight = 2.1  tonnes

hp/ton = 79.5

so actually the meega wins ...... (from a very narrow viewpoint !! )  :)


But if you wanted to transport 10 000 tonnes of bullsh!t, how many return journeys would the 'Meega need?   ;D

Surely the vxon website will fit on a single hard drive ???  :)
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Re: 750 litre fuel tank
« Reply #29 on: 25 January 2008, 23:42:15 »
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, handbags at dawn?   :o ;D :y
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