Just thought i'd share this photo of one of the turbo's we changed out on the ship. Theres two V20 5000 BHP donks, one turbo each.
I thought about sticking it in the boot of my Esky and plumbing it in but i don't think i'd be able to spool it up somehow.

Spool it up with nos[:x)] Dont know how you will shut the boot though.

Haha ships rule. When I was working on the cruise ship I got to have a wander around the engine room and they had an old rod hanging on the wall and it was far taller than me!

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Originally posted by Juiceman

Haha ships rule. When I was working on the cruise ship I got to have a wander around the engine room and they had an old rod hanging on the wall and it was far taller than me!

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That rod you saw would be a spare, not an old one, They would have had a piston around somewhere too. The big ships usually always have a spare rod and piston and yeah they are freakin huge.

tiny
i thought about stealing a jet engine/turbine from one place i was working at..
but it was set to run natural gas/ diesel. nobody likes a diesel.
haha

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Originally posted by JamesR

tiny
i thought about stealing a jet engine/turbine from one place i was working at..
but it was set to run natural gas/ diesel. nobody likes a diesel.
haha

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Diesels rock James my other car (patrol) is heaps of fun now its got some boost and front mount intercooler etc. Check out duramax diesle on you tube. but man that turbo is huge! out of curiousity How much fuel are these ships carrying usually on average?

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Originally posted by JamesR

tiny
i thought about stealing a jet engine/turbine from one place i was working at..
but it was set to run natural gas/ diesel. nobody likes a diesel.
haha

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Haha, yeah no-one likes diesel, although there is a diesel escort somewhere on youtube that i saw. My theory is diesel's for old people but i just turned thirty last year, so think i now qualify to join 'team diesel', my dad would be so proud of me.
The Warships i served on had Gas Turbines and they did sound good wound up, especially both turbines online at full noise. She's just been sunk so i can say without giving away secrets but we got 36.5 knots out of HMAS Canberra, 4500ton +/- a bit.

WOW! thats one massive turbo! I reckon a nice decent blow-off valve should shatter the windows in the neighbourhood as you drive past!!!

Nothing wrong with a diesel, unless you dont like torque.

might have to see if this will fit in the boot then......



26,300lbs of Take-Off Thrust....