Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Pivotal engine

Has anyone ever heard of this? Sounds like they've been working on it for a decade or so. It's a better 2 stroke design for several reasons, one of which is it allows the piston to be water cooled.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

The video doesn't explain how crankcase lubrication occurs since fuel is directly injected.

Unknown said...

-Jacob

Unknown said...

Came across this when researching this, Justin...had to repost it.


"The most powerful diesel engine in the world is the Wartsila-Sulzer in-line 14-cylinder turbocharged two stroke ship engine of 25,480 litres, producing 108,920bhp and an incredible 5,608,312lb ft of torque at 102rpm."

Justin said...

Glad you made clear it was you, Jake. I was really impressed with Belle there for a second.