Top Ten inboard marine engines
lukas989
2. Yanmar
3. Nanni
4. Perkins
5. Bukh
6. Beta
7. Mermaid
8. Vetus
9. Thornycroft
10. Iveco
Richard Casady
You left out Caterpillar, Cummins, John Deere. Or are you only
interested in puny engines for tiny boats?
Heikki
> You left out Caterpillar, Cummins, John Deere. Or are you only
> interested in puny engines for tiny boats?
Such lists are always personal preferences, especially when not specifying
the criteria by which the selections were made.
But anyway, not to talk about "puny engines for tiny boats", I came across
this page: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/ It is about the
Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96-C turbocharged diesel engine. Available in 6 to 14
cylinders. Some facts for the larger end of the scale:
Total engine weight: 2300 tons (The crankshaft alone weighs 300 tons.)
Length: 89 feet
Height: 44 feet
Maximum power: 108,920 hp at 102 rpm
Maximum torque: 5,608,312 lb/ft at 102rpm
Maybe a bit off topic for this newsgroup - I doubt anyone here will ever
build boats that can use even the smaller versions of this...
-H
Richard van den Berg
(luka...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> 1. Volvo Penta
> 2. Yanmar
> 3. Nanni
Uses different base engines like Kubota and Toyota
> 4. Perkins
> 5. Bukh
> 6. Beta
Uses Kubota, Lister and others
> 7. Mermaid
> 8. Vetus
Uses Mitsubishi, Deutz and others
> 9. Thornycroft
> 10. Iveco
If you are bored then go on make it more complete like already said, now
it is a top 13+.
--
Richard
e-mail: vervang/replace invalid door/with NL.net
cavelamb
> On Wed, 7 Oct 2009 07:46:40 -0700 (PDT) lukas989
> (luka...@hotmail.com) wrote:
>> 1. Volvo Penta
>> 2. Yanmar
>> 3. Nanni
>
> Uses different base engines like Kubota and Toyota
>
>> 4. Perkins
>> 5. Bukh
>> 6. Beta
>
> Uses Kubota, Lister and others
>
>> 7. Mermaid
>> 8. Vetus
>
> Uses Mitsubishi, Deutz and others
>
>> 9. Thornycroft
>> 10. Iveco
>
> If you are bored then go on make it more complete like already said, now
> it is a top 13+.
>
Kabuta
Wayne.B
Casady) wrote:
>You left out Caterpillar, Cummins, John Deere. Or are you only
>interested in puny engines for tiny boats?
Not to mention Detroit Diesel.
Jim
Ford Lehman 120
Lew Hodgett
After the toys, there is always Luggar AKA: Marinized John Deere from
Alaska Diesel.
Lew
Martin Schöön
>
> After the toys, there is always Luggar AKA: Marinized John Deere from
> Alaska Diesel.
>
> Lew
Non-toy Diesel engine: Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4-Sulzer_14RTFLEX96-C
/Martin
Richard Casady
That is well and good, but about a hundred years ago they had 85 foot
long 750 ton 1500 hp single cylinder engines that ran on blast furnace
gas. I think they had about a five foot bore. They ran the blowers for
the furnaces.
Casady
Bruce In Bangkok
A blast furnace... in a boat :-?
Cheers,
Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)
Martin Schöön
> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:34:21 +0200, martin...@gmail.com (Martin
> Schöön) wrote:
>
>>"Lew Hodgett" <lewho...@verizon.net> writes:
>>>
>>> After the toys, there is always Luggar AKA: Marinized John Deere from
>>> Alaska Diesel.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>
>>Non-toy Diesel engine: Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4-Sulzer_14RTFLEX96-C
>
> That is well and good, but about a hundred years ago they had 85 foot
> long 750 ton 1500 hp single cylinder engines that ran on blast furnace
> gas. I think they had about a five foot bore. They ran the blowers for
> the furnaces.
>
> Casady
Pictures anywhere on the net? I'd like to see it.
/Martin
Bob
> On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:03:42 GMT, richardcas...@earthlink.net (Richard
>
> Casady) wrote:
> >You left out Caterpillar, Cummins, John Deere. Or are you only
> >interested in puny engines for tiny boats?
>
> Not to mention Detroit Diesel.
Hi Wayne:
The boat im on has a bunch of motors on board: two 12 cyl slow turn
mains and a few 71 series detroits. One of 12v71 generators was having
problmes and the mechanic shows up. I asked him if he had a 30'-60'
boat what would he prefer as a main. WIth out a hesitation he said
John Deer. Why I asked. They dont leak, easy to work on, and part easy
to get.
I asked why not a 71 series. He just shook his head and pointed to the
12v71 and said, thats why...... :/
So I asked the old engineer on the boat what main he would prefer. Now
this is a guy who has spent almost 30 years in the GOM oilfield on
most every type of boat you can imigine. WIth out a hesitation he
said, Detroits are a pretty good choice ;) Why I asked? His reply,
Cheep to buy, cheep to rebuild, parts everywhere, and easy to work
on.... added theyre just a good engine.
So I asked one of my captains who shriped for 20+ years befor running
OSVs. His reply, Cats are good choice.......
What did I take away from this survey? I guess ya cant really go too
wrong with just about any of the more well known manufactures.
I have a 1979 30QM30H (raw water) yanmar in my boat. It just keeps
running. If it dies, I figure if it lasted 30 years Ill just rebuild
and use for another 20+ years. I tend to be a "if aint broke dont fix
it"
bob