Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:22 PM -0400 5/23/02, Austin Franklin wrote: > > > Pretty much all the diesel locomotives you see are V16s...the >> majority of >> > those from General Motors are fitted with either the 645 or 710 model >> > diesel...number represents cubic inches. Per cylinder! The >> newest units >> > from General Electric ring in at 15.7 liters/cylinder... >> > >> >> Yessss, and most of them are difficult to drive on the Interstate. > >Hi Seth, > >Yes, they are...but that isn't the point. The initial point of someone >mentioning the 16 cylinder engine was to make some claim that it was not a >successful product...yet, it is a VERY successful product, just in the right >applications. > >The reason 16 cylinder engines aren't "commonly" used in cars is a logistics >issue. They simply are long, and as such, don't work well in today's >automobile. For vehicles that do not have the same restrictions as >automobiles, they work very well. I do not know if they are suitable for >tractor trailer trucks though, that would be interesting to find out. I >know they are on the order of 10l to 14l!!!. I'm sure a short web search >for one of the major TT manufacturers, like Peterbuilt or Kenworth etc. >would give that information... > >Regards, > >Austin The Bugatti W16 is extremely compact; it is shorter than so-called 'small block' American V8's. It has lots of other problems, such as heat dissipation and general complexity, but it is compact. - -- * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html