"Tim" wrote in message
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On Dec 30, 7:06 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:43:27 GMT, Tom Francis



wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:12:20 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 29, 11:03 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:53:54 GMT, Tom Francis

wrote:
Then again, your point is well taken - the whole point of diesels is
lots of power at low rpms.

Nonsense. The only point to Diesels is fuel economy. Were that not so,
they wouldn't even exist. They have both gasoline and steam beat in
that regard. That is what you get in exchange for cost and weight.
They make 300 RPM gas engines by the way. Caterpillar makes large,
slow turning, spark ignition engines. They mostly run on me

Runs on YOU?

LOL!

300 RPM? How about 600 hp at 80!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxssIc4HUNM

Pfffhhhttttt.....

That's just the starter for this one:

http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/

108,920 hp at 102 rpm

Way cool. The Wikipedia entry mentions this:
"The upper portion is lubricated by continuous injection of consumable
lubricant"
So I'm thinking this is just a damn big e-tec.
What is heavy fuel oil? This is said to be a 2-stroke diesel, but
runs on "heavy fuel oil."

--Vic

"Baker fuel" or baker oil"

From what I gather, it was almost like tar,and had to be pre-heated to
get it to flow. A guy who was on the USS John Hood told me that.

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Is that the same as 'bunker fuel'? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil