Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/23
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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.
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