Oil is not a fossil fuel, oil is continuously replenished anew, it is made in the earth from Iron, carbonates, heat, steam under tremendous...
Repairs in Third World I responded: There have been a few times in the past that I wish I had just 'sent it back to the factory' or bought a...
Steyr ...light weight diesels If I were looking for light-weight diesels, perhaps for a multihull vessel then these engines might be at the top...
My point as well...it is the gearing (transmissions) that are contributing significantly to this new fuel efficiency..and there is no real good...
Agreed ;)....and that is what I'm looking for in a good solid marine engine that will take me many miles with minimum problems and long overhaul...
These in-line 6 car engines have gotten a bad rap related to fuel usage,...and yes some of them were fuel hogs. BUT look at the age they were...
Some interesting observations about those good old Ford inline 6's The Ford Inline 300 straight six is a Bullit proof motor. As other people...
We never did night landings on drill platforms (lot more stable), let along ships in SE Asia Insurance companies would freak :eek:
Bearing Losses compared to Piston Ring Losses I did find this: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA460134 Engine bearings 20-30%...
Stroke-to-Bore Ratio: A Key to Engine Efficiency I was looking for some figures that might show what I believe to be the small affect the bearing...
I typed 'Hell' instead of 'Hull' into my Sat-Nav.....I still got there.
REPOWER ?? GM Suburban, Denali, Escalade, ...Ford Explorer, Expedition, Excursion Since we have a lot of automobile talk here (in addition to...
Ultimately I am hoping that this subject thread leads to more discussions about MARINE 6 cylinder diesel engines, and the virtues and negatives of...
Wasn't Jag's major problem with valve adjustments?....often getting out of adjustment, ....and then not easily adjusted....shims or something like...
....from another forum That appears to be in direct conflict with this quote from that weblink??...and I'm sure I could find many other praises...
For years now I was aware that the in-line 6 cylinder engine was likely the BEST configuration for a 4-cycle internal combustion engine (the most...
Mystery Solved Just a note of summation....clarification. Firstly I had been for several years seeking to find out who exactly was the...
Not exactly a few displacement trawler, but rather a full displacement motorsailer with a fishing cockpit and a nice liveaboard accomodation....a...
...from a submission on another forum QUOTE=MechaNik Ocean Yacht systems are offering a rim drive thruster now too, possibly someone elses...
I was cruising thru Popular Science mag just recently and ran across this 'invention award' for the Over7, "a system that by redirecting and then...
