gingerfold:
railstaff:
There you go,that was what AEC engineers wanted.Again you quite clearly cannot grasp the idea of a duty cycle.Take a look at ■■■■■■■ KTA 50 or QSK 50.As the name suggests 50 litre vee sixteen,rated hp 2200hp but at sustained duty cycle that drops to 1800.So to put that into perspective the RNLI have just re engine their life boats with Scanias vee eight rated at 1200hp,but that is only 16 litre with just a difference of 600hp.It is a design feature.So would it be fair to say that in the era that we are discussing, (or attempting to discuss), that all the major engine builders that sold into various markets, i.e. automotive, industrial, marine, railcar etc. then they designed engines that had compromises in certain features so that the engines could be used in all their applications, rather than designing specific engines for duty cycles demanded by each separate application?
You,ve got it vicar,and lets not forget the average 13 litre engine wasn’t producing 500hp,the best of the heavy haulage Scammells had either CNFL8 rolls or 250 NHC,s( I could be wrong) horses for courses.