Runners-up/Second Chance VOTE!!! (just for fun: Jets nominations. ;)

[Jim Prower]

We have a Winner! Mazda 13B!

Champions
1&2 Cyl: Ducati V-Twins
4 Cyl: VW/Porsche Air-cooled B-4 and Mitsubishi/DSM 4G63T I-4
6 Cyl: Porsche Air-cooled B-6
8 Cyl: Chrysler 426 Hemi V-8
10 Cyl: Chrysler “Viper” V-10
12 Cyl: BMW/McLaren S70/2,/3 V-12 and Mercedes-Benz AMG/Pagani 7.3L V-12
14+ Cyl: VAG/Bugatti W-16
Odd# Cyl: Volvo Modular I-5 And Audi 2.1L "Quattro" I-5
Rotary: Mazda 13B Wankel Rotor-2

Now, it’s time to vote for The Runners-up, and the Second-chance Nominees, and they are…

Harley-Davidson V-Twin
Subaru EJ20 B-4
Nissan RB-Family I-6
Ferrari F430 4.3L V-8
Chevrolet Gen I Smallblock V-8
Porsche Carrera GT V-10
TVR 7.7L V-12
Rolls Royce Vulture X-24
Honda RC211V V-5
Mazda R26B R4 Wankel Rotor-4
Mazda 12A Wankel Rotor-2
NSU Ro 80 Wankel Rotor-2
Toyota 4A-GE-series I-4

The TOP TWO engines from the voting here will move on to the final round.

Okay, this won’t be part of the final voting, but, just for fun, let’s do Jets and Turbines! It’ll run alongside the final thread.

I’ll nominate…

UNION PACIFIC/GENERAL ELECTRIC 8500HP “BIG BLOW” TURBINE

• It was loud
• It was awkward. It required a tender, meaning it could only operate in one direction. Like a steamer.
• It was big. No single diesel locomotive has yet matched it for power.
• It was limited production. No other railroads wanted one.
• It had an…interesting…name. Nobody ever accused a railroader of being delicate with the English language…and it did create a lot of exhaust.
• It had a huge jetpipe out the rear of the middle unit.

((note: I'd nominate the thrust-vectoring Sukhoi Su-37 engine, if I knew what it was! X( ))

Nominations Criteria

• ONE NOMINATION PER MEMBER. (Including me)
• May only be a Turbine or Jet engine
• May be race, street, Aircraft, Marine, whatever
• Try giving some good reasons.
• Engines/families are pretty much grouped by Manufacturers’ classifications, and by how interchangeable parts are. Wikipedia will be extensively used in these judgments.
• These will be voted for in their own separate poll.

Have fun!

Jet Nominees
G.E. 8500HP Railroad Turbine (Union Pacific "Big Blow" Three-unit locomotive)
G.E. I-A Turbojet (XP-59A)
Pratt & Whitney J58 Afterburning Turbojet/Ramjet (SR-71 "Blackbird")
Pratt & Whitney JT8D Turbofan (DC9, 737)
Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus Afterburning Turbojet(Concorde)
Tumansky R-15B-300 Afterburning Turbojet (MiG-25 "Foxbat")

 

[Ev0 4 drifter]

one of the engines from the 'Titanic'
it powered one of the most famous ships in the world
it produced 16000 horsepower
it weighed about 1000 tonnes.
now THAT'S a massive engine.
also Jim, it's 'second' chance, not 'secind' chance like you've put.

 

[High-Test]

Pratt & Whitney J58.

powered the SR-71
Turbojet/ramjet design
Huge thrust
A big, big turbine.


That's about what I know off the top of my head.

 

[DQuaN]

Tumansky R-15B-300 afterburning turbojet.

Could power the Mig-25 to over Mach 3.2 (albeit destroying themselves in the process!)

These suckers were made to intercept the SR71 and scared the crap out of the Americans! Although they were noisy and inefficient, I think they are awesome!

 

[DQuaN]

one of the engines from the 'Titanic'
it powered one of the most famous ships in the world
it produced 16000 horsepower
it weighed about 1000 tonnes.
now THAT'S a massive engine.
also Jim, it's 'second' chance, not 'secind' chance like you've put.

Seeing as the turbine/jet wasn't invented until the 40's. I doubt that the Titanic had one.


*edit*
Damnit, didn't mean to double post.

 

[Jim Prower]

one of the engines from the 'Titanic'
it powered one of the most famous ships in the world
it produced 16000 horsepower
it weighed about 1000 tonnes.
now THAT'S a massive engine.
also Jim, it's 'second' chance, not 'secind' chance like you've put.

A: Oh, right, I'll fix it.

B: The Titanic's engines were Reciprocaring steamers, like a V-block version of a steam locomotive, Not a turbine.

 

[DQuaN]

Ah crap, if no one else votes for the Concorde Olympus engines, I might have to change my vote.

No other engines can sustain an aircraft of that size at Mach 2 for so long and use so little fuel. They were made in the 60's but are still the most fuel efficient in the world. (I think!)

 

[JoshBMW]

I nominate the Pratt & Whitney JT8D.

Anyone who's ever been on a DC-9 or 732 knows why.

 

[Jim Prower]

Ah crap, if no one else votes for the Concorde Olympus engines, I might have to change my vote.

No other engines can sustain an aircraft of that size at Mach 2 for so long and use so little fuel. They were made in the 60's but are still the most fuel efficient in the world. (I think!)

Those were Rolls-royce mills, right?

 

[Keef]

Dunc, I thought it was the Foxhound (29?) that was made to fight the SR-71.

Anyway, I nominate the General Electric I-A turbojet. It powered the United States into the jet age cuddled inside the XP-59A, the first jet plane to fly in the US.

Never the less, I still think the PW J58 is the most awesome engine ever made. The is definitely one of the greatest planes that have ever flown.

 

[DQuaN]

Those were Rolls-royce mills, right?

Concorde had an average cruise speed of Mach 2.02 (an airspeed of around 2140 km/h or 1,330 mph) with a maximum cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (18 300 metres). It was an ogival delta-winged aircraft with four Olympus engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. The engines were jointly built by Rolls-Royce and SNECMA, the latter gaining its first foothold in civil aviation turbojet engine manufacturing.

Roller SNECMA.

Dunc, I thought it was the Foxhound (29?) that was made to fight the SR-71.

The 29 was the Fulcrum, they were developed to take on the F-15s.

The Mig-31 Foxhound was the replacement to the Foxbat when the found it made a useless interceptor (even though it was bonkers fast).