Worlds biggest engine

The Finnish have built the worlds biggest motor.

Finnish Wartsila has built the world’s largest and most powerful engine. The diesel engine is as high as a four-storied house and have an effect on the outrageous 109 000 horses and torque is unimaginable 7 600 000 Nm.

The engine is a common-rail diesel with 1820 liters (111.000 c.i.) with 14 cylinders. A large enough engine of course requires a lot of diesel and eats 72 gallons per minute. It weighs 2,300 tons and measures 13.4 meters in height and 27.4 meters in length.

The stove sits in the Emma Maersk, one out of the biggest container ships in the world. A common freighters usually have a maximum speed of 18-20 knots, but Emma Maersk tops throughout 31. Ship is twice as big as the Titanic was and weighs 170,000 tons.