Giant ship engine turbocharger - photo

[Jon]

Giant ship engine turbocharger.

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Previously:

1942 enormous rope drop hammer - photo
Enormous power hammer - video
Moving a massive petrochemical splitter - GIF and video
Casting a giant propellor GIF
1943 giant Betts horizontal boring machine - photos
Giant transformer explodes in New York City - GIFs and photo
turning a giant crankshaft
Massive steel mill electric motors - photo

[Toolmaker51]

Holey Moley! To the left of mechanic is another assembly skid, showing bore of fan section. It must be close to 4' diameter! That is some incredible multiplication of engine displacement.

[Frank S]

If they were to load it on my bud's trailer I can imagine his CB conversations.
What you hauling driver come on.
I got's me a turbo. I'm taking it to my mechanic so he can figure out how to mount it n this puppy dog Hello.
I heard that come-on.
Yeppers my mechanic always likes a challenge hello.
Driver do me a favor when he gets it mounted drag a chain behind your trailer I might need a tow. that thing is going to give your puppy dog the strength and claws of a grizzly and the lungs of Michael Phillips and Pete Reed combined Come-on.
44 on claws and lungs Hello.

[Jon]

[Frank S]

Well I had been planning on installing twin turbos on my 49 chevy pickup once I start back together with it but maybe I made a mistake in a couple numbers on the purchase order

[IntheGroove]

That one is going in for a rebuild...

[hemmjo]

Would love to hear that thing spool up.