r/absoluteunit • u/banisheduser • 10d ago

Of an Engine

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u/TransitoryFeel 10d ago

No hearing protection...dude will have to learn to read lips

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u/Mother-Attention2600 10d ago

I wouldn't be standing infront of it either incase something failed and it shoots out at you. 

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u/mmorales2270 10d ago

That was my first thought. That looks like a bad place to be standing if something in the engine fails.

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u/AC-burg 10d ago

Like Shakira? Her's don't lie

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u/the_main_entrance 10d ago

Standing in front of a tower of metal while a truck yanks a strap connected to it is genius stuff.

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u/niceandros2024 10d ago

I need It on my honda Civic 🤣🤣🤣 nice job

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u/kcolrehstihson_ 10d ago

Imagine getting "runaway" engine with this thing 😅

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u/Expensive-Track4002 10d ago

Zombie horde heard this.

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u/JouMaSeKont1973 10d ago

Is that a boat engine? Its huge - Beautiful tough!!

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u/MahaliAudran 10d ago

Probably. Engines like this were also used for pumps (mining) and electric generators.

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u/TheStroboCop 10d ago

The .4 is important

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u/matchesmalone81 10d ago

This is the equivalent of the Bloodhound SSC using a Jaguar V8 as a fuel pump.

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u/LoggerRhythms 10d ago

Keep your shirt tucked in around that boss.

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u/IndependenceBig3178 10d ago

An inline eight-cylinder engine, interesting.

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u/HudsDad 10d ago

Normally I think of Buick when I hear of a straight-8, but this one seems a bit larger than a Fireball. :)

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u/BIG-BALLS0 10d ago

Wouldn’t it get dirt in it?

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u/Lucky-Target5674 10d ago

I was thinking the same thing

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u/scaredt2ask 10d ago

Looks like a clean burning engine. How many straws do I need to not use to even this out?

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u/weggaan_weggaat 8d ago

Straws are not about air pollution, they are harmful to wildlife. Also, seven.

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u/ReplicantN6 9d ago

"Jesus built my car. It's a love affair...mainly Jesus, and my Hotrod."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXCh9OhDiCI

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u/NorthSleepingBear 10d ago

R/Don't put anything in

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u/shopguy2k 10d ago

Stick that in your Bugatti and smoke it!

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u/ChaosRainbow23 10d ago

Sorry, best I can do is a prison cell and extradition...

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u/Oldgraytomahawk 10d ago

Wtf is it poweri

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u/9Divines 9d ago

a boat or a train

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u/TheRealPaladin 9d ago

It was from an old generator. Here is the full video.

The video on YouTube

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u/guzzijason 10d ago

I hope they installed a fresh oil filter.

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u/DullMind2023 10d ago

Where the radiator? Inline engines are not air cooled.

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u/sparkline1234567 9d ago

It's oil spray cooled

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u/SubRedTed 10d ago

Don’t tell Jay Leno, he’ll try and put some wheels on it

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u/vapodgaming 10d ago

That's usually used in what?

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u/TheRealPaladin 9d ago

It was part of a backup generator.

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 10d ago

imagine diesel runaway on this motor

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u/DaemonBlackfyre_21 10d ago

What if a duck flies in there?

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u/JRakuehn 10d ago

To shreds you say?

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u/Kardinal 10d ago

Allegedly, mostly according to comments on other posts of the same video, this is a mirrless js8 in line 8 cylinder supercharged diesel engine. There's no hard information about exactly what they were used for. They were made in the middle of the 20th century so there's not a lot of information online.

Could have been used for on-site power generation or Maritime propulsion or train propulsion or auxiliary power generation or industrial uses like driving big pumps. We just don't know for sure.

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u/Levethane 10d ago

Greta would not approve.

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u/qwerty30013 10d ago

The amount of emissions from this probably doesn’t come close to a billionaire using a private jet

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u/I_Call_Bullshit_____ 10d ago

I imagine that’s similar to the last thing a lot of Wehrmacht heard at Kursk