The Jailhouse

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MechanicalMethod

Of course! But why would you design an engine with 500 hp and a crankshaft that can handle 1000 hp?

Why not just design an engine with 1000 hp?

BullRider saw something which he insists was two V-8's bolted together. To what purpose? Proposing these engines as 500 hp each...where will you pull the load from? The end of one naturally...there you bolt a 1000 hp load on, in hopes of taking advantage of the 1000 hp available. Unfortunately, the crankshaft is not designed to handle a 1000 hp load...Quick failure results.

Now, as I pointed out to BullRider...if you attach a 500 hp load to one end of this tandem engine arrangement and a 500 hp load to the other end of this tandem engine arrangement...what you have is essentially two engines driving two loads...why would you hook them up in the first place?

This whole thing got rolling because the poster insisted on an absurdity and refused to accept the simple facts and common engineering sense presented here.

Believe it or not, this poster is now sending private messages of a very insulting nature...I thought the discussion was going great but it turns out he is a "numb nuts" from Dakota.

I appreciate your jumping in and look forward to further posts from you.

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