Someone here in Pa. has a master connecting rod with two pistons on it for a yard ornament. Always wondered what kind of diesel engine it was from, now I know!
Yep, and the master side pistons run a 180mm stroke while the slave side pistons have a 186mm stroke. If the slave rod is un-compensated, the slave-side pistons will also sit slightly higher at TDC and lower at BDC than the master side pistons. I suspect the 7FDL is similar. The master side has a 267mm stroke, and my best guess for the stroke of the slave side pistons is 275mm.
GE's decision to use master/slave con-rods is definitely a very strange one. Also, this engine is still being made TO THIS DAY. It's being put into the AC44CWi for export, and into large boats where it is called the V228 and has electronic solenoid-controlled injection pumps with an ECM instead of a mechanical rack-and-governor system.
IT WAS STARTED BY COOPER BESSEMER THE ORIGINATOR OF THE ENGINE! THE FIRST FEW GE FULL SIZE ROAD LOCOMOTIVES USED THE COOPER BESSEMER ENGINES OUT OF THE MOUNT VERNON OHIO PLANT! GENERAL ELECTRIC TOOK THE RIGHTS TO BUILD AND IMPROVE THE 7 FDL LINE! WITH IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT STARTED AS A 2500 HP V-16, WAS EVENTUALLY UP RATED TO 4300 HP AND WERE VASTLY SUPERIOR TO THE ORIGINAL COOPER ENGINE!
I still think to this day that GE should have supplied these power units for the UK Class 60 Diesel Locomotives instead of the Mirrlees Blackstone MB275T as the GE 7FDL16 is a better made unit and more reliable.
@@brianburns7211 GE had it's moments but they have improved over the years which the AC4400s are the first step of this and GE sells more locos than EMD do. GE sold their locomotive part to Wabtec in 2019 which is still going strong. BR would not buy the Class 59 due to not being UK made. At least if the Class 60 used GE parts inside the procor shell. It would be half British made that make BR happy and would have avoided the flaws thanks to the functional IFD CPUs.
The Master Slave type connected rod was common in aviation engines during WWII.
Someone here in Pa. has a master connecting rod with two pistons on it for a yard ornament. Always wondered what kind of diesel engine it was from, now I know!
Memories!
Super Awesome Cool Video
Very interesting. Thanks.
Dad's favorite engine and ALCO too
The Russian T-34 V12 tank engine utilizes the same articulated connecting rod arrangement.
IN MY DAYS AROUND THIS ENGINE THERE WERE FEW ,IF ANY ISSUES
WITH THE MASTER AND ARTICULATED ROD ASSEMBLY!!
(1965-1995!)
@@rossbryan6102 I'm not complaining, just pointing it out.
Yep, and the master side pistons run a 180mm stroke while the slave side pistons have a 186mm stroke. If the slave rod is un-compensated, the slave-side pistons will also sit slightly higher at TDC and lower at BDC than the master side pistons.
I suspect the 7FDL is similar. The master side has a 267mm stroke, and my best guess for the stroke of the slave side pistons is 275mm.
@@mattlf9120 ROSS is too CAPS HAPPY!!!!
GE's decision to use master/slave con-rods is definitely a very strange one.
Also, this engine is still being made TO THIS DAY. It's being put into the AC44CWi for export, and into large boats where it is called the V228 and has electronic solenoid-controlled injection pumps with an ECM instead of a mechanical rack-and-governor system.
IT WAS STARTED BY COOPER BESSEMER THE ORIGINATOR OF THE ENGINE! THE FIRST FEW GE FULL SIZE ROAD LOCOMOTIVES
USED THE COOPER BESSEMER ENGINES OUT OF THE MOUNT VERNON OHIO PLANT!
GENERAL ELECTRIC TOOK THE RIGHTS TO BUILD AND IMPROVE
THE 7 FDL LINE!
WITH IMPROVEMENTS, WHAT STARTED AS A 2500 HP V-16,
WAS EVENTUALLY UP RATED TO
4300 HP AND WERE VASTLY
SUPERIOR TO THE ORIGINAL
COOPER ENGINE!
@@rossbryan6102 Chill out with the ALL CAPITAL LETTERS bro; we can hear you very clearly
@@electric7487 yeah I had to cover my ears because of the shouting.
They were bad then and still are now
Man lots of discreet shots fired at EMD 😂😭
They had to make EMD and Alco look bad because GE was trying to sell a turd.
No, EVO engines use traditional type connecting rods.
Dude, it's hard to find details on EVO on the internet but it seems that you are correct. Engine was redesigned but Austrian company FEV, so cool.
Does GE use articulated connecting rods in the GEVO engines?
Apparently not per Justin Lample's post and per my research, EVO uses traditional style connecting rods.
rare :o
why don't they modern videos of the current 7FDL16's and gevos like this.
THERE HAVE BEEN NEWER VIDEOS MADE, BUT THIS VIDEO
PROBABLY BEEN PLAYED TO PORTRAY THE HISTORY !!
I still think to this day that GE should have supplied these power units for the UK Class 60 Diesel Locomotives instead of the Mirrlees Blackstone MB275T as the GE 7FDL16 is a better made unit and more reliable.
They should have had more EMD Class 59, which would have been even more reliable than even GE/CB.
@@brianburns7211 GE had it's moments but they have improved over the years which the AC4400s are the first step of this and GE sells more locos than EMD do. GE sold their locomotive part to Wabtec in 2019 which is still going strong. BR would not buy the Class 59 due to not being UK made. At least if the Class 60 used GE parts inside the procor shell. It would be half British made that make BR happy and would have avoided the flaws thanks to the functional IFD CPUs.
GE 7fdl8 use in train Indonesia
It looks very hard to repair.
Will this engine fit on the Civic?
Esse motor é maior do que o carro
Yes.
Cooper Bessemer