Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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mtrmn said:
A hard hat laying on top of a piston in a 14 cyl MAN/STX. This on a drillship. We had 6x 18-cylinder Wartsilas on another rig I worked on and several jackups through the years had 12 cyl EMDs.
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And just to start 16 cyl EMD's, they take 15? minutes to open 38? valves, prelube, close 36? valves and air start.
"?" marks mean near as I can remember. I was working as Captain and had 16 cyl EMD's later NOHABS and STORKS in 200'+ Supply Tugs setting anchors and towing floaters, pretty much all over the world. The smaller boats with EMD's had twin 8-71's for bow thrusters.
I had some incredible Engineers that shipped with me on those boats.
 
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DarnYankeeUSMC said:
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470+ inch

Could have went the easy way with an LS but why be like everyone else?
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Man, so few people understand the power of the big inch Olds! I had a 71 Cutlass convertible with a very mild .030 over 455 that would absolutely embarrass everything factory, except the Grand Nationals. I kept the 10.25 compression and ran tetra-ethyl lead additive, from Stone Oil. I think the compression really helped the mild cam. Ahh, those days were good! To this day, I have a love for big inch Oldsmobiles.
 
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BLEE said:
Man, so few people understand the power of the big inch Olds! I had a 71 Cutlass convertible with a very mild .030 over 455 that would absolutely embarrass everything factory, except the Grand Nationals. I kept the 10.25 compression and ran tetra-ethyl lead additive, from Stone Oil. I think the compression really helped the mild cam. Ahh, those days were good! To this day, I have a love for big inch Oldsmobiles.
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When I was a kid, my dad had a '68 442. I knew it was cool then, but I wasn't old enough to drive it. Or joy-ride it. Plus, back then it was 'just a car' to most people.
Huge regret that he sold that car. Wish we still had it today.
 
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The motor made 500 ft lbs at 3200 and 425 hp on 93 pump gas on the dyno.
BLEE said:
Man, so few people understand the power of the big inch Olds! I had a 71 Cutlass convertible with a very mild .030 over 455 that would absolutely embarrass everything factory, except the Grand Nationals. I kept the 10.25 compression and ran tetra-ethyl lead additive, from Stone Oil. I think the compression really helped the mild cam. Ahh, those days were good! To this day, I have a love for big inch Oldsmobiles.
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It's in a 66 B body Jetstar 88 that weighs in at a little over 4K lbs.
I've done an old Buick, Camaro, Duster, Gran Torino and a couple Chevy trucks. The Olds was my wife's birthday present a couple years ago and I wanted to stay with the Olds motor instead of the Chevy hybrid.
 
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