pics of Caterpillar Large Engine Center tour

[John Campbell]

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<want to see some stupid big engines, connecting rods, turbos, camshafts,
<flywheels, and more
Back in the day when I was a Navy dude, one of the ships I was on was
powered by 4, 16 cyl. inline Cats (D455's I think) supercharged AND turboed,
1800hp and God-only-knows how much torque. During a refit three were
replaced, through the stack. They were shipped in one each on a flat bed
semi. Never before or never since have I seen any deisel so frickin' HUGE! I
was/am amazed at the precision and technology in the driveline of this 45
year old ship.

John Campbell
'99 SE-L with HS stuff