20,175 Cubic Inch Single Cylinder Engine - Running

The De La Vergne Engine Works built this 125 HP, 40 ton engine in 1903. It is believed to be the largest running single cylinder four-cycle open crankcase engine in existence. It is rated at 125 HP and 4100 ft-lbs. of torque at 160 RPM Runs on Oil. Bore and stroke: 26" x 38" Displacement: 20,175 Cubic Inches.(330 Liters) The base and cylinder weigh 20 tons. The dual 9 foot flywheels and crankshaft together weigh 15 tons. The main bearing caps weigh 700 Lbs. It was on display at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. After the 1904 World's Fair, it was installed in the W.F. Norman Sheet Metal Works in Nevada, Mo. where it was used for fifty years. It was purchased in 1976 by the Withers family and moved to the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion show grounds in Rollag, MN, where it can be viewed every Labor Day Weekend.

Comments

1. Me - How high can this baby go?
   Operator - 180/200
   Me - Oh...
2. Supercharge it
3. Hey tremendously well done video. Thank you for the speed up at the end and the editing throughout the video was outstanding. Thank you.
4. Lets turbo it, there's no way the parts on this thing couldn't handle a crap tonne of boost
5. you think this will fit in my Honda
6. 18374653 gallons per mile
7. This engine got rhythm!
8. thinking of swapping this into my civic
9. hearing the 160 rpm part makes me sleepy
10. I kinda wanna throw a watermelon at the crank...
11. No replacement for displacement.
12. Somebody spit some bars to this engine
13. They slow them down for two reasons, one being it's easier to watch the engines operations and secondly; they cost less to operate.
14. put it on a dyno :D
15. this sounds like silent hill 2 fuck
16. At 1:40 the little cam lobe timed just ahead of the intake lobe must be operating a fuel injector of sorts.
17. its like sex...
18. Harley Davidson engineers doing some research and development on the new Harley Davidson prototype engine.
19. I'm amazed at the fact that this thing can hit 160 RPM without shaking to pieces!