100 H.P. Fairbanks Diesel at Oblong

This is a 100 H.P. Fairbanks semi-diesel on display at Oblong Ill. They also use a Fairbanks engine to compress the air to start it and another to pump the water while running. Nice display.

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Science & Technology

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• fairbanks
• diesel
• oblong
• flywheels

[MultiSuperSonic1000]

whats that other engine at 0:13?

[pileofiron]

@MultiSuperSonic1000 That is another Fairbanks Z. I don't know the exact model?? It is running a big pump to circulate water to cool the big engine.

[GermanCarTestsFL]

what is these FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP every second ?

[pileofiron]

@GermanCarTestsFL I think you are actually hearing the exhaust..

[GermanCarTestsFL]

what is a SEMI diesel ?

what is the diference between a fairbanks an a otto engine?

[pileofiron]

@GermanCarTestsFL Manufacture

[anthacdc]

This Has a Lot more torque then a 100hp today.

Plus will last forever not like all these new chinese engine.

[Bidone1967]

Nice engine - sounds good!

[JaxxBat]

Nuttin like big ole American iron..

[slurp812]

@anthacdc Yup, you could get a smaller engine to do the work, but it wouldn't last that long. That is all day long last for centuries 100 HP...

[slurp812]

@anthacdc Its very cool to still be able to run this. Fun to listen to the lumpity lump...

[anthacdc]

@slurp812 fair enough, but these engines were not made for cars, they were made to work hard on farms and factorys, were they were stationary and did not move much

[slurp812]

@anthacdc I know what HP means. Torque @ 150 rpm isn't very useful in 1/4 mile times. Torque is great for tractors. Not very useful in a modern car, or a motorcycle. Plus it weight as much as a house.

[bigmekanik]

horsepower is a derived calculation.... U take a measurement of torque, and feed it into a formula with the RPM at which it was measured and that is your horsepower rating... 550 lb-ft/sec = 1hp..... so if u got something that makes 55000 ft-lbs/sec @ 100 rpm, thats 100 horsepower.... if u got something that makes 55000 ft-lb/sec @ 10000 rpm thats still 100 horsepower. But which one do you think would make more b-hp?  100rpm, let it twist all day, run for decades... ^_-

[anthacdc]

@slurp812 haha you dumb ass, obviously dont know these old engines, this thing would have so much more torque than a 600cc motorbike engine, and pluss 100hp in the old days, accually meant 100 "horse power" it was accually equvlant to 100 horses, now you get crappyy weed eater engines that are some how 2 horse power? were is the sense in that, a 30cc engine is alot less stronger than 2 horses. Mate do your research before commenting on things you dont know about.

[slurp812]

@anthacdc small 600cc motorcycle engine makes more power...