Fire In The Hold
Motoring World|October 2017

We Check Out the Biggest and Baddest Two-stroke Motor Ever

Fire In The Hold

Think of a two-stroke, and a high-revving shrill-sounding blue-smoke-belching motorcycle comes to mind. The sort of two-wheeled mayhem that thrives on popping third-gear wheelies all day long.

But the world’s biggest two-stroke motor, which also happens to be the world’s most powerful engine, is the Wartsila RT-flex96C. Used as the prime mover in marine vessels, the RT-flex96c is available in 12-, 13- and 14-cylinder versions.

This story is from the October 2017 edition of Motoring World.

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