I doubt you
could start a big diesel that fast, reliably.
I saw disels of that size starting in
less then 10 seconds. Note
that we are talking about 100 kW or the like. 100 kW is not a big
diesel. Many cars have biger diesel engines.
According to units(1), 100kW is 134.1+ horsepower, which perhaps gives
a better idea of that size in an internal-combustion-engine context.
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