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Mar 30, 2009 18:18:57 GMT
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I'm sure that I saw something on the net about jet powered cars - not your high performance chassis with a rocket on the back, but something that you could use on the road and was in production.
However, I can't find any now. Anyone got any ideas?
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Mar 30, 2009 18:20:27 GMT
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llamaboy
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Mar 30, 2009 18:57:23 GMT
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Not a current motor, but jet powered nonetheless:   And the P6 as it should have been, same engine as above:  I did actually find a Rover jet turbine engine on ebay that ahd been fitted to a generator. Was sooooooo tempted to buy it and attempt to shoehorn it into my knackered P6 ;D |
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PhoenixCapri
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Jet cars?PhoenixCapri
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Mar 30, 2009 19:04:00 GMT
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Rover were there 1st! But never made production, although the P6 was designed to allow a turbine to be fitted, they made a running prototype and everything, think it lives in Gaydon now? Linky for you  www.rover.org.nz/pages/jet/jet5.htmOddly whilst chatting to some engineers in Germany I found out that around the time BMW bought Rover they were seriously looking into turbine engines. Now heres my 21st century idea imagine a plug in hybrifd (alla new chevy volt) but instead of an inefficient, heavy and complicated std car engine for generator power, charge the battery with a small jet running at its max efficiency, my basic cals say it'd be twice as environmentally friendly and since it only has one moving part if made in large quantities would be much cheap than using a 4cylinder petrol in the long run. Plus it could run on any liquid that burns! Perfect ;D (I'm off to go an patent my amazing idea now  lol!) edit- damn I got beaten to it! ^^^ |
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bazzateer
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Mar 30, 2009 19:07:55 GMT
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Seth
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Mar 30, 2009 19:46:58 GMT
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I think the Chyslers were the only cars to ever hit the streets with "ordinary" people. Shame how it ended though... Rover went to Le Mans though   |
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Mar 30, 2009 19:47:59 GMT
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Shurely the Jet 1 was a p5 not a p6?
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You never know when a mohican vintage car enthusiast will come in handy.
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Mar 30, 2009 19:57:25 GMT
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Ah brilliant common sense from the British Government with that rover.
Come up with a revolutionary new invention that will be a major help winning the war and give it....to a car company who put it in, yes, a car! Great piece of logic there!
(I do remember seeing a blue and white le mans-ish looking car that had a jet in it a the goodwood hill climb a few years ago now, no idea what it was though. Looked a bit like the Chaparaal 2j though)
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llamaboy
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Mar 30, 2009 20:12:43 GMT
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Shurely the Jet 1 was a p5 not a p6? The Jet 1 was based on a Rover P4 75. The T4 was based on the P6, yet to be put into production. Apart from the naff fuel economy, I'd love to have gotten a T4 if they had ever made them. |
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1992 Rover 214i (scrapped)
1995 Rover 214Si (sold)
1975 Rover P6 3500 (scrapped)
1984 Vauxhall Chevette (bangered)
1971 Rover P5b Coupe (sold)
1995 BMW 318i (sold)
2001 Peugeot 206 (sold)
2000 Rover 25 (gave back to father in-law)
1989 Lancia Prisma (swapped)
1985 Volvo 340 (sold)
1997 Daewoo Nexia (hmmm...)
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Mar 30, 2009 20:33:17 GMT
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Seth
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Mar 30, 2009 21:04:45 GMT
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Yeah, strictly speaking those are jet cars and the others have gas turbines. Swinny, you're probably thinking of the Chaparal 2J fan car which wasn't actually turbine powered but had fans powered by a separate engine to create a vacuum under the car. antholonet.com/EngineersCars/Chaparral2J/Chaparral2J.html This one is gas turbine powered though, Howmet TX  Both were at Goodwood in '07 but I've not got decent pictures of either from then. We were going over the bridge near the house when the Howmet went past underneath us. Loud! |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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Mar 30, 2009 21:24:19 GMT
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blue peter jet from a saab car turbo! |
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Mar 30, 2009 22:12:40 GMT
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No I know I'm not thinking of that I said that looked a smidge like that!
The 2J is a hovercraft turned upside down, i.e. instead of fans blowing the vehicle up on a skirt, it pulls it down on the road. There should b a race series specially for fan cars I've just decided.
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Mar 30, 2009 22:29:34 GMT
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The company that builds the Y2K turbine bike (which is road legal) have also put turbines into pickups and hot rods.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Tim
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MTT - was racing that last night on PGR4 :-)  |
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Last Edit: Mar 31, 2009 7:58:31 GMT by Tim
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lol!)
