Turbonique Drag Bug from the 60\'s..180mph!!??!!

http://www.almar.easynet.be/turbonique.htm

http://www.almar.easynet.be/Sorry%20bout%20that.htm

This type of engine was not thrust, but power transfered to the wheels.

AWESOME!!

Very cool stuff Dave, just thinking with 1000shp thats gotta be one tough trans. The turbine engines i work on require a two stage planetary reduction gearbox to turn 36000 rpm into 2200rpm, which results in torque values anywhere from depending on engine model 1800 to 5000 lb/ft. Also the fuel is some nasty stuff too, sought of like the fuel used in the SR71 black birds, it was so volatile that i didn't require ignitor plugs, just exposure to oxygen would set it alight. Thanks Dave.

read about this a while back. I love the go kart. shame they never kept up the development.

Hahaha, I have the technical manual and manufacturing drawings for one of these thrust engines.

garn, dare you to make one then!:bounce

speedster356 wrote:Hahaha, I have the technical manual and manufacturing drawings for one of these thrust engines.

I'd like a look at those might be able to use some parts out of the bin at work.:P

amazing! cheers for sharing, now if only I could find one of those transmissions on ebay cheap.

pete wood wrote:read about this a while back. I love the go kart. shame they never kept up the development.

Ya know... There's a bloke here in WA that you all may have heard of that used to hold the landspeed record (current?) for a jet powered go-kart.... His name is Rosco McGlashan, and he's a bloody marvel! The kart is in the Freo Motor Museum if your interested.....

This stuff is total madness Dave.... Unbelievable!!!