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Turbonique Drag Bug from the 60's..180mph!!??!!
dangerous - April 24th, 2007 at 08:20 AM

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!!

66deluxe - April 24th, 2007 at 09:20 AM

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.

pete wood - April 24th, 2007 at 01:12 PM

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

speedster356 - April 24th, 2007 at 03:50 PM

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

pete wood - April 24th, 2007 at 04:00 PM

garn, dare you to make one then!:bounce

66deluxe - April 24th, 2007 at 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by speedster356
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

555bug - April 25th, 2007 at 07:53 AM

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

humpty - April 27th, 2007 at 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by pete wood
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!!!