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gas turbine engine - no googling

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  • 01-09-2008 11:20pm
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    VH
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    gas turbines were mad and made it into a few cars - you know the drill:)


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    colm_mcm
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    Batmobile?


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    maidhc
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    Rover something or other.... there is one in the science museum in London


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    Steve
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    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Batmobile?
    *bam*
    *pow*
    LOL :D


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    Max_Damage
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    Chrysler made one back in the 60's. I think it was called the Chrysler Turbine or something like that.


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    ninty9er
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    Didn't the Renault 25 come with a gas powered engine at some stage, have no clue if it was a gas turbine...or is there another type?


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    VH
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    Was probably LPG (or similar).

    Gas turbine is mad - looks like a jet engine in the middle of the car


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    ART6
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    There was a Formula 1 team years ago that experimented for a season with GT engines as far as I recall, although I don't remember when or who.


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    Stevie Dakota
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    It was a Lotus, and banned immediately as I recall.


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    VH
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    Chrysler was the main proponent

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g3QvkpMqc0


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    ART6
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    Stevie Dakota wrote: »
    It was a Lotus, and banned immediately as I recall.

    That's the feller. Off topic, but wasn't there a problem that it was blisteringly fast when it got going, but it's acceleration from 0 to 60 was about ten minutes:confused:


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    Owen
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    Also made it into a Motorbike. The MTT turbine bike had a Rolls Royce aircraft engine, and because the bike could in theory go 250mph+, it didn't have mirrors, but instead, a tft screen, and rear facing camera lest your neck be snapped by the wind forces of turning your neck.

    Jay Leno has one, and he melted the front bumper of a car behind him in traffic one day as the bike was idling!


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