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01-09-2007, 07:54 AM
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Neither darque nor pervert
Join Date: Apr 2004
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NUTBUSH!!!!
I guess not...
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01-09-2007, 01:48 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2004
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All jet engines build power as they go faster. The stock minivan would probably beat the jet engine in a drag race, but once the jet engine kicks in and the van starts haulin, it's anybody's guess as to how fast it can go.
Are you actually going to drive that around town? Lol that's hilarious...just be careful because there is a ton of lag on jet engines, you let off the pedal, jet keeps going for a good couple of seconds. I'm sure you already knew all this though....
Hell yeah I'm going to drive it around town, but I guess I'lll have to be a little careful about where I use the extra power.
About the lag- this turbine has a free turbine, all I have to do is hold the brake and spool it up to max rpm/egt and when I let off the brake all hell breaks loose. Check out Formula Turbokart at this link.
My friend Dino built 2 karts with the exact same 100 horsepower turbine, one was thrust powered, the other was wheel driven via the free turbine. There's a video of him racing a ferrari somewhere on his site. The wheel driven kart just blows away the thrust driven kart, and the ferrari- up to a certian speed like you said.
I planned on using an automatic transmission with a torque converter to help get it moving but on the advice of a few friends I think I'll try direct drive first. Dino's kart is direct drive, geared for 160 mph top speed. He doesn't plan on going that fast, he just geared it that high to take the edge off the torque. Awesome power in that kart.
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01-09-2007, 07:19 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Los Angeles (Winnetka), CA
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...on the same topic. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=160069702913
What's the RPM on this engine? 20K, right?
And, Chris, are you in California?
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01-09-2007, 08:59 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 383
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yeah I think 20K is about right. Those are T58 helicopter engines with the free turbines removed. I know the guy who built that, his name is eric shedahl. Those motors are good for about 800 pounds of thrust without the afterburners. they were about 1200 horsepower when they were shaft driven. Dino over at turbokart.com is putting one of those in a boat with a surface drive setup.
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01-10-2007, 01:14 PM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Beach City, Socal
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Now that remind me of Monster Garage built of the Jet Engine power Stretch Toyota Celica.
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03-28-2007, 07:39 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Stockton, California
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Any updates?
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03-28-2007, 10:39 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: 2hr west of Chicago
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Well hopefuly you shouldnt have any problems with tailgaters 
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03-29-2007, 12:02 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 383
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A few updates. the afterburners are done, the computer is in and working and I started on the frame that will hold the back window glass to the hinge that it will swing on when it opens. The transfer case is next.
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04-06-2007, 06:01 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Melb Aus
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ummm HOLY ****!!!
love to see this in action when its finished!!
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04-06-2007, 08:34 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Szeged, Hungary
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Impressive one... where the air comes from? I mean the air that enters the turbine. I can see just huge exhaust pipes...
Does that exceed the pain threshold of noise? (120dB)
Last edited by bbalazs; 04-06-2007 at 10:46 AM.
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04-06-2007, 08:44 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 15
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if this hasn't been posted yet: http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/
Last edited by shazbot; 04-06-2007 at 09:22 AM.
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04-06-2007, 01:52 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 48
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hahahahaha
so batmany
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04-06-2007, 11:55 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 383
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I broke the %#@^#%$ back window trying to make it so it would open. Found another in a junkyard for $25 so I guess it's not so bad.
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03-07-2008, 04:53 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: S Ohio
Posts: 331
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So chris, you are making the rounds, of jalopnik and fark.com....
You are officially an internet celebrity
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=3451023
I've seen your van on about half of the sites that I frequent in the past week
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03-07-2008, 05:09 PM
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Hey, you're trying for the goal by going the other way around, you're crazzzyyyy!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Miami
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Quote: Originally Posted by turbochris  I can get you an engine like that for about $6000 plus shipping. Now that may sound like a lot of money, but look at it this way, where can you get something that can put out over 800 horsepower for a few hundred hours straight without any problems? Helicopter hardware is built pretty good.
OMG, thats crazy.......... so how will this work, the lift gate opens and the turbine starts up? Doesnt that put out alot of exhaust? Are the side doors going to open so it can suck in air? If so, with the areo dynamics of the truck cause the exhaust to loop back to the side, thus back into the engine? If you ask me id rather buy a Veyron, i think its at about 997 - 1000 HP. I would think though that that big of an engine has more HP then 1000?
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