This CANT be real

[SiI40sx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1HnJmUTVY&NR

anyone have more info on that car? jet? whatever the hell it is

[downshift_sideways]

Haha! Funny looking car, but its Jet powered, amazing!

[downshift_sideways]

SiI40sx: horsepower? pfft!
SiI40sx: try birdpower
SiI40sx: bitch
llw0wserzll: lol

[Kn1ves]

im pretty sure it is real and it has been done before

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/street-legal-jet-powered-vw-beetle

[Kaizen.]

sounds like a vacuum

[fohahz]

sounds like a vacuum
LOL! oh man thats what i was thinkin when i heard that thing

[illvialuver]

i knew it would be a honda head. type r swaps arent enough, gotta get a jet.

[yota man]

You think thats crazy try the Y2K its a Rolls Royce turbine engine powered motorcyle

[bryce with a y]

i dont think jet engines have reverse

[S13FREEAAK]

i dont think jet engines have reverse


pfft. How do they parallel park the jets then?

[originalsin]

yea serisouly, how would he go in reverse, and why wouldnt they photshop a pull? its all pics. and the pics just just be a modded crx and then photoshoped the rest.

idk, i need more proof to buy it

[!Zar!]

According to the credits I took those pics.

They should've shown the car run.

[ThatGuy]

pfft. How do they parallel park the jets then?

With a specialized Tow Tug.
http://www.altay.com.tr/AP8900SD.jpg

[steve shadows]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1HnJmUTVY&NR

anyone have more info on that car? jet? whatever the hell it is

why do you always find the coolest sht

[annie4rb20]

I think I remember hearing about a guy doing something like this.. and he took it in the desert to test it and died...

The guys trying to break the land speed record in the US are using a modified airplane... it was on the Discovery Channel.

[SiI40sx]

yea serisouly, how would he go in reverse, and why wouldnt they photshop a pull? its all pics. and the pics just just be a modded crx and then photoshoped the rest.

idk, i need more proof to buy it

the car has two engines, it still has the stock front engine and also has the rear jet engine

[EchoOfSilence]

uh, you didn't see the giant tank in engine bay?

[theicecreamdan]

I think I remember hearing about a guy doing something like this.. and he took it in the desert to test it and died...

The guys trying to break the land speed record in the US are using a modified airplane... it was on the Discovery Channel.

that's the JATO rocket myth

[golf]

dammm that look crazy !!!!!!!!

[wheresthaboost?]

Dunno if that ones real or not but I've seen them make a jet powered type s I think it was on monster garage a year or two ago, topped out at 2xx mph in a matter of seconds if I remember correctly...

Edit: It was a celica...

http://idata.over-blog.com/0/13/30/22/shema-show-2003/shema-show-2004/photo3.jpg

[ThatGuy]

I think what alot of your missing is the fact they are not using the "thrust" of the jet to move the car. They are using the rotational torque, just as you would with any other engine. The turbine is hooked up to some type of transmission, then a driveshaft, then a diff, then axles. It is not just blasting thrust out the back of the car and propelling the car down the road. :duh:

It's not a JET ENGINE, it's a TURBINE ENGINE.

Class Dismissed

[NemeGuero]

A jet engine rotates?

















:keke:

EDIT:
"Barry": Ok, adressed the difference between JET and TURBINE as well.
"Barry": Now your post looks silly.
"Evan": Awwww, I'm still cool though, right?
"Barry": Ummmm.....

:keke:

[Unholy S14]

for some reason it doesnt look real

the sound never changes, its always at the same volume even when he is pulling away.

[ThatGuy]

Unholy, it's most likely a small turbine used for auxillary power on aircraft. They are not variable vane and you don't change the RPM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_power_unit

Check out the Y2K motorcycle. It uses the same technology.

[Unholy S14]

never mind then :)

[Ca_laurier]

lol engineers....way to much time on their hands

[markyboi]

wasnt there a bug with a jet engine on it too that was from the bay area (sunnyvale i believe)

[s13gold]

damn....damn.....damn.