good stuff otherwise.
Think Your Car is Fast? Think Again!
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Think Your Car is Fast? Think Again!
Amazing ...
http://www.meditech.ch/exoticthermoe...ing/ete05.html
1500 hp @ 85,000 rpms..... In a go-car
http://www.meditech.ch/exoticthermoe...ing/ete05.html
1500 hp @ 85,000 rpms..... In a go-car
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The last few seconds of the video ... did that powerplant explode? At 85,000 RPM - that thing would probably only be good for a couple of runs. I fail to see the point of this exercise. I'd take Atilla's "Scootertiller" over this thing 
Pretty crazy how that thing moved though!
Pretty crazy how that thing moved though!
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That's pretty cool, I wish I had one of those when I was a kid 
A few weeks ago I ran into a site where the guy installed a turbo on his cart, that's something I was dreaming of doing when I had a go-cart. I remember when I was younger my friends and I were thinking of something along the lines of a turbo...we ended up putting a car battery, power inverter (converter? D/C to A/C), a blow-dryer, and some ducting to connect it to the lawnmower engine. Of course it didn't work, but it was a pretty cool experiment
A few weeks ago I ran into a site where the guy installed a turbo on his cart, that's something I was dreaming of doing when I had a go-cart. I remember when I was younger my friends and I were thinking of something along the lines of a turbo...we ended up putting a car battery, power inverter (converter? D/C to A/C), a blow-dryer, and some ducting to connect it to the lawnmower engine. Of course it didn't work, but it was a pretty cool experiment
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Originally posted by 93LexoGS300
That's pretty cool, I wish I had one of those when I was a kid A few weeks ago I ran into a site where the guy installed a turbo on his cart, that's something I was dreaming of doing when I had a go-cart. I remember when I was younger my friends and I were thinking of something along the lines of a turbo...we ended up putting a car battery, power inverter (converter? D/C to A/C), a blow-dryer, and some ducting to connect it to the lawnmower engine. Of course it didn't work, but it was a pretty cool experiment
That's pretty cool, I wish I had one of those when I was a kid
A few weeks ago I ran into a site where the guy installed a turbo on his cart, that's something I was dreaming of doing when I had a go-cart. I remember when I was younger my friends and I were thinking of something along the lines of a turbo...we ended up putting a car battery, power inverter (converter? D/C to A/C), a blow-dryer, and some ducting to connect it to the lawnmower engine. Of course it didn't work, but it was a pretty cool experiment
If we get it working, I'll post pictures.
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Originally posted by adidas1532
take that back!!
take that back!!
I know greed for power never ends but my goal is to have a car that performs well all around. I think that puts things around 400rwhp and 500tq.... I guess i say it because i've never had 400rwhp or 500rwtq but i think for the things that i want to do that will be more than enough.
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Originally posted by Richie
That has an awesome power to weight ratio.
It must be scarry when it tries to do a wheelie.
That has an awesome power to weight ratio.
It must be scarry when it tries to do a wheelie.
crazy stuff... too bad that it broke...
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heh - you think thats a sexy beast...
Check out this site... a super hot chick with a super hot Supra.... Ive died and gone to heaven.....
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/472959
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/472959
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That sounds like a jet...amazing...
Wonder what hit the camera on the 2nd run... Did the kart explode into pieces and one of them hit the camera or what?
I hope the driver survived the explosion if that was the case.
Wonder what hit the camera on the 2nd run... Did the kart explode into pieces and one of them hit the camera or what?
I hope the driver survived the explosion if that was the case.
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This is somewhat like the acceleration / deceleration tests the Air Force did back in the 1950's with rocket sleds designed to test the limits of human G-endurance...with volunteers, of course. Colonel John Paul Stapp pulled around 40G's during the test....and survived with some blood hemmorages.
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