I knoW!!! I wonder if he'd put one of them 60,000rpm bio-diesel turbines in in an R8, for me, and hook it up to a sh1t-ton of battery's & electric motors?!?!? How long would it take to fry all 4 tires at 2000 ft/lbs-tq, I wonder...
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hmmm... the turbo sounds great in theory - but there are three things that I can see in the way...
1. jet turbines do not just start up - they wind up takes time
2. jet turbines kick out high heat exhaust - like 200+ F
3. the torque output from a jet turbine is too great for standard trannys and will need to be dumbed down
This is the inherent problem with the M1 main battle tank for the US Army. We use to burn up tranny mods regularly due to the 1500 hp the turbine produced. Even with a mod to bring it down to half it was still burning them up.
hmmm... the turbo sounds great in theory - but there are three things that I can see in the way...
1. jet turbines do not just start up - they wind up takes time - with the right software, using the turbine to power the "generator," this is easily overcome. Just hafta use a l'il of the jouce in the "super-capacitor" to spin up the turbine, every so often. The REAL problem is: what happend in you damage one of them capacitors in a fender-bender, or a real accident? Someone/something's getting FRIED!!!
2. jet turbines kick out high heat exhaust - like 200+ F - Ummm RILLY BIG bumber sticker that reads: STAY THE PHUGK BACK!!! Or, direct it upwards-ish, maybe cook a few geese, IN FLIGHT!!!
3. the torque output from a jet turbine is too great for standard trannys and will need to be dumbed down - Since, in the hybrid app mentioned, the turbine doesn't directly power the wheels any more than the nuclear plant directkly powers our Subs or Aircraft Carriers, this could be overcome with the proper engineering of the dynamo used to charge the Capacitors. It'd hafta be ULTRA durable, ULTRA bullet-proof (HEY!!! The return of ULTRA!!! I'm gonna start using it, again, EVERYWHERE!), and ULTRA sturdy... I wonder what a hunk of generator-housing or flywheel would feel like with the kind of kenetic energy found at 60,000rpm? Bet it'd sting, a l'il, huh?
This is the inherent problem with the M1 main battle tank for the US Army. We use to burn up tranny mods regularly due to the 1500 hp the turbine produced. Even with a mod to bring it down to half it was still burning them up.
sounds like he's on the right track - Dude's MAIN point was Detroit COULD/SHOULD be DOING thinking like this NOW!!! And take back the technology lead from the Nipponese. What if you COULD buy a H2 that got 60 or 100 miles/gal and did 0-60 in, like 6-seconds... You'd buy one in a New York SECOND if you had teh loot, wudn't you? I know *I* would.
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I knoW!!! I wonder if he'd put one of them 60,000rpm bio-diesel turbines in in an R8, for me, and hook it up to a sh1t-ton of battery's & electric motors?!?!? How long would it take to fry all 4 tires at 2000 ft/lbs-tq, I wonder...
Not very, I would imagine. That Top Gear episode where Clarkson couldn't stop roasting the tires in the Brabus SL keeps popping into my mind. And they had that car limited to 800...
That was a good article. One thing about turbine engines, they do take time to spin up. It's not like you flip a switch and it's automatically running at 10k RPM
I'd love to get my hands on one or two of these babies:
5.1" diameter
14.7" long
Weight = 100 oz. (6.25 lbs)
Thrust = 51.7 lbf
Max. RPM = 108,500
I knoW!!! I wonder if he'd put one of them 60,000rpm bio-diesel turbines in in an R8, for me, and hook it up to a sh1t-ton of battery's & electric motors?!?!? How long would it take to fry all 4 tires at 2000 ft/lbs-tq, I wonder...
Not very, I would imagine. That Top Gear episode where Clarkson couldn't stop roasting the tires in the Brabus SL keeps popping into my mind. And they had that car limited to 800...
Hmmm... possibilities...
