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    Piston vs Rotary vs Boxer

    Whats your pick guys?

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    Turbine engine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by sodamninsane View Post
    Piston vs Rotary vs Boxer

    Whats your pick guys?
    A Boxer is still a piston engine.

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    Agree with GH... how can you argue with the high rpms turbines can hit? And a good turbine can drink just about anything.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    turbine engine? as in gas-turbines engines similar to those used on airplanes? (joule-brayton cycle??)

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    Quote Originally Posted by robin_micmac View Post
    turbine engine? as in gas-turbines engines similar to those used on airplanes? (joule-brayton cycle??)


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

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    Y2K FTW.



    Same engine as the Bell JetRanger and Kiowa. And it'll run on gin and vodka.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roberto_minosa View Post
    Y2K FTW.



    Same engine as the Bell JetRanger and Kiowa. And it'll run on gin and vodka.
    And according to the most famous Y2K owner out there, Jay Leno, it'll melt the plastic bumper of any idiot who decides to tailgate you at a stoplight...

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    ayos gamitin to pang bbq hahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    And according to the most famous Y2K owner out there, Jay Leno, it'll melt the plastic bumper of any idiot who decides to tailgate you at a stoplight...
    He said it became quite an issue, so he decided to put a little LED "marquee" that warned the guy on his tail. Ah, the joys of being Jay Leno.

    All rich guys should be like him...all go and all show!

    EDIT:

    The Chrysler guys also mentioned exhaust heat problems with the Turbine. That might have killed the mass-pro jet car.
    Last edited by roberto_minosa; February 26th, 2010 at 08:56 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roberto_minosa View Post

    The Chrysler guys also mentioned exhaust heat problems with the Turbine. That might have killed the mass-pro jet car.
    Nope. Chrysler was about to mass produce the turbine powered car in the late 1970s but Chrysler was in financial straits then so the plan was shelved indefinitely.

    Heat was not an issue because the Chrysler turbine cars used specially designed turbine engines. Other more recent turbine car adaptations used surplus military turbine engines designed for aircraft use (like helicopters).

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