David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 08:17 AM |
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Nitrous - who needs it...
I've decided what to put in my Locost... saw it on Sky last night...
Hydrogen Peroxide!
The rocket motor was strapped into the world's fastest drag car to do a quarter mile - around 3.25 seconds, with a terminal velocity of 395mph (and
the fuel ran out 3/4 of the way down the track).
Apparently the G forces are considerably greater than those experienced by a fighter pilot...
David
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 08:54 AM |
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OK, I found a piece on the car (Vanishing Point).
He was only doing demo runs as the car was headed for a museum the next day - only 5.2 sec quarters, with a terminal velocity of just under 200mph.
Nothing, really...
David
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 02:39 PM |
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My Alfa does that and still gets 40 mpg
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UncleFista
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 04:56 PM |
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I saw "Vanshing Point" years ago, the strangest thing was the silence 'til it sparked up. After half a day of 'uge gert V8's running methanol and
no exhausts, the silence (bar the clicking) was quite surreal.
Mind you once it did start there was no stopping it, my eyes couldn't keep up (another strange experience) 0-386 MPH in 3.58 seconds, f*** NOS
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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barrie sharp
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 06:39 PM |
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Anyone seen the nitrous kit for sale on ebay
just a bit tempted!! 
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UncleFista
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| posted on 10/7/02 at 09:34 PM |
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£890.00 reserve !
Must be made of finest unobtainium or summat :
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/7/02 at 05:08 PM |
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yeah, bit ott that.....
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