Wish i knew

Does anybody know what exactly goes into a jet-powered car?

you are just wanting to make your car go as fast possible arent you. you need a jet turbine engine and a little know how

hahahahahaha

Typically they use engines from older fighter jets. They're hitting afterburner off the line (awesome to watch at night.)

They creep off the line with pitiful 60 ft times then scream through the rest of the quarter ending at ~300mph. Very cool (I personally like the jet-powered 18-wheelers myself.)

Oh yeah....now you know. Wish granted.

jet engines are certified by the FAA for a certain number of flight hours, once that is up, they can not be used on planes, so people buy them and do this. you could do it, but you definitely can not drive it on the street, unless you keep your stock engine. and if you do have a jet engine, you would only be able to run it for about 20 minutes, since you will not have enough room in the car for the amount of fuel it takes, and you also have to take into consideration of how to force the air to the turbine. you know now, good luck, dont burn your car up.

why do i have to keep my stock engine?

if you want to drive the car on the street, legally, you would need to have your engine to run it, unless you can afford to run the turbine all the time and have a fuel truck following you or stop at a gas station every hour. if you are only going to run it at a track and for show and tow it everywhere, then i guess you would not want to keep the stock motor up front.

Have you actually seen one of these in person???? It's definitely not anything even remotely close to streetable. They use an increadible amount of fuel just to run the 1/4 mile. Take a look at this pic...notice the air intake behind the driver.

They have ~10,000 hp and the engine provides ~6,000 lb of thrust. It uses 40 gallons of diesel fuel in the 1/4 mile......That's right....this sucker gets a whopping 0.0063 miles/gallon....or about 33 feet/gallon. Oh yeah, and it uses a parachute for brakes.


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I have seen jet powered bikes, and a jet powered eclispe.

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/jet+bike/0/936BE777-D0B8-4766-A290-FF0555E2849E.htm

here is the jet bike and eclipse

yup thats the one

those were in Scottsdale Az, at a place called the Pavilions, I will be out there saturday with my car as well

Awww i wanna go

Definitely different. Definitely not streetable.

That Eclipse guy may have been trying to sell that car....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TURBINE-JET-ENGINE-POWERED-MITSUBISHI-ECLIPSE_W0QQitemZ4582975424QQcategoryZ6352QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Comments from the seller: "The fuel economy is poor, It holds approx 33gal and will run approx 15 20 min, much less @ 100% thrust, of course then You would be dead. It Burns Jet A The original V6 and 5 speed are still in the vehicle The car has not been to the Salt Flats, not so fun for me, but good news for You as it has no salt residue I have only had this vehicle to 110mph, of course it goes much faster, but I would have a long ways to walk to work."

With all of that extra weight in the car from the useless jet engine, it's got to be slow as a turd on the original V6....This is a straightline speed - closed course (salt flats, racetrack, etc.) only kind of vehicle IMO.

And here's the bike...

http://www.marineturbine.com/motorsports.asp

As the leaders in turbine innovation, MTT has produced the ultimate in high performance machines: the MTT Turbine SUPERBIKE. The critically acclaimed SUPERBIKE is the world's first turbine powered street legal motorcycle in its class, and has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the "Most Powerful Motorcycle Ever to Enter Series Production" and the "Most Expensive Production Motorcycle". Powered by a Rolls Royce Allison gas turbine engine, the SUPERBIKE has demonstrated over 300 hp and 425 ft/lbs of torque on the Dyno Jet 200, and has been clocked at a record-breaking 227 mph (record for the fastest turbine powered bike)........$150,000 USD

Most powerful and most expensive....did you notice that they didn't say the fastest????

Now don't get me wrong, these things are cool in a "huh? How'd they do that" kind of way. But just because it can be done, doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.

What do they use in jet powered cars,...????? Jet fuel!!! :)