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/...0555E2849E.htm

here is the jet bike and eclipse