My guess....
Those are either little APU turbines for aircraft mounted aux power units or
one time use cruise missile engines.
Eckie "Put one on a skateboard." Prater

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitzmann" <kitzmann@EXIS.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: jet powered engine conversion.....check this out..(f)

> Anybody notice that those are homemade jet engines?  Three semitruck
> turbochargers and a bunch of ducting!
> And only 190 Lb thrust from three engines that weigh how much 600Lb pretty
> poor thrust to weight ratio considering that a small turbine engine used
on
> an aircraft weighs a few hundered pounds and puts out over a thousand
> pounds of thrust.  Or even better for this car how about a FJX-2  700Lb
> thrust 100Lb weight think of the possiblilities.
>
> On the issue of fuel mileage if it burns fuel like other turbojets it is
> probably burning something like .6Lb (at the minimum) per HP per Hr so
> thats 21Gals *8Lbs per gallon for Jet A divided by 190Lb thrust divided by
> .6Lbs gives us a running time of about 1.5 Hrs  or at 85 mph only 127
miles
> (6 mpg!), but oh wait that stop and go traffic must be a pain with that
> fuel burn at idle!  And I don't think the people behind you will like
> seeing thier paint burning off thier hoods as you sit at a light.
>
>
> Dave K.