JET KART !!

[NITROFC]

Here is close-up of a homemade propane-powered jet car thingie. It wasn't working when I saw it, sadly enough. Apparently a fuel line was clogged or something. Oh well.

[Flexicoker]

I've seen pics of that before, its a lockwood-hiller (if I remember right) style pulsejet engine, I researched those alot and always wanted to build one, no moving parts on that engine at all, nada. Anyone here ever build one?

http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/images/valveless1.jpg

http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/images/valveless3.gif

Model HH 5.25-7
Valveless Engine
Military max thrust (lbs) .... 300
Maximum continuous (lbs) ..... 280
Minimum idle (lbs) ........... 30
Idle to mil. max time (secs).. 0.1
Fuel/thrust (lb/lb/hr) ...... 0.85
Dry weight (lbs) ............. 30


http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/valveless.htm

[NITROFC]

MAYBE THIS WILL WET YOUR WHISTLE ...

[JohnnyB327]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/johnnyb327/rockkart.jpg

Captain jack was his name and this baby did 215 in the quarter mile

[JohnnyB327]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v428/johnnyb327/arvil1.jpg

heres a pic of a rocket kart up against a top fuel dragster

[REDDOG]

hack cash, lets build one of these

[burndup]

I scored a cummins t46 BOH turbocharger, that I wanna make a jet engine out of... Its too damn big, nothing I own has enough exhaust pressure to spool it up...

BOH= BIG OL HONKIN...

[JohnnyB327]

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Its too damn big, nothing I own has enough exhaust pressure to spool it up...


[/ QUOTE ]

somethin tells me you need to get yourself a big block http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[NITROFC]

When we were Matching Racing our FC .. "THE CAPTAIN" also brought the house down ...

http://www.precision-illustration.com/Bench_Racing_Capt_Jack.html

[Brad54]

When I was 8 (1979--might have been the year before, though), the first drag race I went to had the Green Mamba jet car and a couple others. In the pits I remember seeing some guys running around doing donuts on a jet go-cart.

My dad wouldn't build me one, dammit.


It's still one of the coolest things I ever saw.
-Brad

[SimonSez]

Here's the kiwi version !

There used to be some .mpegs of it running as well, but I'm not sure if they are still there.

http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/gokart.htm

[Unkl Ian]

[ QUOTE ]
I scored a cummins t46 BOH turbocharger,...
Its too damn big, nothing I own has enough exhaust pressure to spool it up...

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Burndup:check this out.These guys remove the exhaust snail,and add a pulley and some bearings.
Since they only run at about 1/2 the speed of a regular turbo,
a BOH turbo will work fine on a much smaller motor.It would look great on a Jap bike. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.gatorsuperchargers.net/ (http://www.gatorsuperchargers.net/photos/photos.htm)

[redmeat]

<font color="red"> Dudes those Turbonique engines are death waiting to happen....I am a fool but those are were just plain stupid scary...just do a Google search and find out..one little mistake and BOOM bigtime.

R E D M E A T </font>

[Chopped50Ford]

no way will my ass sit in one of these.

http://www.ada-interlock.com/kart/New%20Pics/IMAGE15.JPG

http://www.ada-interlock.com/Rapp/img16.jpg

http://www.ada-interlock.com/Rapp/img14.jpg

http://www.ada-interlock.com/Rapp/img12.jpg

http://www.ada-interlock.com/Rapp/img15.jpg

Forget stopping w/ this thing. you fart and thats it, BOOM..Oxygen on your back, nitrogen by your lets...pffft....

BIG BALLS to ride this thing.

[burndup]

Unk, thanks, thats nuts! If I run it as a cetrifugal blower, do I still need to run an oil line to it?

Thanks,
J

[Morrisman]

Nitrogen, oxygen, and what else? How does it work?

[REJ]

You do not need an oil line to do what these guys do. They install pillow block bearings on the intake side of the turbo and then belt drive them.
If you go to the link mentioned above, you can see what they look like.

[burndup]

went there, gonna order a couple books. Thanks!

[oldchevyseller]

karts flamethrowers, all the same, natural selection at it's best, check this kid out,
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7779/animation2.gif


http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1107178&amp;perpage=40&amp;pagenum ber=1

[burndup]

Hell, if I could only find the link to the propane powered spud-gun!

[RileyRacing]

there's a dude at the place I used to work at that made a jet outta a Daytona turbo... wow was that loud...

One of the dudes at work sent me an email that had a jet kart from overseas, 1500 HP!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Cool shit.

Jay

[Unkl Ian]

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If I run it as a cetrifugal blower, do I still need to run an oil line to it?


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After studying their site,I'm still not sure. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

If the stock bushing/bearing between the snails was retained,
it would need some sort of lubrication,especially at those speeds.

Maybe they drill it out after the pillow blocks are located.

[oldchevyseller]

[ QUOTE ]
Hell, if I could only find the link to the propane powered spud-gun!



[/ QUOTE ]guess you will have to build one of these instead http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://users.frii.com/bsimon/daven/kdrag.html