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Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
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10/18/2014 at 23:41 |
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I don't understand. It says steering is by use of either dial; why?
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
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10/18/2014 at 23:47 |
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Turbine powered too...
Jesse Shaffer
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10/19/2014 at 00:00 |
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Very cool. It's hard not to like something with F4 air intakes.
JGrabowMSt
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10/19/2014 at 00:04 |
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Mack Trucks had also experimented with turbine powered semi trucks as well. Theirs were substantially more plain, compared to some of the concepts being tossed around.
In the end however, they were deemed unfit for usage on the public roads. There are a couple examples that do have upwards of 8,000 miles on them during testing, but the primary problem with them was the heat from the exhaust.
In several instances, the hot exhaust reached temperatures so high, it would melt the paint right off and overpass, especially at highway speeds.
This truck is one of the ones mentioned. Believe it or not, I'm probably the only person who's been in the truck that wasn't involved in design, testing or maintenance on it, in it's current position. If my memory serves me right (it's been several years), the odometer read in the 7,xxx range.
General maintenance and exhaust temperatures were probably the two biggest reasons the trucks didn't make it into the roads.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
10/19/2014 at 00:45 |
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So that you have a free hand for murdering hookers.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
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10/19/2014 at 00:46 |
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Easily the best looking truck I've ever seen.
orcim
> JGrabowMSt
10/19/2014 at 02:08 |
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Huh. I'd bet that could be mitigated, now. Heat recovery for energy generation, added airflow venting to reduce the slipstream friction and a turbine heated on-board oven for bread baking. Modern tech - just say yes.
user314
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10/19/2014 at 10:46 |
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Two turntables and an automatic?
shop-teacher
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10/19/2014 at 11:28 |
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Looks like a crazy Tonka truck. I love it!
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shop-teacher
> JGrabowMSt
10/19/2014 at 11:29 |
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Cool! I had no idea these existed.
BansheeNornForgotHisBurnerKey
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10/19/2014 at 15:05 |
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chevy should do its next styling update with this :D
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JGrabowMSt
> orcim
10/19/2014 at 15:06 |
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Actually, at the time, Chrysler engineers had used heat exchangers to send the heat from the exhaust back into the intake. This actually caused the turbine engines to run more efficiently, and the motors actually did meet the standards at the time. GM and Ford engineers failed to do this, which resulted in prototype vehicles at the time whick were wholly unfit for road use due to exhaust temperatures.
That said, each time the engines were proven to meet the standards, the standards got upgraded. It was a vicious cycle that prevented the motors from ever becoming approved for road use.
Also, while its a well known fact that there is one Turbine car thats functional in the Jay Leno collection, there is in fact one more functional car. A non functional car was paired with a functional display only motor. I do not know where this second car is though.
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orcim
> JGrabowMSt
10/19/2014 at 17:20 |
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Cool. I wonder if a turbine/electric would be possible now like the diesel/electric locomotives. The turbine could be very small (maybe even ceramic) with a high performance generator for electric cars.
*speaking into phone* "Jeeves, we'll need about 100 miles for the next trip. I'll be along in an hour."
*mechanical voice* "Turbine firing now, sir."