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| Comments: 6 (Read/Post) Favorites: 0 (View) |
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on: 03-23-2009
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Description:
Holy motherfucking Christ.
Railton Special, AWD, powered by two supercharged V12 48l Napier Lion aircraft engines. After some modifications, in 1947 it was rated at 2500hp and it officialy reached 394mph at Bonneville. |
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3-24-2009 @ 06:08:13 AM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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I think (I'm not sure) it's the fastest piston powered land vehicle. Also this thing was built before WW2, the photo above was taken a Brooklands.
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3-24-2009 @ 06:46:34 AM |
| Posted By : Low-Tech Redneck |
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I've always liked the land-speed record cars that used direct-drive systems instead of being essentialy jet aircraft that don't leave the ground, I'm more in awe you can get a piston powered motor to run up to ~400 mph and have it NOT fly apart, ditto for the driveline
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3-26-2009 @ 07:49:15 AM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#4, From what I read the drive line was separated, each engine drove it's own axle. I shudder to think the amount of fine tuning this involved and what would happen if they decided to go out of tune at speed.
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