Blackbird

[Corey Cole]

On Fri, 22 Mar 1996 steveb at newkla.kla.com wrote:

> WRT SR-71 and it's fuel ...
> 
> on cam.  I had noticed that there was a group of '50's american cars up 
> ahead so I thought it was one of them.  It turned out that I was wrong ...
> to spin the engines of the SR to the point where they could start they had
> built an APU that was built from a pair of Buick small-blocks, coupled 
> together through turbo-hydramatic trannies, which would then connect to 
> the shaft that spins the turbine/compressor shaft of the jet engine.  They 
> had really tricked the motors with all kinds of chrome and performance 
> goodies.  

Not to quibble, but I've seen that particular card in a book...Them are 
Nailhead 425s, not small blocks...As a Buick fanatic, I try to keep up 
with every use these engines get.


 Corey Cole					colec at pr.erau.edu
 '65 Skylark
"Knowledge is power...but cubic inches help."		Go #24!!!!!
 
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