Turbo tricks

[Thor Johnson]

On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Peter Lindberg wrote:

> In the early '70s, my Father built a dragster using 3 turbonique
> engines.  It had 1800 hp, and would accelerate to 60mph in .75 sec.
> (I forget what the quarter mile time was.)  Yes, rather unfair to those
> using piston engines, even turbocharged ones.  He wasn't banned from any
> tracks though.  He was about to switch over to a Hydrogen Peroxide
> rocket engine with even more power, but had a crash and decided to
> retire from racing (fortunately with no permanent injuries).

Out of curiosity... how do you get that much power to the ground?

                Thor Johnson
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