Alternative engines

[David A. Cooley]

The problem is torque, which is what puts a resting object into motion... A
turbine's torque is extremely low.
Chrysler came out with a turbine powered car in 1962 or 1963... never made
it into production and the test drivers said it took forever to get up to
highway speed... Once it got up there though, they said it would accelerate
pretty well.


At 02:50 PM 4/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>In addition to alternative fuels what about laternative power sources. I 
>notices that an allison T63 turbine engine weighs about 150 lbs is about the 
>size of a 50 lb fire extinguisher and puts out a whopping 317 HP!! A GE T-700 
>which is a little shorter than a ford 5.0 engine cranks out 1,645 shaft 
>horsepower!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These engines will run on just about any liquid that 
>burns, such as diesel, unleaded, kerosene, and even used frying oil!. Has 
>anyone comntemplated the pro's and cons from such a conversion? I know these 
>engines can be found somewhat inexpensively from Government auctions..
>
>Scott

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