Helicopter Turbine Powered Roadster (Not a turbo miata!)

[montgomery]

I am just starting mechanical engineering and manufacturing and this pleases my interests like nothing ever has.

[godzillus]

As a Junior Mech-E, this is fucking awesome. I wish I could have the budget capabilities you guys have when it comes time to do my senior design project.



Damn. How'd you get a hold of the turbine, out of curiosity?

yup!

The company we are working for is borrowing it. Its a quarter million dollar turbine. I doubt we'll see these becoming more common, especially with that price tag. We(the students) still only have 3 grand so most of the money gets put into rebuilding the triumph chassis, the custom driveshaft, n2 brake, and all the braided AN lines for fuel and oil. We are trying to keep the cost down on custom parts, so we are designing, evaluating, and making everything else. At the end of the day, it's a $250,000 turbine in a free car

[EThirtySicks]

As a Junior Mech-E, this is fucking awesome. I wish I could have the budget capabilities you guys have when it comes time to do my senior design project.



Damn. How'd you get a hold of the turbine, out of curiosity?

How many other people clicked on this thread expecting to see a Turbo'ed Miata??? ... . . I waited 2 days before clicking ...

..... mind blown ... . can't wait to see more turbine powered low cars ....

yup!

[jrc]

How many other people clicked on this thread expecting to see a Turbo'ed Miata??? ...

I'd have to admit I fit that description pretty closely hahah, this is going to be awesomeee!

[SheaMoose]

Oh, okay.
This is seriously bad ass!

[indy510]

How many other people clicked on this thread expecting to see a Turbo'ed Miata??? ... . . I waited 2 days before clicking ...

..... mind blown ... . can't wait to see more turbine powered low cars ....

[Nick475]

well then

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Wut.


Seriously interested in exhaust routing, and definitely down to see this progress. Crazy rust you guys had to deal with!

[mule.]

insanity. can't wait for the videos

[TruTaing]

Wtf. 53000 RPM? Fifty three thousand RPM? holy crap. this is crazy.

[A4crn]

subbed....this is crazy!!

[Svenska94Aero]

Oh good god. Sub'd.

[godzillus]

This is wicked awesome, how do you guys plan to route the exhaust?

We are thinking of running it out the sides, just behind the front wheels.
The exhaust is 1200 deg F so its kind of a big deal to get it away from the driver.
The hood will most likely have an inverted NACA Duct-looking power bulge, but we will model it in solidworks to see what it looks like.

Oh, you LITERALLY meant turbine!

Yeah this car is ALL turbo

[Semu]

Well, i'm speechless

[slowstefan]

No biggy.. Just the normal turbine swap you see almost every day..





On a real note.. Awesome!