Turbine for VW

[Pine]

From an old Popular Mechanics, surely the figures is just too good to be true?

[karmakoma]

Was that the April edition of PM?

[Chris]

From Wiki

Shaft horsepower

Shaft horsepower (shp) is the power delivered to the propeller shaft of a ship or an aircraft powered by a piston engine or a turbine engine (the combination of turbine engine and propeller commonly called a turboprop). This may be measured, or estimated from the indicated horsepower given a standard figure for the losses in the transmission (typical figures are around 10%). This measure is uncommon in the automobile industry, because drivetrain losses can be significant.

[eben]

http://www.almar.easynet.be/turbonique.htm
http://boingboing.net/2009/07/28/the-black-widow.html

[Chris]

In this pic it shows actually how big it is.



Strange contraption,just a pity the original Beetle was never saved.

[karmakoma]

Thanks Eben
made for some cool reading. Not small is it?! Those cars went like CRAZY! The ultimate resto cal accessory

[Chris]

I had a chuckle about this quote:

only about 110 or so mph more than the stock engine could ever push the car-- at which point it, full of false confidence, takes flight.

[karmakoma]

, Yes me too, was thinking, the parachute wasn't there to stop the car, it was part of the drivers ejection seat after ^^^ happened!

[eben]

Cool name for a car: "Black Widow"

[Mr9A]

thats the 1st time that i have seen this pretty cool but damn that thing is huge