Howdy,
didn't that use some exotic "fuel" that was explosive as hell?
NHRA banned them as a result of the thing exploding? or some such rumor...
At 06:12 AM 10/11/00 , you wrote:
>When my Dad & I were Go-Karting back in the sixties he looked seriously at
>importing one. I still have the sales brochure & a magazine article on them
>somewhere.
>A Kart had two hooked up & did an 8 or 9 sec 1/4 mile I think?,.....it had
>enough thrust to send the driver in orbit if it was stood on end!.
>
>Turbonique also had a little turbine unit that you could bolt to some
>differentials & switch on when extra power was needed.
>KiwiBDF
>8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
><Ok, now is this what the Turbonique thing was?
> Mike
><In a message dated 10/10/0 4:37:09 PM, v4gr@rcn.com wrote:
>
><<John; Turbo compounding in this case means having a turbine in the exhaust
>
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