Thought this news item might be of interest:
worlds highest specific power diesel engine for land speed record vehicle
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April 22, 2006 The JCB DIESELMAX has been created to break the world land
speed record for a diesel powered automobiles. JCB is aiming to set a new land
speed record for diesel vehicles with a super sleek streamliner car to be
driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, the fastest man on Earth. The record
attempt will take place on the famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah during
August 2006.The stunning, nine metre long JCB DIESELMAX car boasts twin
4-cylinder, 5-litre JCB444-LSR engines with the worlds highest specific power
diesel engines used in any automobile application. With each delivering 750hp
and 1500Nm torque, the engines are over five times the power of the production
version and at 150hp/litre, they exceed even motorsports applications as the
worlds highest specific power diesels. At the same time the engines retain
excellent fuel efficiency and very low emissions through the use of advanced
combustion control and diesel particulate filter technology.
DickJ
In East Texas
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