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Re: Diesel Streamliner

To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Diesel Streamliner
From: "Rich Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 18:08:11 -0700
Anyone who saw the Audi diesel GTP car at Sebring had to be impressed. That 
is one fast car in any company.         RF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "lsr list autox" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: Diesel Streamliner


> Thought this news item might be of interest:
>
>  worlds highest specific power diesel engine for land speed record 
> vehicle  (link to this article)
>  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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