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    Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV

    All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis

    Millions Served: PopSci Drives the Lamborghini Reventon

    Popular Science Predicts The Car Of 2026 Won't Crash — Still Waiting On The 1986 Prediction Of A Flying Car, Thank You!
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    07/01/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    Hey, what is up with those guys on ATVs around Walnut in Philly? They were flying up the street late at night...with slicks on...cops couldn't even catchem...
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    Image of Slowlane Slowlane
    06/30/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    I sure hope those housings are able to contain a wheel burst because he is directly inline with a radial compressor and axial turbine that have blade tips spinning at the speed of sound...basically a bunch of bullets waiting to fatigue off and into his head. Awesome machine!
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    07/01/09

    @Slowlane: we can only hope that someone catches it on video.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    06/30/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    And hence the first forest fire ever to hit the outskirts of philly is started.. strangely along an ATV trail, with scorch marks on trees at about the 4' height and above.. Firefigters and climate scientists are unable to explain how or why it started. We conclude it must have something to do with freak lightening caused by global warming.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/30/09

    @WheatKing: I was thinking the same thing when I saw him in the woods.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/30/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    I would definitely drive it through the streets of Philly- as fast as I could- right to Pat's and I'd get my cheesesteak wit'
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    Image of pj134 pj134
    06/30/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: You know, I've never really been an onion on my cheesesteak. To each their own :/ I love seeing someone tear it up in the city though, at least that isn't a micro bike. cool.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/30/09

    @ambidextrous pj134: I always grab hot peppers too.


    Ahh. Now I know my worst road trip experience and vehicle. I had forgotten all about it. Me and a few buddies drove down to Pat's from CT on a ninety-something degree day- in a 2500 Diesel suburban. I ate two cheesesteaks, the AC broke- and we sat in traffic for three hours. I felt so sick, and yet I would do it again.

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    Image of tankman tankman
    06/30/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    We've been building "insane" gas turbine powered ATVs since the '70s. :-)


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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/30/09

    @tankman: I can't see your clip- but I'm guessing it's an Abrams-
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    06/30/09

    In reply to Popular Science Builds Insane Jet Turbine-Powered ATV
    HA! at around 00:50 where he is sloshing gas into the funnel and talking about it not really being green.


    I think the Jalopmobile needs a jet engine upgrade,

    Eat this New York Auto Show, zoooooooom!

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    Image of nicjasno nicjasno
    11/25/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    SINGLE WHEEL DRIVE ? You mean only one wheel gets power? WTF? And yes, those are 2cv wheels.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    11/25/08

    @nicjasno: A live axle with a differential gear would require a bit of engineering given the orientation of the sprocket on the engine. With only 42 or so HP on tap, SWD shouldn't be too much of an issue on dry pavement.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    I want new square engines, brilliant.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    I bet this still does better in a front crash than a Smart Fortwo
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    Crackpipe! Clearly some people like it,but i'll pass.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    "...complete any collection" my ass! This car IS the collection.


    The pedestal sits proudly in the center of the house. And running up to the pedestal, a pair of sturdy ramps runs down to floor level, whereby the car can reenter the world via a pair of double doors, to the driveway, thence to the street. On the street - any street - is where this car belongs.


    To own this car and not drive it, to sit and merely look at it without ever hearing the peculiar exhaust note, would be a terrible crime.


    Was the original builder's name, by any chance, Imhoff?

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    Image of Comrade Teargaskov Comrade Teargaskov
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    Oh my god damn.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    A wooden, French car. I thought the British had the monopoly on cars made out of old trees, a la the Morgan?


    This is twelve kinds of awesome and fifteen kinds of dangerous. But most of all, it is beautiful- beautiful in concept, beautiful in execution, beautiful in its simplicity...beautiful.


    Just be careful, though. That hydropneumatic suspension combined with the wood might make the car think its a boat. All of a sudden you've got a chain-smoking, cheese-eating Amphicar, which would then be promptly sunk by some sort of ass-engined Nazi U-boat.

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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/24/08

    @mechimike: The body is American, the suspension and wheels French, but the engine is British.
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    Image of civicdrivr civicdrivr
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    Im gonna buy it and put a Hayabusa engine in it. Hoonage to the max.
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    11/24/08

    @civicdrivr: Don't even think of such sacrilege. This is art you're talking about.


    If it's wood car hoonage you must have, build it yourself; the plans are right there. All it takes is a few sheets of plywood, some 2x lumber, a junkyard, and just a wee bit of your time (talk about PCH).


    I love this concept. If only one of the Big Three could mass produce something simple, fast & fun like this... Oh yeah; DOT gets in the way.

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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/24/08

    In reply to All-Wooden Speedball Special Roadster Built, For Sale In St. Louis
    Yes I know this is in St. Louis, not Kentucky, but I can't help myself.

    I dub this ride The Louisville Slugger
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