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more about #chrislentz more comments → Elhigh: Top speed is only 130? Numbnuts, shift the tranny into neutral and pour the coals on the turbine. If you can't break past 200 with 2000+ ponies in you... more » slackinfux: You guys somehow see this as cool, I see a future Darwin award winner. more » Tanshanomi: Sure, like I want to go 140 MPH in a stock F150 with a load in the bed. more » WheatKing: Now if he'd just couple the turbine shaft to a mechanical linkage to get that power to the wheels he'd have something.. This is why helicopter engines... more » GotaGurt: Pure novelty. Boring! more » P161911 probably shoudn't have: The automobile article mentioned that the jet won't see the full 2700HP until the intake air reaches a speed of 500mph+ It really needs at least some ... more » Turboner: I think a Rocketruck would be cooler, cheaper, and faster. more » Corvette_Thunder_Wheres my trophy for participating in Jalopnik?: The 0-60 doesnt seem that bad for a jet engine. Look at those Top Gear Vids where the veyron or R10 race a Jet, in a 1/4 mile, theyll own the plane, a... more » Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: That is... surprisingly slow, actually. Then again, you generally don't take a jet engine to the drag strip. You head straight for the salt flats. more » pauljones: So, even with the jet engine going, it still took it 8.5 seconds to hit 60? It certainly is an amusing novelty, though. more » -
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Home-Built 2700 HP Jet-Truck Is The Coolest Truck Ever!
In a bid to give his 2005 Ford F-150 more power, Jackson, Michigan native Chris Lentz strapped a Czechoslovakian Motorlet M-701 turbojet to the truck bed, creating a 2700HP jet-powered truck. It's the coolest truck we've ever seen. Video below. More »
