Gas Turbine cars were entered in both the 1967 and 1968 INDY 500 races.
Problems seemed to turn sure wins into last moment losses.
Of course, this stuff sounds like conspiracy to me.
I think the Turbine car guys "cut a deal."
They were allowed to "show off a little," but they were NOT allowed to win. (my opinion.)
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Background Info:
A turbine engine has no pistons.
A nozzle blows hot gas over a spinning fan blade.
This engine has 80% fewer parts then a piston engine.
Has maximum torque at zero rpm.
Only a few moving parts, and can burn about anything that will burn.
It is my opinion that we should be using Gas Turbine engines instead of piston engines.
A turbine engine has no pistons.
A nozzle blows hot gas over a spinning fan blade.
This engine has 80% fewer parts then a piston engine.
Has maximum torque at zero rpm.
Only a few moving parts, and can burn about anything that will burn.
It is my opinion that we should be using Gas Turbine engines instead of piston engines.
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It is in the best financial interest of most of the current automobile/gas/oil businesses to keep using piston engines that are much more complex and expensive to maintain, and burning the dirty oil based fuel rather than clean fuels like alcohol and hydrogen gas.
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Every major auto company has had a gas turbine project at one time or another. All seem to be going well, but when it comes production time, they all have an excuse to not go with the gas turbine engine.
The latest was the Jaguar C-X75.
They decided not to go into production due to the "global economic crisis."
This car is NOT a poor mans car.....
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