Interesting, to say the least. Their output is down however. I just
watched a Trucks program last week or so ago where the boys took a new
Dodge with Cummings and killed the HP TV shop chassis dyno. Pegged that
puppy at 1200 hp and 1500 ft lbs or some such nonsense. And that from
one engine about 6 liters. So maybe we'll see more diesels on the salt.
And what the heck is a Newton Meter? Is that like a 3.28 ft long Fig
Newton or what? And was the 750 HP DIN or SAE? Inquiring minds want to
know...nah they don't...
mayf, out in pahrump...tired from putting the 4 inch exhaust on the tow
truck. what a chore and I am not yet happy with it. Cannot get the
muffler clamps tight enough to hold. Guess I need to split the bell part
of the pipes so that they can be clamped. Or weld them.
Dick J wrote:
>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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