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what the hell was powering her mustang,??

posted 14 years ago by Tish-The-Scorpion
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what the hell was powering her mustang, dilithium crystals and a warp drive?!

[–] jimmymack7 14 years ago

lol.....probably jet propulsion of some sort would be my quess.

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[–] the_urban_prince 13 years ago

that mustang was sexy!!...

[–] mikey1969 13 years ago

Jet propulsion wouldn't make the tires squeal. Jet engines don't power a driveline, they just propel hot gas out the back at a high rate of speed. What was really powering her Mustang was a stock engine and Hollywood Magic... ;-)

[–] Alek_Hidell 12 years ago

Jet propulsion wouldn't make the tires squeal. Jet engines don't power a driveline, they just propel hot gas out the back at a high rate of speed. What was really powering her Mustang was a stock engine and Hollywood Magic... ;-)

Not true, Mikey. Many auto manufacturers and racing organizations were playing with turbine cars from the 50s until the early 80s. Chrysler made a number of them in 1962-3, and they ran for two years in the Indy 500. The turbine (jet) engines powered the wheels through a transmission, not by blasting hot air out of the back.

And yes, gas turbine engines and jet engines are different names for the same engine.

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[–] The StarDogG Champion 13 years ago

must have been a very small drive, as you can see uner the car when it's suspended on the cables over the gorge and there is not much there... about 10 inches of glowy exhaust pipes and that's it :-D maybe the warp drive is in there

[–] baldwinleo 12 years ago

Well there was definitely the burble of a regular gasoline engine. Plus, we see her filling it with gas. Then they pull the plugs to use in the Lycoming engine. But then there is that whine. I figured it was a blower (as in a Roots blower aka a supercharger). Those things whine pretty loud. And maybe it had an electric pre-boost, because it seems E could spool it up independent of engine speed at the start. Also, apparently, it had line-lock (apply the front brakes only, to light up the rears for a fast take-off). Cool orange screen never seemed to show anything but a dim orange glow. I was expecting maybe radar to drive fast in the dark but apparently that is best done "mostly by feel".

[–] MadamShogun (232) 7 years ago

Wow, i made this topic ages ago. And hell yeah that was a awesome Stang