Technical difficulties were never fully overcome, the increasing cost of fuel made gas turbine cars uneconomic to run, and meanwhile by the 1960s the piston engine had improved immeasurably over ...

As previously stated, the Chrysler Turbine Car's engines could run on anything. Unleaded gas, jet fuel, hair spray, and even Chanel No. 5 perfume. If it was a flammable fuel (and wasn't leaded ...

In the 1960s, Chrysler built a handful of cars powered by aircraft-style turbine engines. And where does one take a turbine when it's in need of a rebuild? To the original manufacturer ...

TASS/. The Tyumen engine plant has successfully completed bench tests of the first prototype of the TM16 gas turbine engine (GTE), the plant’s press service said. The TM16 prototype was unveiled ...

Built by Vince Granatelli, son of Indy 500 guru Andy Granatelli, this curious Corvette came into being by cramming a Pratt & Whitney ST6N-74 gas turbine engine into the donor car's lengthy front end.

Who says race cars have to be powered by piston engines mounted in the front ... Whitney to upset the whole apple cart again with the gas turbine, a massive side pod of a goiter slung onto ...

Technical difficulties were never fully overcome, the increasing cost of fuel made gas turbine cars uneconomic to run, and meanwhile by the 1960s the piston engine had improved immeasurably over ...

French aeronautical turbine manufacturer Turbomeca partnered with Renault to create a record-setting gas turbine-powered car ...

To understand his delight, you have to take a look at the engines of today's commercial aircraft. In many aircraft, the centrepiece is a gas turbine that generates the thrust. A fan, which looks like ...

Gas turbine-powered cars gathered momentum in more ways than ... The chassis is an aluminium monocoque, with steel bulkheads for the engine and the suspension pick-up points, the bodywork ...