Guest quatra Posted April 27, 2003 Share Posted April 27, 2003 do any of you know what a ram jet is i wonder if it would be posible to mount one on the back of a z or any car for that matter. the only thing i know about them is they are jet engiens with no moving parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 No trolling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 what does that mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Have you been watching "chips" reruns? I saw a show a few months ago that tests urban legends. They mounted a couple rockets on the top of a 65 impala and lauched it to 200+ on a dry lake bed. The biggest thing they emphasized was the illegality of using them on the street and the amount of permits and paperwork involved just to aquire the rockets to begin with. not to mention they are single use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 It means I don't see this as a legitimate or even serious question but an attempt to get some sort of off-topic conflict started, ie trolling. Mounting a solid fuel JATO to a car is not a means of improving performance, just shortening your life. And if this WAS an honest question, it definitely doesn't belong in the SBC section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatorx Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 First , you could never achieve sufficient forward speed in your Z that is required to light it off. A ram jet,as the name implies, needs high speed ram air to function - operating on the hot compressed air fed via an initial flight to altitude mounted on a high speed carrier vehicle. Think German buzz bomb and you have the general idea-solid rocket booster and ram jet propulsion AFTER it gains spped and altitude... Secondly, you would not be prepared for what would happen should you ever be able to light it off... There are easier ways to kill yourself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 OK, to be a PITA. A JATO bottle is not a ram jet and V1 buzz bombs used pulse jets. A ram jet is just a hollow tube with a fuel injector and maybe an ignitor. It uses the forward motion of the jet to build up a pressure wave inside the tube in the place of a compressor on a common turbo jet. Your absolutely right, no moving parts and no real top speed because theoretically the faster they go the more efficient they become. But, like said above, you have to get to a pretty good velocity to get a ram jet to work. I don't know if you could get one to work at highway speeds. You can make small ram jets, surface to air missiles have used them in the past, so one small enough to mount on a car might be underpowered. Why not a hydrogen peroxide rocket? Or make your own solid fuel boosters, kinda like the space shuttle. Or even quicker, a bottle of Jack and some late night street racing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 A RAM JET MIGHT NOT WORK BUT A PULSE JET WILL.. http://www.windspire.com/jetpower/index.html#PV8[/url] IT EVEN SAYS CAR USE ON THE WEB SITE. TWO OF THESE AT 35LBS OF TTHRUST A PIECE IS A LITTLE BOOST. A PULSE JET CAN START AT A STAND STILL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviatorx Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Oh jeeeeez ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE IT DID I MENTION I AM A TEENAGER AND INVICIABLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zgeezer Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 One nice thing about having been around forever is you get a chance to see it all at least twice. Hydrogen peroxide rockets have powered at least one 1/4 mile exhibition car and, I think, at least one land speed record attempt. I'd like to say about 1970-80... been around so long I think twice to determine my current decade. The best of the lot was a small turbine (fueled, I think with natural gas or gas and oxygen mix) that drove a pinion gear that would bolt onto the back of a differential housing by replacing the inspection cover and would mesh on the backside of the ring gear. My recollection is that these units were rated at something like 150 shaft hp. The turbine was slightly larger than some of the middle sized turbochargers common on rice boxes today. Nitrous does the same job today. gw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 THEY MAKE A SMALL TURBINE FOR AIRPLANES WITH SOME MODS I AM SURE IT COULD MOUNT TO A TRANS MISSION.LESS THAN 200LBS AND 240 HP NOT BAD POWER TO WEIGHT http://www.atpcoinc.com NOT VERY FESIABLE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE MONEY FOR A TURBINE POWERD Z AND A FULL MACHINE SHOP IN YOUR GARAGE A TURBINE IS A JET ENGINE BUT YOU CAN ATTACH TRANS OR PROPS TO THEM. IN THE 60 OR 70 THEY HAD TURBINE RACE CARS I THINK. INSTEAD OF A RUMBLE THAY WHINE BUT IT SOUNDS GOOD. THEYRUN OFF OF JET A KEROSENS SOMETHING WITH A CLEAN BURN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I can just see it now, The Fast & Furious fools getting the idea to stuff a turbine into a Civic........ Would that be Fried Rice ?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 SURE WOULD BUT I SAID PUT IT IN A 240.SORRY FOR POSTING CHEVY BOARD SHOUDA PAID MORE ATTINTION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny411 Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 BTW,Remove your caps lock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaparral2f Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Here is something from the"There is nothing new under the sun department" Check this out. http://www.the-rocketman.com/turbonique.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boobala Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 From the "Been there, done that" department... ...and from the "Last, but certainly not least" department.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest quatra Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 Wonder what the /1/4 mile is for that car with 3 jet engines on the back of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 I don't know, but it would be my luck to get stuck behind that guy on the freeway. I like the way he removed the front bumper. Probably to increase the airfoil shape to give more lift. I bookmarked that pulse jet link. That is hilarious. They have plans for a home built helicopter with pulse jets on the end of the rotor blades. Can you say Wile E. Coyote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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