check out this bus.I know its not a ford who cares.

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I've been accused of riding the short bus before. I think that's the one I'd like to ride in. Even has the IH emblem on the front.

 

That is awesome. Like hearing those turbo's.
Seen one at Rockingham Dragway one time. They called it "The Cool Bus" and it would do a wheel stand the entire 1/4 mile. It was a gasser but still cool to watch.

 

They just had the Cool Bus here at Bristol this weekend.

 

Wow, that thing is a handfull.
Did you notice how it likes to start to dance around when getting near the finish line?
Also the engine is not up front, you can see right through the fenders when the driver is reversing after the burnout.

 

thats cool

 

I get a big chuckle out of reading the comments under these types of video posts. Especially the one about Bio Diesel being "more efficient"... What a knuckle-head.

 

Thats one sweet bus

 

That make me want to drop my truck back down and start tinkering! Very cool post Kuppa!

 

It would be interesting to see a "match race" against this bus!



Of all the jet powered vehicle sites I've looked at this one is a must see...

Jet Beetle

...and here's a picture I copied from that site...



It turns out that Jet engines and Diesel engines are much more similar than you might think! This first picture illustrates the basic internal features of a Jet engine...



...and this second picture illustrates the basic internal features of a Diesel engine...



...and as you can see both types of engines ingest intake air that's been compressed, then fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the combustion process then liberates the fuel's chemical ENERGY as heat ENERGY, this in turn increases the average kinetic ENERGY of the gas molecules in the combustion chamber, which is the "Physics" way of saying that the gas pressure in the combustion chamber increases. So far everything is essentially identical for both engine types!

In the Jet engine some of the molecular kinetic ENERGY of the combustion gas is used to produce thrust HP, and some is used to spin the turbine which in turn spins the compressor to make a new supply of compressed intake air. In the Diesel engine some of the molecular kinetic ENERGY of the combustion gas is used to produce piston HP, and some is used to spin the turbine which in turn spins the compressor to make a new supply of compressed intake air. All I did here was to use the exact same sentence twice and substitute the words Diesel for Jet and piston for thrust, so it appears to me that a Diesel engine is indeed very similar to a Jet engine!

Here's a few more interesting comparisons. A Jet engine employs multiple compressor stages and turbine stages which are somewhat analogous to employing compound turbos on a Diesel engine. The Jet engine's pressure ratio is about 8 to 1 which is about double the pressure ratio of a single turbo used in a Diesel engine. The Jet's Turbine Inlet Temperature is limited to a safe operating maximum of about 1,200 F which is the same limit for a Diesel's turbo. Jets produce their maximum thrust at RPMs that are about 2 to 3 times higher than their idle RPMs which is about the same relationship between the idle RPMs and maximum HP RPMs for mid size and larger displacement Diesels.

 

Great vid Chris, that thig boogies...your turbo's gonna sound like that...one of them anyway..

 

Thanks for sharing.