New land speed record attemnpt

Brycheiniog · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:53

Thought this might be of interest:-

http://jcbdieselmax.com/html/home.php

The engine sounds interesting for a diesel

"While the production engine requires a boost pressure of 1bar, the two engines installed in the JCB DIESELMAX require 5.2bar absolute at full power. The scale of this challenge can be appreciated in comparison with around 3 bar absolute for a diesel Le Mans racer, and around 4 bar for the turbo-era Formula One cars.

The results of the JCB DIESELMAX engine development work are truly impressive and the headline figures speak for themselves: with each delivering peak power of 750hp and torque of 1500Nm, the engines are over five times the power of the production version and at 150hp/litre, they exceed even motorsports applications as the world’s highest specific power diesel car engines."

Jonathan

SoliD · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:53

cor interesting project for JCB, good luck to them, car if i can call it that, looks absolutely mental! slightly more aerodynamic than a normal jcb

Burned_Alive · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:03

Wrong Thread

Kreeeee · 21 Apr 2006 at 02:06

I liek following projects liek this, thanks for the link.

andi · 21 Apr 2006 at 02:42

Christ thats a lot of boost :eek:

DRZ · 21 Apr 2006 at 03:21

It seems a bit underpowered to me? Thrust SSC had 110,000hp and this has a mere 750 :confused:

Are they differing record attempts or something?

EDIT: "for a diesel vehicle"

Conanius · 21 Apr 2006 at 07:47

DRZ said:
It seems a bit underpowered to me? Thrust SSC had 110,000hp and this has a mere 750

Are they differing record attempts or something?

EDIT: "for a diesel vehicle"

IIRC SSC was jet powered, whereas this is direct transmission to the wheels, so yes, different records, I doubt this will come close to 750 mph

Bear · 21 Apr 2006 at 08:09

andi said:
Christ thats a lot of boost

It is a lot of boost but remember they are cheating a bit in using absolute pressure as they are adding 1 bar for atmospheric pressure on top of boost pressure.

Fusion · 21 Apr 2006 at 08:22

DRZ said:
It seems a bit underpowered to me? Thrust SSC had 110,000hp and this has a mere 750

Two engines with 750hp each. They're aiming for 300mph. With the Audi R10 winning at Sebring, all I can say is- go diesel! :cool: