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ismaelg

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In Topic: Corvette Turbine by Testors

28 November 2011 - 03:41 PM

Just to be clear, do not confuse a turbocharged engine with a turbine engine. Those are two completely different things.  A turbine engine is a gas turbine that drives the shaft  i.e. a helicopter or an air compressor (jet)  A turbocharger feeds compressed air to a regular reciprocating engine.
Automotive turbocharging has been around for decades, while turbine engines have never been more than experiments.
The only "production" turbine engine  powered land vehicle that I know of is the Y2K motorcycle, powered by a Rolls Royce helicopter turbine.

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In Topic: Corvette Turbine by Testors

27 November 2011 - 04:35 AM

Hi,

  IIRC, Granatelli's car was a '79 Corvette. It was done over a decade after the Indy race car so it was not really a test car, but an "oddity" of a custom car.  I've never seen the kit in my hands, but I've seen pictures of the box.  It seems to be a very crude representation of a turbine engine. Just a cylinder with a square vent on top. If you do a search on eBay for Testors corvette it may pop one or two.  The kit itself is... well, nothing to write home about.  It was related to Lindberg and USAirfix.

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In Topic: Turbo 400 transmission?

13 November 2011 - 03:26 PM

Thanks everybody!
Kris, I just ordered 2....

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In Topic: Hello gang!

12 November 2011 - 06:03 AM

Thanks gang! I'm getting a ZR1 kit to get things rolling.....

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