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Originally Posted by JackNco Awsome. although inmy opinion its kind of a hollow victory. I dont see the point in a diesel record. Thrust didnt claim it as the fastest ever <what ever powers it> powered car.....
Although i know that guy that did alot of the promo shots and he said its pretty cool.
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The stuff they run jet engines on is called AVTUR or as us in Britain normally know it "JET-A1". The Thrust car was powered by a couple of Rolls Royce Spey aero engines, hmmmm
Know I can't say for real incase the man at the inland revenue is listening but a diesel car runs quite adequately on this fuel! It smells better as well!
During that fuel crisis a few years ago I can assure you that most people in the aviation industry were running their diesel cars on JET-A1.
So as the fuels are so closely linked is this not a false victory by JCB? Not one to Poo Poo British engineering of course! I think it should be a victory for a diesel engine but maybe not diesel fuel!
Then again who cares, well done boys!!!!
Neil