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1 posted on 08/11/2026 1:00:53 PM PDT by DFG
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What is the nature of the engines?

Turbine, reciprocating, rotary?


2 posted on 08/11/2026 1:10:25 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: DFG

I thought the Blue Flame went over 600 mph back in the 70s. 400 would be impressive in something street legal, but that banana is not.


4 posted on 08/11/2026 1:22:21 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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Not with me in it.


6 posted on 08/11/2026 1:40:40 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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"...a pair of 4.8-litre four-cylinder hydrogen-powered engines revving at over 4,000rpm ...

Apparently the two engines are mounted in opposite ends. One drives the front wheels, the other, the rears.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/official-jcb-hydromax-is-fastest-ever-hydrogen-ca/51540

9 posted on 08/11/2026 2:31:00 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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Really cool, but hydrogen is impractical for common usage due to a number of problem with liquefying and storage and caloric density.


10 posted on 08/11/2026 2:51:25 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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I guess the Beach Boys will have to update their ‘Spirit of America’ song. “...They’d set a new record on that warm August morn.”


11 posted on 08/11/2026 2:51:30 PM PDT by HardyCanuck (Press Gangs)
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Faster than the Blue Flame on those salt flats?
Faster than that guy on the Indian motorcycle?


13 posted on 08/11/2026 4:39:13 PM PDT by desertsolitaire ("Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.")
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