Saturday, January 1, 2011

Thrust SSC - 763 MPH

Thrust SSC - 763 MPH

Thrust SSC - 763 MPH


These super fast cars fastest pole position in the world! May be regarded as a row of super-fast car is not running but "little fly" so quickly because a capital of a jet engine. Speed yes indeed boundless. The desire to be the fastest is like opium for the lovers Autosport. Try to compare it with the world's best sports car lists.

Since the beginning of the 20th century to the present day human beings have created something in order to produce vehicles that can run with the maximum. But the car seems normal production alone is not sufficient, to satisfy their desires that need super speed cars.

Do not be surprised when they make a jet engine to be able to make cars run and even fly. Maybe that's how true lovers of speed, which took the engine from the plane and put it into the car when it considers an ordinary car engine can not do much

Below we have listed the top ten fastest cars vehicle with the engine in the world, both powered by jet engines or motors, as well as electric cars or alternative fuels. Some even managed to beat the speed of sound!

1) Thrust SSC - 763 MPH or 1228 Km / H
Is the Thrust SSC jet-powered rocket car that was created by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss. The car is booked record on October 15, 1997 after a car crashed with a speed of 763 miles per hour. This is the first car that really can break the sound barrier. The car was driven by Air Force fighter pilot Squadron, Andy Green in Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA. Machines that use Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan as used on fighter aircraft F-4 Phantom. If you're in the United Kingdom, you can visit this car at the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England.

2) Thrust 1018 2-633 MPH or Km / H
Jet car Thrust 2 is designed in the UK, and has held the land speed record, before being acquired by the Thrust SSC. The car was designed by John Ackroyd and driven by Richard Noble. This car broke the record on October 4, 1983 in Black Rock Desert in Nevada USA. By the end of the travel speed of 633 mph. This car, like the Thrust SSC, is also featured in the Coventry Transport Museum in Coventry, England.

3) Blue Flame - 630 MPH or 1010 Km / H
Gary Gabelich, who drove the car at a record speed of 630 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats on October 23, 1970. Built in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Motor on the car was revolutionary, because it uses a combination of hydrogen peroxide and natural gas liquid that is pressed by the helium. At full strength, the motor can produce full encouragement that produce 58,000 horsepower.

4) Spirit of America - 600 MPH or 1000 Km / H
Craig Breedlove drove Siprit of America in the last attempt at Bonneville Salt Flats on November 15, 1965. During testing, he membubukan record with a speed of 600 miles per hour. The main motor is a GE J79 engine which was originally from fighter aircraft F-4 Phantom. The car is currently on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum, California. The Beach Boys to write a song about the car called, "Spirit of America.

5) Green Monster - 572 MPH or 920 km / H
Cars Green Monster was developed by Art Arfons and his brother Walt Arfons. The car won the speed record three times during the competition in 1964 and 1965. Using engine F-104 Starfighter jet afterburner with 4 stages. The car was eventually defeated by Craig Breedlove.

6) Wingfoot Express - 415 MPH or 665 km / H
Creator Wingfoot Express is the Walt Arfons and Tom Green. The car was powered J46 jet engine and able to penetrate the speed of 415 kilometers per hour in 1965. But now no one knows exactly where this car is, because it does not display in any museum.

7) Thunderbolt - 345 MPH 552 Km / H
Thunderbolt is the holder of the British Speed Record in the 1930s. This car was piloted by Captain George Eyston and supported by the twin engines of R-Type V12 Rolls-Royce aero. Note 345 miles per hour can last for 25 years and has been assigned to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Note the time it lasted until the outbreak of World War II.

8) Campbell-Railton Blue Bird - 301 MPH or 486 km / H
36.7-liter supercharged engine Rolls-Royce R V12 engine that produces 2300 horsepower power, creating a record with a speed of 301 miles per hour. These machines reached a record at Bonneville Salt Flats in 1935 and piloted by Malcolm Campbell. This is the first vehicle to drive up to 300 miles per hour. This car is on display at the Alabama Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama.

9) Irving-Napier Golden Arrow - 231 MPH or 372 km / H
This machine holds the record of 231 miles per hour on March 11, 1929 and was made by Henry Seagrave. This car uses a 23.9-liter engine Napier Lion aero W12 that produces 925 hp power. Uniquely, it is powered machines cooled with ice, not the radiator. The record was set in Daytona Beach, Florida. The car was now on display at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England.

10) White Triplex Spirit of Elkdom - 207 MPH or 333 km / H
The last machine on this list is the most tragic. White Triplex Spirit of Elkdom use three Liberty aero engine and driven by Ray Keech. At a second chance to try the track, the driver, Lee Bible, were killed. Then Keech offered the chance to drive a car again, but refused, believing the car is not safe at high speeds. Lee did not have experience driving at high speed, and finally the car is upside down in the dunes in Ormond Beach, Florida. Legal.

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