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150 mph British Steam Car
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9c545fda-c886-4b55-b509-57ebcdd66bdc/C5799DE3-ED36-4589-98B2-918858C2C736/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/" href="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/" style="font-size: 11px;">hackedgadgets.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><H3 id="post-1590" class="storytitle"><A title="Permanent Link to 150 mph British Steam Car" rel="bookmark" href="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/">150 mph British Steam Car</A></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><DIV class="meta"> <SPAN class="storyAuthor">Written by: <A href="http://hackedgadgets.com/alan-parekh-hacked-gadgets-author/">Alan Parekh</A> </SPAN> at 7:54 am. Filed under <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Complex Hacks" href="http://hackedgadgets.com/category/complex-hacks/">Complex Hacks</A>, <A rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Insane Equipment" href="http://hackedgadgets.com/category/insane-equipment/">Insane Equipment</A> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/hackedgadgets.com/img/5239D27A-E2C0-4B33-9E05-49734BE13159" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><P>I have been thinking about ways of reducing my fuel expenses due to the increasing gas cost. If this <A href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4270456.html" target="_blank">150 mph British Steam Car</A> could be converted from liquid <SPAN id="intelliTXT" name="intelliTxt">petroleum </SPAN>to <A href="http://www.wlwt.com/news/4864938/detail.html" target="_blank">french fry grease</A> we might just have my next vehicle pick.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><SPAN id="intelliTXT" name="intelliTxt">Burning liquid petroleum gas at 750° F to pressurize that 360-hp Curtis turbine, the 25-ft.-long Steam Car can turn 10.5 gallons of water a minute into some boiling-hot action for the record books—and wicked fast, with velocities in excess of 150 mph. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/">Unlike a steam locomotive, which uses a steam-powered injector system, the British Steam Car uses compressed-air-powered hydraulics to inject distilled water and pre-prime itself.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/">The water is pumped into the start of 1.86 miles of tubing to develop three megawatts of heat to convert water into 750 F steam. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><P>Via: <A href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/steam-engine-car" target="_blank">TechEBlog</A> and <A href="http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/british_steam_car_plans_for_170_mph_at_bonneville.php" target="_blank">New Launches</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/hackedgadgets.com/img/91F4E0CB-10BD-4185-8C61-EEBBA26E6D74" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/hackedgadgets.com/img/D34C3959-6869-4F02-B2A8-D41D11A7F04D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/06/30/150-mph-british-steam-car/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/hackedgadgets.com/img/700D39C4-6E5B-4D6C-845E-46F43B9E91A1" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5799DE3-ED36-4589-98B2-918858C2C736/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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