If you really want to go fast

[kylie]

I figured theres a few very young max power boy racers on here, so this is for you :hehe:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15289&item=4561280339&rd=1

[Esprit]

Heh... stuff like that is just cool Got a guy at my work building a rocket-powered car to challenge the NZ speed record.... he's a nutter but he just might do it!

[Kiwi XTR2]

Esprit said:

Got a guy at my work building a rocket-powered car to challenge the NZ speed record.... he's a nutter but he just might do it!

For the NZ record you don't need Rocket-Power.

Just a long, straight, flat, EVEN surface that can be closed to general traffic.

Of course the engineer in me loves ROCKETS

I'll bring my 0.9kg fire extinguisher

[Esprit]

HEhe I know... but he's a rocket freak... he's made rocket skates, rocket bikes, rocket skateboards before... it's his hobby, just so happens he wants to smash a few records with it too... a standard Mac F1 could do it in an afternoon at Ramarama if you closed one direction of the MWay... probably the best piece of road in NZ for doing it.

[GravelBen]

Is the record still the 370kph or so set by Owen Evans? was thinking a standard macca f1 would need a pretty long straight to have a chance at that. and maybe a tailwind.

[GravelBen]

Just another interesting thought:

I bet u could fit a bigger rocket in the back of my legacy than a wee mr2...heh heh heh.

might need to upgrade the shocks first tho. lol

[Kiwi XTR2]

I'd be more worried about the heat shielding than the shocks

Getting off the line without incinerating yourself would be the first challenge.

Brakes would be another issue. If you get to ~400 kph you'd probably need another 1,000m to stop assuming very good brakes.

[GravelBen]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

Brakes would be another issue. If you get to ~400 kph you'd probably need another 1,000m to stop assuming very good brakes.

nah, you just need reverse-thrust units like they have on the big jets. of course, that does bring into the question the whole heat-shielding thing again.....

[rich 36]

No parking chock available then!

[htsd]

"I think its road legal"

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Tui billboard anyone?