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I'm pretty sure it's only street legal while the jet engine is turned off. Then you're just transporting a jet engine on the back of a Beetle, right?
That's what I thought too, but then the post says "That said, I do enjoy the occasional blast down the highway." and suddenly I'm not so sure...
if he were to install the engine into the vertical position, he could have enjoyed occasional blast _over_ highway as the thrust of this engine (even without adding turbofan) seems to be just about enough to lift a stripped down VW Beetle.
This is why I love the Bay Area, specifically South Bay. A suburban hell and technology goldmine all wrapped up into a neat little package.
And every time I'm around a college kid talking about how awesome downtown San Jose is on the weekends, there are always people behind them doing the "no" head shake with their hand making the cut it out motion under the chin, validating my existing perception.
exhibit a: https://tenor.com/view/no-good-cut-it-out-stop-it-stop-jonah...
Car guys always have to have their custom exhausts, don't they? :)
"It can be a little windy inside with the jet engine running but not too bad. " Now that is an understatement. Despite all the (self-described) obsessive engineering that went into this, the driver of this beast has the intake of a GE T58-8F helicopter turbine engine less than two feet from their head. HELL NO.
>The engine is a General Electric Model T58-8F with some internal modifications and a custom tailpipe. Car guys always have to have their custom exhausts, don't they? :)
For me, cars have always been just as much about how they sound as well as look and drive. The rumble of a big V8, or a turbocharger spooling up.
Wait 'till you see what he's got planned next: http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/images/SCOOTE2PScopy.jpg
The guy who owned it before me removed the restrictor so it would zip right up to ~40mph and I thought THAT was a bit too fast for such a little ride.
...can't even imagine what this beast would be like!