Originally Posted by
cargirl1990
I thought about this thread for a bit. I realized that they can make a turbine engine for a bus and not a for a car.
The technology probably does not scale too well....once you shrink it to some size design for certain components become more difficult, and I would think cooling will be a problem as well as certain sound proofing feature...
I am not too sure as to how well the turbine will work for a regular car type gearbox though, they don't strike me as something that likes to work is constantly varying rpm out put.....
Last edited by RacingManiac; 09-16-2009 at 10:17 AM.
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