Turbine power There is one name that stands alone at the apex of the dare devilry supply industry: the Turbonique Company of Orlando, Florida.Though the company no longer exists, mere mention of the name Turbonique still inspires a shudder of awe among drag racing enthusiast, the companys principle target market. Even in the Wild West atmosphere of 1960s drag racing, Its products represented the zenith of no-compromise, crazy. Turboniques aim was to to establish a consumer market for rocket technology. Their product line consisted of three items: AP superchargers, rocket drag axles, and the legendary microturbo thrust engines. All employed the same basic rocket technology, all in stepped grades of insanity. The Turbonique Drag Axle, was a diff centre section, with nothing less than a thermolene powered rocket nozzle mounted to the diff. At the touch of a button, it would add an extra 1,300 horsepower (yes thats one thousand, three hundred).The power was not purely thrust power like a jet engine on a plane - instead the power was passed through the diff housing to the rear tires, which resulted in many cars smoking their tires the whole way up the 1/4 mile on 1960s drag slicks.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 03:04:02 +0000
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