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İyul 1, 2009
Maximum Overkill: Jet-Powered Ford F-150!
By John Coyle
Deputy Editor
When I first started working at CarDomain, everybody was going crazy over Ron Patrick’s Jet Beetle, so I knew you guys would totally dig this jet-powered Ford F-150. Builder Chris Lentz has wanted a supersonic truck since he was a little kid, and started on the project two years ago after picking up a ’50s era jet designed to power a Czechoslovakian L-29 Delfin trainer. And while the Blue Oval might not have the lofty performance specs of the fighter, it will run the 1/4 mile in a blistering 8.5 seconds. Sure, at full throttle, the 20-gallon fuel tank will be dry in four minutes, but something tells us it’d be a wicked four minutes! Check out the clip below to see it in action, and head over to Automobile for more pics and details on the build.
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ZilverFox
Jul 2, 2009 at 11:14 am
Gm in the 70 made a jet powered car
PsychoVolvo
Jul 2, 2009 at 11:01 am
I’m sure that took a lot of work, but it looked pretty slow for a car with 2000+ hp. I’m sticking to internal combustion engines, thankyouverymuch.
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Jul 2, 2009 at 9:50 am
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PIchillin456
Jul 2, 2009 at 9:31 am
You can’t expect this thing to be fast off the line. Jet engines need time to spool up. That’s why fighter jets need to be slingshot off aircraft carriers. Without it they would just run to the end of the ship and drop into the ocean. They just don’t have the initial power to get themselves in the air in that short distance. Prop planes used to take off completely under their own power. Jets just can’t. But once they get going jet’s will leave prop planes in their vapor trail. That truck had terrible low end power but once the engines spooled up it got a decent quarter-mile time.
boo_rad_32189
Jul 2, 2009 at 8:31 am
meh, its ok.
I give him props for the build nut could have picked something better.
mzda323javi
Jul 2, 2009 at 8:26 am
booooooooooo!!!!
johncoyle206
Jul 2, 2009 at 8:14 am
Yikes! Didn’t expect to see so much hate directed at this truck… in all honestly, I’m a Chevy man and I think jet engines are best left to fighter planes, but even still, I think this is really cool.
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Oh, and the log in issue happened to me as well. I’ll let the tech dudes know.
fireball22
Jul 2, 2009 at 7:58 am
In the vid the truck looks like it was on a public highway (opposing traffic in the background), so a full-on blast wasn’t likely a decent idea at the time. The truck also sits a bit high for decent high-speed runs, IMHO. Like a lot of cars on here, built for fun. More power to him for taking a gamble on the unusual.
ChanTheMan07Chev
Jul 2, 2009 at 7:29 am
yea purebusiness!!! its pissin me off i have to keep login in!!
gangsta5353
Jul 2, 2009 at 6:54 am
ok wtf it didnt get any faster..dats da biggest waste of money n it looks stupid too
KustomKiely
Jul 2, 2009 at 4:30 am
Might be cooler if it actualy had some balls taking off.
akracing1603
Jul 2, 2009 at 4:01 am
gaaayyyy that was a waste of money, i bet a lightning would beat that
chevyman327nova
Jul 1, 2009 at 9:43 pm
that was slow but i do agree with truckjunky
nismo300zx91
Jul 1, 2009 at 9:17 pm
LOVE TO SEE SIDE BY SIDE WITH BUGGATTI VEYRON
TruckJunky
Jul 1, 2009 at 8:15 pm
The only way to make a ford fast!!!!! lol
PureBusiness
Jul 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Anyone else having this problem? log in again and again!
95BlckFirebird
Jul 1, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Fail…..lol
mahoris
Jul 1, 2009 at 6:26 pm
still slow as fuck! what a fail!
PIchillin456
Jul 1, 2009 at 6:23 pm
That thing’s gotta be unstable since he raised the truck’s already high center of gravity and, well, its a pick-up. I would hate to drive that sucker at triple digits but I’m not gonna lie it’s an awesome and unique mod for that truck.
Yanzo
Jul 1, 2009 at 6:11 pm
still slow as fuck at take off
JoeCool97Formula
Jul 1, 2009 at 4:30 pm
DAMN! That is sick! I want one in my truck!
thegarbear05
Jul 1, 2009 at 3:24 pm
looks pretty cool but the video sucked
74Furyous
Jul 1, 2009 at 3:06 pm
So you insist on tailgating me huh? okaaaaaaaaay.
green89
Jul 1, 2009 at 2:31 pm
seen it at the “taste of muskegon” car show a few weekends ago…
the whole 5 second wind up and shut down…
got old after the 2nd time,3rd,4th,…
but hell…each thier own..
peace
old man ken