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JCB breaks speed record
A car made by JCB has broken its own diesel land speed record by reaching over 350mph.
The JCB Dieselmax reached the speed during two runs on the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, USA.
The Staffordshire-built vehicle was driven by Wing Commander Andy Green from RAF Wittering in Cambs.
The previous diesel land speed record is 236mph (380km/h), set in August 1973 reports the Guardian.
The Dieselmax car is powered by two turbo-charged JCB engines built at the company's plant at Rocester.
Wing Cdr Green completed a first run with an average speed of 365.779mph and returned at 335.695mph to set the latest record.
He said: "Fantastic. A second record in 24 hours, which I don't believe has been done since the 1960s.
"The car has still got loads to give. I throttled back on the second run and we haven't even used sixth gear yet, so the car can still go faster."
2006-08-23 22:31:11 · 9 answers · asked by your pete 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
you just haven't found the sweet spot yet. Have a chat with that Wing Commander; he'll help you find it.
2006-08-23 22:36:06 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yours is the finely tuned restricted version im afraid. If you want to get on to the Salt Flats, you will have to do some modifications to your JCB. Watch 'The fastest Indian in The World'.
Go JCB go...........
2006-08-25 02:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by Natural and Spiritual 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we talking about a JCB digger? If so are you planning on digging your way to Australia?
2006-08-24 05:43:47 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have driven this thing at 23 mph, would you really be happy doing any more? Boing Boing Boing Crash8$%f**k is there a doctor in the house?
2006-08-25 13:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two words.
Gear ratio.
Try getting that fancy speeder to shift 3 ton of muck on a buillding site!
2006-08-24 05:34:17 · answer #5 · answered by le_coupe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does my toast always fall butter side down? Why do I always trip on the kerb when I walk past beautiful women? Etc Etc
2006-08-24 05:35:32 · answer #6 · answered by mick241602 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is that the one people used to call it an Irishman's sports car
2006-08-24 05:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because me being a builder always get stuck behind you making me late to show you guys where to dig
2006-08-24 05:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought it was fast enough. There's one over the road from me and I waiting for it to come through my window going much too Fa............................................................................................................................................................................................ whoops!
How much to rebuild..........strewth!
2006-08-24 05:41:19 · answer #9 · answered by wildwind 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋