Chrysler Turbine Car Failure

[Zardoz56]

Anyone remember the Turbine engine car? It ran on anything flammable, even a perfume! Here's a link:
Turbine
Enjoy.

 

[QuietByNature]

My first time hearing about the Turbine.
I am surprised they stuck with, what looked like the TorqueFlite 727 Transmission.

 

[Paladin1950]

Never heard of this car.

 

[BJintheUK]

I think the 12 miles per gallon had something to do with the failure.

 

[ChiroDoc]

Anyone remember the Turbine engine car? It ran on anything flammable, even a perfume! Here's a link:
Turbine
Enjoy.

Interesting video, Zardoz! I don't recall ever hearing about them.

If they wanted to, they could make an engine that ran on water, just like the Stanley Steamer did in the early 1900s.

 

[Grampa Don]

I saw one in a local shopping center. It was impressive. They started it up and it sounded like a vacuum cleaner, no vibration at all. Coming out the back was a blast of hot air. I thought it was beautiful. I still have the brochure somewhere.

Its major fault was poor acceleration. Unlike a piston engine it was slow to make speed changes, not good for getting on the freeway. The video exaggerates. The exhaust, at least when idling was just warm and it didn't stink. It could burn diesel fuel and that was readily available. I think what really killed it was just economics.

 

[Oldeagle66]

Yes, forgot all about that. Used to read a lot about them in car magazine as the coolest thing arriving.

 

[Tommy]

If they wanted to, they could make an engine that ran on water, just like the Stanley Steamer did in the early 1900s.

The Stanley Steamer ran on kerosene. Much like the old steam locomotives ran on coal.

 

[Tommy]

Anyone remember the Turbine engine car? It ran on anything flammable, even a perfume!

In the early '60s my best friend's mother had a chance to drive one of those. At the time she was a city official in a city north of Detroit. He primary comment was that it was extremely quiet when running.

 

[Oldeagle66]

In the early '60s my best friend's mother had a chance to drive one of those. At the time she was a city official in a city north of Detroit. He primary comment was that it was extremely quiet when running.

I watched a lot cool cars being tested on I-94 North of the city years ago.

 

[ChiroDoc]

The Stanley Steamer ran on kerosene. Much like the old steam locomotives ran on coal.

No, they ran on steam. The kerosene was used simply to heat the boiler which provided the steam for the motor. That design could easily be improved with today's technology.