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  • Clif Heeney Clif Heeney December 22, 2009 @ 1:11 PM
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    British Steam Car

    The British Steam Car, set a new world record in August at Edwards Air Force Base, California.  The new world record  measured-mile was 139.843 mph and measured-kilometer was 148.308 mph, these being set in two consecutive days.

    The previous measured mile record was 127.659 mph set in 1906 by Fred Marriott in a Stanley Steamer.

    The car has 12 LPG boilers and uses 1,000 liters every 25 minutes.  It also has over 3 kms of tubing and weighs 3 tonnes.

    Here is the website:  http://www.steamcar.co.uk/index.html

    There are lots of photos and a video on the website with some design details.

    Here is the YouTube video if you just want to view it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqPir7ZwQZs

    Steamheads smile, you are living in the days of a NEW WORLD RECORD!!
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  • Larry Weingarten Larry Weingarten December 27, 2009 @ 10:58 AM
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    nonsense?

    Hello:  It may be nonsense, but I think I remember reading the original steam race car never made it because aerodynamics were poorly understood and the car literally took off, (not a good thing with no wings!)

    Yours,   Larry
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