New Diesel land speed record

Volfandt · Aug 25, 2006

"Andy Green broke the supercharged diesel streamliner world record by more than 90 mph by reaching an average land speed Tuesday of 328.767 mph. The old record was 235.756 mph, set by Virgil Snyder on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1973."

"Green drove a vehicle powered by two diesel engines that have a combined total of 1,500 horsepower. Each is a 4-cylinder, 4.4-liter engine used commercially as a backhoe loader"

Wonder what brand engine(s) they were

New diesel land speed record: 328 mph - Yahoo! News

SkyPup · Aug 25, 2006

JCB Power Systems, an English corporation in Derbyshire, makes their own engines and puts them in backhoes and other industrial applications:

JCB DIESELMAX

Richard · Aug 25, 2006

oh great...

Now everyone who has a JCB backhoe (I am one), is going to be expected to get to the job QUICKER and get it over with faster...

Dargo · Aug 25, 2006

I don't know, my R4's seem to really start bouncing pretty bad at speeds of over 100 mph on my tractor

dmccarty · Aug 25, 2006

Dargo said:
I don't know, my R4's seem to really start bouncing pretty bad at speeds of over 100 mph on my tractor

Dargo, that is why you should use R1's. The bars dig into the ground and provide a wee bit more traction AND keeps the tractor more stable. I find that R1s give me an extra 10-13 mph over R4s before the bouncing gets bad and I have to tighten up the seat spring. I'm pretty sure I can get to 110 mph before the bouncing became a problem.

Course I don't really do this since it kicks up WAY too much dust and I don't like to coat the neighbors place.

Is it Friday Afternoon?

Later,
Dan