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2,700hp jet truck leaves other pickups in its jetwash
In a recent foray into the deep South, we spotted a plethora of Ford F-150 trucks, but none like this. Chris Lentz of Michigan strapped an M-701 turbojet to his pickup, and the result? A 2,700hp jet truck, even crazier than that jet cycle we showed you last month.
Fed by a 20-gallon kerosene tank, the $10,000 jet engine develops that impressive 2,700hp only when it's going 516mph. Because of the vehicle's 6,600-pound weight, it takes a while to get going, but we can imagine it might be able to go plenty fast given the right conditions.
Never mind those pesky details of 0-60 acceleration and weight — the guy is driving a jet truck! Is this street legal? Hardly. It might be a bit problematic if you follow too closely. Here's a video of this monster truck in action:
Via Jalopnik
By Realist at 3:30 PM ON 07/01/09
Dumbest. idea. Ever. I think the collective IQ of the planet just dropped a little...
By muss34 at 3:50 PM ON 07/01/09
Street Pickups will most likely stater flying before street cars do .
Just because of the easy spare room for a workable flight engine .
By muss34 at 3:51 PM ON 07/01/09
Fun .
By Masque at 4:47 PM ON 07/01/09
Welcome to the 1980's, SciFi!
Over here in Ohio, we have a jet Kenworth, a jet schoolbus, jet atv's, jet dragsters, jet farm tractors, jet lawn tractors, a jet-powered 1950's Chevy truck, a jet-powered La-Z-boy easychair...
A jet F150 wouldn't get looked at twice around here...
By xzach_attackx at 4:49 PM ON 07/01/09
this is what chuck norris drives.
By Paul at 9:22 PM ON 07/01/09
Ah yes, us crazy Michigan boys. We're usually blowing stuff up, but this is just someones idea of taking it easy for once.
By ppppppl at 1:13 AM ON 07/02/09
I love this great blog
By Gordo at 4:35 AM ON 07/02/09
I read that somebody had the some idea before: http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html
By Drone at 7:07 AM ON 07/02/09
I wanna jet Prius! Gimme
By tecnoblix at 10:16 AM ON 07/02/09
Buckaroo Banzai!
By Giggity at 11:38 AM ON 07/02/09
lol Realist....perfect comment.
btw..who can afford this kind of stuff??
I think this person is in the $150,000+ group that BO is about to bend over.
By barf at 7:21 PM ON 07/02/09
coolest truck ever.
By ycav4424 at 12:53 AM ON 07/05/09
I want on!
By truckr at 10:17 PM ON 07/05/09
Looks like it pulls to the left or would that be pushes?
By come on at 10:20 PM ON 07/05/09
what a load of BS. A jet engine would not make it pull to one side, and it would accelerate much faster.
By Random Hero at 3:12 PM ON 07/07/09
^^^I agree. When he takes off the back end squats a bit also. Sorry, but a jet engine isn't going to make it squat. All he did was spin it up enough to drown out the sound of the trucks "real" motor then he drove off.
The thing wasn't even up to proper operating specs to use properly when he took off.
So he's got a working jet engine in the back of combustion powered truck, big woop.
Until I see different, this guy fails miserably.
By noskills at 1:41 PM ON 07/08/09
At first I thought he said it puts out 1962 pounds of thrust, then I realized he said 1960 ft-lbs of thrust.
Next, this guy's gonna tell us the trucks top speed is 5,500 RPM
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