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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14486354/ New diesel land speed record: 328 mph British pilot breaks old mark by 90 mph, says car capable of 400 mph 060823_green_hmed_1p.hmedium.jpg British driver Andy Green sets a new unofficial world diesel powered land speed record of over 328 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. SALT LAKE CITY - A British pilot broke a land-speed record for driving with a diesel engine, racing across the Bonneville Salt Flats at more than 325 mph. 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. "It's absolutely astonishing what we've achieved today," Green said by telephone from the salt flats, about 90 miles west of Salt Lake City. The attempt was observed by the FIA, the international governing body of racing. FIA rules require that two passes be made within an hour to arrive at an average speed. Green's first run was clocked at 324.265 mph and his return run at 333.364 mph, said David Petrali, FIA's representative at the 11-mile track. 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. [...]

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New diesel land speed record: 328 mph
British pilot breaks old mark by 90 mph, says car capable of 400 mph

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British driver Andy Green sets a new unofficial world diesel powered land speed record of over 328 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY - A British pilot broke a land-speed record for driving with a diesel engine, racing across the Bonneville Salt Flats at more than 325 mph.

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.

"It's absolutely astonishing what we've achieved today," Green said by telephone from the salt flats, about 90 miles west of Salt Lake City.

The attempt was observed by the FIA, the international governing body of racing. FIA rules require that two passes be made within an hour to arrive at an average speed. Green's first run was clocked at 324.265 mph and his return run at 333.364 mph, said David Petrali, FIA's representative at the 11-mile track.

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.
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Interesanta intrebuintare pentru 2 motoare de excavator..

Tot Andy Green?
Asta a doborat si recordul de viteza maxima.

Ma intreb ce-ar putea face AUDI in domeniul asta cu TDI-urile alea ale lui faimoase ...
2 motoare 4 cilindri de 4.4 = 1500 CP ... sigur se poate mult mai mult !

Şi când te gândeşti că un motor din ăla, original, are doar 125cp...

Andy Green o doborat recordul mondial de viteza pentru orica masina. Cu Thrust SSC a mers mai repede ca sunetul. E pilot de vanatoare din cate stiu.

E pilot de Tornado, chiar sef de escadrila. Digitalscribe, Peugeot a scos 700 CP din 5,5l, adica mai putin decat JCB. Insa motorul tine 24 de ore, nu 2!