For guys who are considering the ultimate bolt-on, and considering a 50 - 75 shot of NOS, there is an alternative.
What about a steam rocket? No kidding.
Check it out. The container is 2' across and produces 1333 pounds of thrust for 6 seconds. Two of them staged sideby side 12 seconds.
They would fit in our trunk(small mod).
Admittedly, generating the high pressure steam would require a pickup truck at the track to re-charge, if you wanted more than 1 run, and you would be carrying an extra 200 lbs around, but, 1333 pounds of thrust?
Could be a fun ride
Check it out. These guys use it on a chassie but it could be a trunk mount with a little hole thru the bumper.
For guys who are considering the ultimate bolt-on, and considering a 50 - 75 shot of NOS, there is an alternative.
What about a steam rocket? No kidding.
Check it out. The container is 2' across and produces 1333 pounds of thrust for 6 seconds. Two of them staged sideby side 12 seconds.
They would fit in our trunk(small mod).
Admittedly, generating the high pressure steam would require a pickup truck at the track to re-charge, if you wanted more than 1 run, and you would be carrying an extra 200 lbs around, but, 1333 pounds of thrust?
Could be a fun ride
Check it out. These guys use it on a chassie but it could be a trunk mount with a little hole thru the bumper.
hehe... I planned on putting some large rocket engines (aka solid boosters) on my friend's dead S-10, but he sold it without telling me mmm.... 5,000lbs of thrust
The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The lab finally figured out what it was and what had happened.
It seems that a guy had somehow obtained a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off-actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO!
The facts as best could be determined are that the operator of the 1967 Impala hit JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash site. This was established by the prominent scorched and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, soon to be pilot, most likely would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, basically causing him to become insignificant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20)seconds before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable; however, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.
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collinwestphal Member
Posts: 698 From: Waukesha, WI, USA Registered: Jun 2003
theres a shop in waukesha that built an s-10 powered by a rocket. They had a party with all the employees, and good customers late at night. I think about 11 pm. One of the guys brought the s-10, and attempted to start it. It backfired. And the 911 calls went off the hook. The next day there was an article in the paper on a huge bang in the middle of the night.
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Fastback 86 Member
Posts: 7849 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Sep 2003
The Arizona Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal embedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The lab finally figured out what it was and what had happened.
It seems that a guy had somehow obtained a JATO unit (Jet Assisted Take Off-actually a solid fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra "push" for taking off from short airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed and fired off the JATO!
The facts as best could be determined are that the operator of the 1967 Impala hit JATO ignition at a distance of approximately 3.0 miles from the crash site. This was established by the prominent scorched and melted asphalt at that location. The JATO, if operating properly, would have reached maximum thrust within 5 seconds, causing the Chevy to reach speeds well in excess of 350 mph and continuing at full power for an additional 20-25 seconds. The driver, soon to be pilot, most likely would have experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners, basically causing him to become insignificant for the remainder of the event. However, the automobile remained on the straight highway for about 2.5 miles (15-20)seconds before the driver applied and completely melted the brakes, blowing the tires and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface, then becoming airborne for an additional 1.4 miles and impacting the cliff face at a height of 125 feet leaving a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.
Most of the driver's remains were not recoverable; however, small fragments of bone, teeth and hair were extracted from the crater and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.
I don't think thats an Urban Legend. As I recall, the guy won a Darwin Award for it. Didn't realize until after he turned it on that it can't be turned off.
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Formula88 Member
Posts: 53788 From: Raleigh NC Registered: Jan 2001
theres a shop in waukesha that built an s-10 powered by a rocket. They had a party with all the employees, and good customers late at night. I think about 11 pm. One of the guys brought the s-10, and attempted to start it. It backfired. And the 911 calls went off the hook. The next day there was an article in the paper on a huge bang in the middle of the night.
backfired? was it gas or liquid fueled?
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ryan.hess Member
Posts: 20784 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Dec 2002
How fast can you get going in 6 seconds? According to this formula, HP = (thrust in lbs) x (velocity in mph) / 550.
So....
HP = 1333 lbs x 100mph / 550 (just picking 100mph at random - doubt you'll be going faster than that in 6 seconds) HP = 242HP
At 50mph, HP = 121HP.
Not that impressive.
1333lbs of thrust isn't that much. F=m*a. Assuming the truck/vehicle is gutted, and weighs in at say, 1500lbs, the force = 1333*4.45 =5932N. mass= 1500/2.2 = 682Kg A=F/m=5932/682=8.7m/s^2=19.4mph/sec so at the end of 6 seconds, you would be doing ~120mph.
Now if you want some real fun... replace 1333lbs with 5000lbs... acceleration = 33mps^2 or 73mph/sec roughly 3G's. You don't want to do that for more than 3 seconds
[This message has been edited by ryan.hess (edited 03-11-2004).]
mmm.... 5,000lbs of thrust 
