Jet powered vw bug

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nootrac22

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Jet Beetle
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the engine would get in the way on a real bug
 
the thing was stree legal untill ca dmv ask homeland security to make it a threat to national security

Update 7/18/06 *** You have to give the California Department of Motor Vehicles (the DMV) credit for creativity on this one. A DMV insider has disclosed to me that the DMV has made a formal request to a federal agency to rule if my Beetle constitutes a threat to national security based on what could happen if it got into the wrong hands. This raises three questions in my mind: #1 Does this mean I’m the right hands? #2 If someone with the name "b_laden13" is the highest eBay bidder for my Beetle can I refuse his offer even if he has the prestigious eBay Red Shooting Star feedback rating (the highest)? #3 Would this affect my eBay rating?</SPAN>]
 
it was. it's a hybrid, runs on the standard engine. there are no laws that pertain to a car like this.
 
unless there is a law that says it is illegeal, it's perfectly fine, till they make a law for you (aig execs).
 
one thing you could get in trouble for is, because the jet hangs so far off of the back you might need to hang a flag on it to alert other drivers
 
This was in Hot Rod about a year ago, the engine actually hangs out within the legal limit of how far it can hang. A couple of quick disconnects and it's a beetle that's "just hauling a jet engine" :D
 
or a hazmat permit and appropriate markings depending on the fuel it runs.

some form of diesel.

It is straight up hazardous to pedestrians and other vehicles. Same reason you can't weld spikes to your bumpers and wheels.
 
Kerosene is stored in a custom 14 gallon, baffled, foam-filled kevlar fuel cell in the spare tire well. Two fuel exits in the back: a -12 on the left side and a -10 on the right. The -10 goes to a shutoff, then a Barry Grant pump (one of the few hot rod parts on the car), then up into the car where it sees a filter, a regulator, and an electrical shutoff valve before feeding the engine. The -12 goes into a shutoff, then a 1.5 hp, 11,000 rpm, 24V custom electric pump. Pump is magnesium and can maintain 100 psi at 550 gph. From the pump it goes into the car to a filter, then a large regulator, and then to the afterburner solenoid and the big-fire solenoid (to left of pump and feeding bottom of tailpipe through orange covered hose). Fuel system was tested for flow capability. Above the big pump you can see the relocated gasoline cap actuator and all that black stuff on the right side is the stock fuel evaporative control equipment. All circuits feeding solenoids and pumps have fuses, relays, kick-back diodes to minimize contact arcing, sealed connectors, and use automotwires of a gauge giving a maximum of 1V drop over the circuit loop.
:ph34r: the guy has a phd in mechanical engineering
 
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