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Old 03-07-2019, 06:33 PM   #1253
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Re: Trucks Are Beautiful

Cool website " MAC CityGarage"......

Gas turbines are not good on fuel use. They are good for weight reduction / with horsepower. There's no "compression" like a V8, so you need to either disengage the drive train or "power down" the axle to suddenly slow down. ( then brakes after it slows enough).
( The early years, they didn't have a transmission design to fit the project needs ?)
Using turbines on big-heavy trucks is a neat idea, but a silly application.

But those trucks look cool!!
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