Very interesting article in the San Fransisco Gate online about Ron Patrick, a 50 year old Engineer who has put, very cleanly, a 1450-horsepower T58 Jet Engine on the back of his VW Bug. My favorite quote:
He said that a jet-boosted run will “pin the speedometer and that’s at 140.” He thinks that when it hits 160 mph — he hasn’t seen that … yet — the car will start lifting off the ground, but “the fun is not necessarily how fast you want to go. The fun is the sound of the thing. Just starting it up, it’s like a (Boeing) 747 landing in your front yard.”
The article is worth it for the pictures and video of the thing being lit up. Enjoy!