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    Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph

    World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow

    World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier

    Steam-Powered Car Goes 200MPH, is Steampunk Batman's Ride
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    08/26/09

    In reply to Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph
    Several years ago, my brother Russ and I rented a car in London and headed to Cornwall in the southwest of England. I drove and he navigated. Once clear of the suburbs, we looked for speed limit signs to no avail, so he checked our Avis map and it indicated that motorway speed limits are 112 kph. Fine. I speed up and pass through 90...95...100, and I'm passing a couple of cars along the way thinking "My, these roads seem narrow". We're cruising along at 105-115 for about 30 minutes when I finally notice the "MPH" in the lower right corner of the speedometer. After returning to a more legal pace, the road appeared MUCH wider.

    So for the record, the UK continues to mark speeds and distances with Imperial measurements.
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    Image of Thorax707 Thorax707
    08/26/09

    In reply to Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph
    It has the added benefit of being able to poach eggs.
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    08/26/09

    @Thorax707: ... and make an excellent cup of espresso!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/26/09

    In reply to Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph
    I thought Steam Punk was out of fashion.
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/26/09

    In reply to Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph
    The record was for average speed (listed above) across some distance (I don’t see the distance listed, but I thought in the video they said a mile). The top speed was 151mph, but in the video I heard them say 157?!

    Cool either way…
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    08/26/09

    In reply to Steam Car Breaks World Speed Record at 140mph
    What's the current record for the world's fastest horse-drawn carriage? That would be another great record for us to try to beat.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    08/26/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Also, world's fastest speed walker.
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    Image of bigbill25 bigbill25
    08/19/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow
    Fact Check: The old record was set at the now-no-longer Daytona Beach Road Course. This attempt is happening at Edwards Air Fforce Base on their dry lake bed.
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    Image of PigVenus PigVenus
    08/19/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow
    Not impressed. Dr Emmett Brown got a 10,000lb+ steam engine to 88 mph in 1885!
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    Image of bill cant fart bill cant fart
    08/19/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow
    Wait, the record is 127 mph? Is the decimal in the right place?
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    08/19/09

    @bill cant fart: I wonder what kind of steam powered radar gun they used to calculate that speed.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/19/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow
    It's no HB88, but she'll do.

    She'll do.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    08/19/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Steam Supercar Getting Ready to Break Speed World Record Tomorrow
    Sadly, right after the jump, the top article listed on the right side of the page tells you exactly what it is, which ruined the surprise/game for me.

    I do notice everyone working on the car has short/no hair. Is that because it frizzes in the humidity?
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    Image of spannu spannu
    08/19/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_TryinToTakeItBack: It's for aerodynamics. You can take faster pictures of the crew since they have less drag.
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    Image of discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
    04/06/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier
    This is pretty cool, but not as impressive as going 127 mph in 1908. Whatever that car was powered by, it had to have been one hell of a ride.


    I think that someone needs to up the ante if we're going to do steam powered speed record cars. How's 300 mph sound?

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/06/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier
    Maybe...hopefully...this spells the resurgence of the steam-powered car!


    Take that AlGore! I burn coal all the way to work and home again!


    Grout Steam Car 1903


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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    04/06/09

    @engineerd:"Steam", yes. "Car", arguable. I was thinking more like:

    Also has the coolest car name evar (at least until the Plymouth Fury): "Locomobile".


    Unless your example actually converts grout into steam- in that case, please disregard.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    04/06/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier
    Making steam in the Mojave desert in June. The inside of that car might get a bit warm.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/06/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier
    This ought to be less frightening than hurtling down a beach in front of a 1,000 psi boiler carried by a set of glorified bicycle tires.
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    Image of Joo Chung Joo Chung
    04/06/09

    In reply to World's Fastest Kettle: Steam Supercar to Break 170MPH Barrier
    He needs to put some steampunk bling on that thing.
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/06/09

    @Joo Chung: If I had a Venn diagram handy, you'd see that steampunk "bling" and aerodynamics are not in that little overlappy area.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/06/09

    @ScottRose: What about under the cowlings?
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    04/06/09

    @MormonChristmas_GitEmSteveDave: Why they would then go and further ruin the aerodynamics by adding baby cows to the car is beyond me.
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