Tuesday 6th July 2010

Turbine-Powered Flame-Throwing 928 Spotted

Mad American drops Boeing jet turbine into 1982 Porsche - and it could be yours

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“At last, an air-cooled 928” says the seller on the eBay ad for a 1982 Porsche 928. Except it’s not quite what you might think, because the manufacturer of the engine that’s been slotted into the nose of this particular car was Boeing.

That’s right, this clearly deranged gentlemen from Oregon has decided to fit a jet turbine engine from a Vietnam-era QH50 helicopter drone into his early eighties Porsche.

The result is a 365 horsepower monster (though the engine is rated up to 550hp) with a claimed 700-plus lb ft of torque.

Sounds bloody brilliant to us, although there are a couple of downsides – the superheated air coming out of the flame-shooting exhaust is a scorching 270 degrees celsius. Sans afterburner. Oh, and the Boeing turbine’s noise at idle is almost 130dB (as you can hear on the video below). Probably not the sort of thing you could take on a track day, then…

The seller wants $20,000 (£13k) for his madly brilliant creation and, while that might sound like a fair whack for a tatty 1982 928, for a flame-spitting jet car we think it’s pretty good value. We want it. Anybody got $20k they could lend us?

 

Advert is reproduced below.

1982 Porsche 928 BOEING T-50, $20,000

1982 PORSCHE 928 WITH A BOEING TURBINE ENGINE

POWER STEARING

POWER DISK BRAKES ALL 4

HEATER AND DEF....(BLEAD AIR TO HEATER CORE)

AIR-CON (BLEAD AIR FROM ENGINE WITH INTER COOLER) SEMI-COLD AIR

NEW PAINT

NEW WHEELS

JVC FM AND CD PLAYER WITH REMOTE

FLAME SHOOTER

17 MPG

OVER 160 MPH

365 HP

700+ FOOT POUNDS OF TORQUE

IT'S A DAILY DRIVER AND A SHOW CAR

USE TO BE NEW

AT LAST AN AIR COOLED 928

IT'S ON YOU TUBE

FREE SHIPPING LOWER 48 ONLY ON BUY IT NOW.

[SimonV8ster]

So where would you get your fuel then ??!!

[Cookie172]

Nearest airfield I'd imagine

[S3_Graham]

local airport!? Probably cheaper than Petrol!

[spiritof'76]

Afterburners may be mildy distracting whilst driving

Not to mention the sooty if not molten windscreen

[anonymous-user]

Bravo!

For anyone that hasn't seen it, the MTT Turbine Superbike.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbC2wUs0BpY

[Super Slo Mo]

SimonV8ster said:

So where would you get your fuel then ??!!

Petrol station? Should run on diesel, although heating oil/paraffin might be a little better.

[sootyrumble]

"It used to be new" HAHAHAHAHAHA classic advertising

[clarksonisawilly]

17mpg? That's much better than I expected!

[Oddball RS]

In a word, SWEET

[sootyrumble]

The Crack Fox said:

sootyrumble said:

"It used to be new" HAHAHAHAHAHA classic advertising

Doesn't sound the brightest, does he ? How safe is that thing ?

LOL i agree and the way he has spelt "blead" makes me think it could well be a heath robinson special. I would be interested to know how that could be a daily driver as well, drive round the M25 with two jets of flame out the bonnet before you crash into the car in front.

"Sorry officer i never saw the lorry my exhaust flames were melting the windscreen"

[louismchuge]

In the pics he's got two exhausts through the bonet, but only one in the vid?

[leon9191]

The Crack Fox said:

sootyrumble said:

"It used to be new" HAHAHAHAHAHA classic advertising

Doesn't sound the brightest, does he ? How safe is that thing ?

Its more accurate then this from the first paragraph.

"because the manufacturer of the engine that’s been slotted into the nose of this particular car was made by Boeing."

Boeing made the manufacturer who then made the engine? Or is it the manufacturer under the bonnet?

[Blown2CV]

i love things like this, but surely at speed it would melt the windscreen seals and burn off the paint?

[jayfish]

Friking awesome!
Not sure the neighbours would appriciate it at 7AM for the commute though

[R66STU]

crazy and pointless.. but i love it.

i would love to see a dare devil open the taps and flick on the afterburners ( on a safe long straight of track), i bet it would end in a fireball...

[TheRoadWarrior]

DISC BRAKES ALL 4

...Sold it for me.

[Jessop]

Who cares to try get it MSA Logbooked ^_^

[Konrod]

louismchuge said:

In the pics he's got two exhausts through the bonet, but only one in the vid?

Yeah, the car in the pics looks like a tidied up version of the one in the vid - wheels are different, chin spoiler etc.

My guess is that the vid was just after he'd done the fitting, since then he's done everything else.

[The real Apache]

spiritof'76 said:

Afterburners may be mildy distracting whilst driving

Not to mention the sooty if not molten windscreen

I don't think it's got an afterburner, he's rigged up an igniter and a fuel valve to produce the flames. It's a drogue engine and wouldn't require an afterburner.

like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RWj-h4kHM&fea...

Edited by The real Apache on Tuesday 6th July 10:15

[pagani1]

Only in America- you have to applaud the edge of the frontier balls from this guy, and although his spelling is very backwoods, he surely must have a small place in our hearts at Pistonheads for the sheer derring-do of building the thing and it works.