this one was different

[pistonbroke]

listen out

[peterg]

Haha, love the Mk1 Cortina rear lights    sounds just like the Batmobile (Adam West as Batman, not these modern intereptations...)  

[mavhh]

Great machine, I've seen it race loads of times (Classic Le Mans etc).

Apparently, it continues accelerating for a number of seconds after you release the "throttle"... but doesn't start accelerating for a number of seconds after pressing it again. So, all the throttle pedal actions are out of sync with the rest of the drive - which could mean foot off, and back on again before you even arrive at a corner!

[Liam]

I remember watching it in the '68 BOAC 500 at Brands where it crashed at Druids. Hugh Dibley, one of the original pilots, has run it at Goodwood FoS a couple of times. Helicopter engine. Blows yer 'at off if you stand too close.

[pistonbroke]

Saw it myself,  68 Gaurds Trophy  Oulton Park  

I remember well the whistling turbine sound 56,000 rpm and the heat haze from the vapour trail .

The big problem was the throttle lag and lack of engine braking .

It was the only gas turbine car to ever win a race though the Lotus56 came close to winning the Indy 500

It lead by a country mile until a $10 wheel bearing failed  

Yanky Automobile club  banned the car after the race on the grounds that it wasnt within the spirit of the regulations  

Just as well in a way or all racing cars might have become whispering shadows of the cars we love to hear  

[kik1.6se]

I saw it at classic Le Mans.  It looked and sounded awesome.  

[hilux]

Rover used to be the country`s leading turbine engineers  

[pistonbroke 2]

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saw it at classic Le Mans.  It looked and sounded awesome.

Whats with the towrope Kirk ?

Have you been having a go.  

Nice to hear from you again ,are you doin Stoney.

[pistonbroke]

Cant beleive its over 40 years since the tragic Lotus 56 turbine car made its debut at Indianaplois

clicky

[pistonbroke]

Rover used to be the country`s leading turbine engineers  

I remember reading a road test (Autocar? ) of the Le Mans car  

began with the author pulling into the local Esso station and aking for  "25 gallons of Parrafin please "