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• Walt arfons
  ...d record]] racing. Along with Art, he was a pioneer in the use of aircraft jet engines for these types of competition. ...dited with being the first to torch a junked car with the exhaust from his jet dragster, in order to provide entertainment for the crowd at [[Indianapolis
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• Frank Kurtis
  ...acing|sprint cars]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[Formula 1]] cars. He was the founder of [[Kurtis-Kraft]]. ...een made when the licence was sold to [[Madman Muntz]] who built the Muntz Jet. In 1954 and 1955, road versions of his Indianapolis racers were offered.
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• Art Arfons
  ...of jet-powered cars, after a series of ''Green Monster'' piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters. He subsequently went on to field a succession of ''Green ...continued their drag racing partnership with a series of ''Green Monster'' cars until the late 1950s, parting amicably but competing against each other.
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• Mitsubishi Astron engine
  ...ine remained basically identical through the world accept the addition of 'jet valves' in the U.S.A. ...ne rather than produce their own. A classic example of this is Chrysler 'K-cars'.
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• Jay Leno's vehicles
  ...ting/WaterjetCutting_Article.cfm?ID=1314</ref> This is a partial list. The cars are housed in Leno's "Big Dog Garage", which comprises three adjacent wareh == Cars ==
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• SU Carburetter
  ...he [[Nissan Z|Datsun 240Z]], [[Nissan Z|Datsun 260Z]] and other [[Datsun]] Cars. While these look the same, they are different enough that needles are the ...e is tapered, as it rises and falls it opens and closes the opening in the jet, regulating the passage of [[gasoline|fuel]], so the movement of the piston
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• Blue Flame
  ...lue Flame's kilometer record was not broken until 1997 when the Thrust SSC jet car smashed it while exceeding the speed of sound (Mach 1). The driver, [[G ...LNG), pressurized by helium gas to eclipse previous speed records set with jet engine powered vehicles. The effort was sponsored by The American Gas Asso
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• Buick XP-300
  | One-off [[Concept Cars|Concept car]] ...]], [[Harley Earl]] and [[Charles Chayne]] split ways and both built dream cars to compete with each other. Chayne's car was the XP300, while Earl's was th
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• Matra
  ...tomobiles René Bonnet]]. Matra Automobiles produced racing cars and sports cars, and was very successful in racing. ==Matra road cars==
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• Jay Leno
  ...Big Dog Productions, a company that co-produces the show. More specific to cars, he is one of the most celebrated car enthusiasts with his own program [[Ja ...on on which he constantly works in his spare time, and he routinely drives cars from his collection (including an original [[Stanley Steamer]]) from his ho
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• Hudson Jet
  ...ced to merge with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] because of the losses created by the Jet project and the falling sales of its senior line. If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Apal
  ...ifferent [[Dune buggy|buggy]] models such as Apal Buggy, Apal Rancho, Apal Jet, Apal Avvi, Apal Corsa (with gull-wing doors) and Apal Horizon. As of 2006 the company has stopped production of ready-built cars and now only sells kits and spare parts.
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• Aston Martin DBR9
  ...rsion, and this is clearly evident through the styling cues shared by both cars. Whereas the DB9 has 450 bhp, the DBR9 has been modified to produce and ast * Aston Martin Racing BMS (2 cars)
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• Power-to-weight ratio
  ...(power is force times distance over time or simply force times speed). For jet engines there is often a cruise speed and power can be usefully calculated | Boeing 777 GE90-115B Jet Engine
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• Ford Cleveland engine
  |351C-4V "Cobra-Jet"||May 1971-1973||Low||Rare Only the Q-code 351 "Cobra Jet" (1971-1973), R-code "Boss" 351 (1971), and R-code 351 "HO" (1972) versions
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• Hispano-Suiza
  ...in 1946 was taken over by Enasa, the maker of [[Pegaso]] trucks and sport cars. ...duced cars, trucks and buses, and a number of hand-built racing and luxury cars, some of which ended up being owned by King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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• Kurtis Kraft
  '''Kurtis Kraft''' was a designer and builder of race cars. The company was founded by [[Frank Kurtis]]. ...dy cars (champ cars)]], and [[List of Formula One constructors|Formula 1]] cars.
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• Napier & Son
  ...ht Edge's distribution and sales company and production rose to around 700 cars a year with many supplied to the London Taxi trade. ...Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost]] and in the early 1920s sales declined. The last cars were made in 1924. An attempt was made to buy the bankrupt [[Bentley Motors
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• Famous Cars
  * [[Green Monster (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of [[piston]] and jet engine [[drag racing|dragsters]] built and raced by [[Art Arfons]]. ...er (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of jet engine land speed record cars built and raced by [[Art Arfons]].
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• Armstrong Siddeley
  ...ating during the first half of the 20th century. It had two aspects: motor cars, '''Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd''', and aero-engines and aircraft, via th In 1912 the cars used the slogan "As silent as the sphinx" and started to sport a [http://ww
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