Steam-Powered Car Breaks Century-Old Speed Record

Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 26, 2009 @10:11AM from the we-say-horsepower-but-not-buggywhip-power dept.

mcgrew writes "New Scientist reports that a steam-powered car has broken the 1906 record of 204 km/hr (127 mph) for the fastest steam-powered automobile, the Stanley Steamer. The Inspiration made a top speed of 225 kilometres per hour (140 miles per hour) on August 26. 'The car's engine burns liquid petroleum gas to heat water in 12 suitcase-sized boilers, creating steam heated to 400C. The steam then drives a two-stage turbine that spins at 13,000 revolutions per minute to power its wheels.The FIA requires two 1.6-km-long runs to be performed in opposite directions — to cancel out any effect from wind — within 60 minutes.'"

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Re:Meh by Anonymous Coward · 2009-08-26 11:56 · Score: -1, Flamebait

fucking retard. You see 1906 and think they're retarded, yet the mayans were within a day per millenia.
Did you notice that much drag is a function of the cube of speed and the rest is *only* a function of the square of speed?
You're fucking retarded.