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US Team Seeks To Top Steam-Car Speed Record

Posted by timothy on from the ready-with-the-coal-ready-with-the-shovel dept.

Zothecula writes "Steam-engined vehicles are quaint, retro and obsolete ... right? Well, maybe not. The current land speed record for a steam-powered vehicle currently sits at 148 mph (238 km/h), set by the British car Inspiration team in 2009. Now, Chuk Williams' US Land Steam Record (USLSR) Team is hoping to steal that title in its LSR Streamliner, powered by a heat-regenerative external combustion Cyclone engine – an engine that could someday find common use in production automobiles."

2 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. 240 km in THAT thing? by Rinnon · · Score: 3, Funny

    You couldn't pay me to take that... thing up to 240 km an hour. It looks like a metal coffin on wheels.

  2. Making Steam uses up Water by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steam is burned water, a limited naturil resorse that should not be frittered away by greedy car owners. Water beloongs to all of us to share so don't waste it, ride a bike you stupid dickface!

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