23 cups of tea a second

[andygates]

That's how much boiling the boiler in the new British land-speed steam car can produce.  It's just passed tests and hopes to go to Bonneville next year and crush the long-standing speed record set by a Stanley Steamer back in the twenties.  The thing has twelve microboilers, gets through a ton of water in twenty-five minutes, and is aiming for 170mph.

How British is it?  They held a raffle to raise funds for the carbon-fibre nosecone. 

Twenty-three cups of tea a second.  It's a jet steam-propelled NAAFI fnordgasm!

And it's in British Racing Green.

Comments

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

They are using American tires for their British car. heh

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Well, they're going to race it on Bonneville salt flats. It'll feel at home.

[teahisme.livejournal.com]

LOL! Well the other two biggest tire manufacturers are either Japanese or French. Those being Bridgestone and Michelin. I bet there has to be a British based tire co though or should that be tyre co.