300 mph JCB supercar

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Fri 21 Apr 2006 11:35
300 mph JCB supercar - artful dodger {P}
In todays Telegraph is a small paragraph as follows:

The 300 mph JCB
The British digger company JCB yesterday unveiled a supercar designed to break the land speed record for diesel-powered vehicles. The 30ft car, with two modified JCB engines, is capable of travelling at more than 300 mph.

The JCB website does not have any more information, nor does Google. Does anyone have a link with more information?



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Fri 21 Apr 2006 11:49
300 mph JCB supercar - SteVee
From 'The Sun' April20, by Ken Gibson:

Some pictures - it's a traditional cigar shaped landspeed record fourwheeler and will by driven by WC Andy Green - the man who drove Thrust SSC. Current diesel record is 235.74MPH and JCB hope to do over 300MPH
They list a few stats
length=9m, Width=1.1m, Height .98m
Weight=2.6 tonnes
Power two (front & rear) 4.4L diesels with 750BHP each and each has 6 speed g/box
Fuel tank is a mere 9 litres !

It needs to be moving at 50MPH before 1st gear can be engaged - ie it's push started (like many such cars)
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Fri 21 Apr 2006 12:20
300 mph JCB supercar - Chad.R
Fuel tank is a mere 9 litres !



It wouldn't be very funny if it got upto 235.73mph and run out of fuel!
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Fri 21 Apr 2006 13:37
300 mph JCB supercar - Dynamic Dave
Does anyone have a link with more information?


google news search

news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=%22300mph%22%20jcb&...n
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Fri 21 Apr 2006 14:03
300 mph JCB supercar - Group B
They will certainly have to beat 300mph, if this bizarre 1940's truck can manage 272mph! snipurl.com/pi06

Best of luck to them anyway!
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Fri 21 Apr 2006 17:19
300 mph JCB supercar - type's'
4car.co.uk has a story about this.
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Fri 21 Apr 2006 17:20
300 mph JCB supercar - type's'
Oh - and a picture of the car.
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Wed 12 Oct 2011 05:43
300 mph JCB supercar - tbrukaccess

The vehicle will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, who set a supersonic land-speed record in a jet-powered ThrustSSC in 1997, and will be tested over two runs, that is really great goo.gl/cw7BI

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