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Transmission is a threespeed torqueflite, minus the torque converter the secondary turbine fan. This design helped the a831 trim 40 pounds 18 kg from the cr2as weight, reducing it to a relativelylight. Relying on extensive research and firsthand accounts from surviving members of the turbine car programincluding the metallurgist who created the exotic metals for the engine and the test driver who drove it at chryslers proving groundsthis chronicle documents the bold development of an automobile with a jet turbine engine. Download pdf chrysler s turbine car book full free. Mark olson shares his interests in the chrysler turbine car program of the 60 s plymouth and dodge cars, trains and many other things. Chrysler s turbine car is authoritative, detailed, comprehensive, exhaustively documented and exceptionally wellwritten.
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