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wheeler:
5mm jet of water is not a lot is it
and you recon it will power a car

lee celtic:
well the 4 foot on in the slate museum powers all the workshop machines that used to run off the big wheel ,

You could mabe make a big cupped wheel and gear it down to the axle to give more torque .

now I've had a look around and it's called a pelton wheel

A 2mtr one of these with 2200 feet of head ie.water traveling down a pipe from 2200 feet above the wheel (hill side) through a 1/8 inch nozle produces 60,000hp :shock: so scale it down and have fun :twisted:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelton_wheel more info...

wheeler:
wow thanks lee that does look like it could be a lot of fun
so a 1000 cc moter bike engine running a pump pushing out a jet of water on to a wheel like that
sweet
lets hope we aint got to reverse  lol

lee celtic:
I'd say a v8 running two pumps and two wheels would be more fun :twisted:

good luck with it anyway :dance:

wheeler:
i have a spare v8 to lol
and my 90 has a v8
it would be good to use a landy as well
just for the hell of it

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