View Full Version : BMW Turbosteamer!


Croak
12-10-2005, 12:30 AM
Seriously....

BMW Turbosteamer (http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/falconblog/archives/bmw-turns-up-the-steam-on-hybrid-technology/).

Interesting in an oddball kind of way..not forced induction, the damn thing hooks up to the crankshaft via a steam-powered belt drive.

http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/images/bmw_turbostreamer.jpg

And probably makes mighty fine poached eggs too.

328somewhere
12-10-2005, 12:43 AM
Wow that is actually pretty interesting. Never thought of a steam powered crank charger. Nice research.

bigbore
12-10-2005, 02:56 AM
I once saw Jay leno on some car show (guy with huge moustache)
they were riding in leno's super old steam boiler powered car.

that thing moved! but as leno pointed out imagine a boiler going off in a wreck :stickoutt

water powered & hauling ass :buttrock