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Old 01-27-2014, 03:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 01-27-2014, 03:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Is this engine street legal?
This is a research and development engine for racing applications, so no, you won't be seeing this in a Juke anytime soon.
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Old 01-27-2014, 04:06 PM   #3 (permalink)
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This is a research and development engine for racing applications, so no, you won't be seeing this in a Juke anytime soon.

but the article did go on to quote a nissan rep as saying that this engine will be used for research purposes for a future engine...hmmm, perhaps for the iDX that will be out in a couple years?
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does it even eat gas? race fuel? methanol? bananas?
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Old 01-27-2014, 03:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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does it even eat gas? race fuel? methanol? bananas?
trash and compost powered engines FTW!
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This suckers totally electrical, we just need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawats.
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This suckers totally electrical, we just need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawats.
mang, that would suck to see mushroom clouds during a race...
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Cool little engine. It's basically the size of a rotary with none of the drawbacks. I wouldn't mind seeing this thing in the ID-X.
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you just don't go into a store and buy plutonium..
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