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JATO jet assisted take off. Were used on military aircraft for short take off assist.
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JATO -- (Jet Assisted Take Off)
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the story
"The Arizona (U.S.) Highway Patrol came upon a pile of smoldering metal imbedded into the side of a cliff rising above the road, at the apex of a curve.
The wreckage resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it was a car. The type of car was unidentifiable at the scene. The boys in the lab finally figured out what it was, and what had happened. It seems that a guy had somehow got hold of a JATO unit, (Jet Assisted Take Off, actually a solid-fuel rocket) that is used to give heavy military transport planes an extra 'push' for taking off from
short airfields. He had driven his Chevy Impala out into the desert, and found a long, straight stretch of road. Then he attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, got up some speed, and fired off the JATO!!
Best as they could determine, he was doing somewhere between 250 and 300 mph (350-420kph) when he came to that curve.... The brakes were completely burned away, apparently from trying to slow the car.
NOTE:
Solid-fuel rockets don't have an 'off'... once started, they burn at full thrust 'till the fuel is all gone."
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so is that real or a urban legend type story. . . . 
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if you read the link you would have seen that this has been tried before in the 40s with first generation jatos with the pilot or driver surviving.
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Originally posted by Tim:
Impossible ? I think not. The ATX Zetec's run 11's all day long.....
We're talking about the 0-60 march, right ? 
Oooo, pwned!
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HAHA!! BURN! I had a Zetec loaner while my SVT was in the shop. I honestly could barely keep up with a CIVIC HYBRID!! He must have had a modified electric racing motor or something, I cant imagine struggling to keep up with 85hp
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Umm 11 seconds?
How about spend 5 grand on my bike and have something that will run faster than that?
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Originally posted by SteedaSVT:
Umm 11 seconds?
How about spend 5 grand on my bike and have something that will run faster than that?
How about just buy an R1 or gixxer, spend no money on mods, and run 10's?
Matt
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Originally posted by CarpePoon:
HAHA!! BURN! I had a Zetec loaner while my SVT was in the shop. I honestly could barely keep up with a CIVIC HYBRID!! He must have had a modified electric racing motor or something, I cant imagine struggling to keep up with 85hp
Something was up with one of the car's or you're just lieing.
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