Dual exhaust flame thrower kit
I do not have a car, but if and when I get one again… dual exhaust flame kit… WANT. Related: Street-legal jet powered VW Beetle.
Transportation
Japanese style scooter modding
We posted about the Japanese scooter scene last week. If it made you interested in modding your own scooter, then this might be a good place for inspiration. The website is in Japanese, and the Google translation isn’t the best, but it is a great series of pictures of the build process. Did I mention […]
Pulsejet-powered bicycle
More crazy jet-powered action, this one a pulse-jet strapped to the side of a 1950s cruiser bike. Jet bike,75 MPH
Jet powered Porsche 928
This certainly is a unique car. The ebay listing describes it as “Only one on my block”. It can run on gas, diesel, jet-A, JP-4, JP-8 and old drain oil. The ebay auction ended with a final sale price of $7,151. Not too bad for a jet powered Porsche 928. Read more about the Jet […]
The Make: Way car — #33rd out of 97!!!!
The Make:Way team finished 33rd out of 97th! The team posted up race details (and more). We did it. Team Make:Way finished the 2008 24 Hours of Lemons race at Altamont raceway. That was our original goal: just finish the race. I’d have considered this all a success if we did that. If we finished […]
A truck that runs on coffee
This isn’t much of a looker, but it should save you from those high gas prices. Although your next concern would be high coffee prices! I wonder what the neighborhood would smell like when this thing fires up. Personally, I like the idea of waking up to the smell of coffee. The Cafe Racer is […]
Solar tricycle
Instructables user dpearce1 made a solar-powered motorized trike, and an instruction set to go along with it. From the instructable: The purpose of this project is to build a vehicle that: -Provides free, ‘green’ transportation for short distances (<10 miles), thus it must never plug into a wall socket, or emit any pollutants. -Charge while […]
