Stanley steam car

[rayunseitig]

wow, what a car.

[mageac]

@railrdr523 not very big at all, some electric engines are high rpm, but they don't have to be,

for example the motor in a telsa roadster makes 280ish hp, and 200 ft lb of torque, it can be lifted quite easily by one man.

also its torque curve is pretty much flat from 0 - 6000 rpm

[mageac]

@railrdr523 electric is up there as well, probably a similar torque curve as a steam engine

[crackerstolemybike]

@railrdr523 its true tho. the wheels had to spin as the steam fills so rapidly, the piston wont be stopped at all. you can park up against a wall and the steam will still push through no matter what.

[AYEcorolla]

Brits: Only they would have the nuts to drive steam powered car on the public street and have the candor to say it with pride.

[AwwC00L]

these cars had so much power you could spin the rim inside the tire

[thiagotecnico]

hey dude!! respect the speed limit!!

[postalgbv]

mind if I hang my dress shirt behind it?

[VIPKINGsStalker]

wow, that's boring as piss...

[inirapsag1]

if all cars were steam, you wouldent be able to see anything on the road!

[oisiaa]

On days where the dew point is low it wouldn't be much of an issue.

[Kristen07212]

could you get any slower??

[zchris87v]

Coolest thing ever?

[mrlaird]

OMG IT WAS LIKE A BLUR!!!!

haha...and ppl wonder why london is so foggy xP

[legonoitall]

back then when cars were first invented it would be like the Bugatti Veyron nowdays

[g3offrito]

steam cars could be decently fast, all things considered. Remarkably, they can even keep up with traffic at highway speeds. Jay Leno has an interesting video on a Stanley Steamer. quite remarkable.

[OlympicClassDandy]

Indeed they can; in fact, Leno actually got a speeding ticket in his Stanley (at 78 mph!).

Steam is a pretty amazing power source; they're fun to research. They're great engines; very reliable, and they can reach extremely fast speeds; it's really a matter of how much steam you put in.

[Axbent]

@OlympicClassDandy thats why theyre used in nuclear power plants!

[DAKOTA56777]

Stanley's car set a speed record in 1906 or 08 but the record was at 127MPH.