latest mod to jet turbine van

[98cumminscoalroller1]

person behind van. y does any 1 drive a van

van. zzzzzzzz

person. ohh crap

van. grshhhhhhhhhshhhhhhhhhhhh

[soulinthewall77]

OK. Now I've seen it all. Wow. That's freaking awesome. 

[timerider4]

Are those side doors motorized as well? It would be awesome if you could just hit a couple buttons from the driver's seat and be ready to go.

[krugtech]

@timerider4 I just hooked up the side doors for the Speed Channel show Car Science. March 16th on speed

[bballguy162006]

@krugtech That would be so awesome to see a video of your van pulling up to a corvette and rev the ICE, the corvette guy laughs.... Then the back window lowers and the side doors open to reveal the monsterous turbine engine. The light turns green and you leave him in the dust.... :-D

[krugtech]

@bballguy162006 What you said is exactly what i told the producers of Monster Garage. Everyting was falling into place then they wanted to use a Celica instead of a van so I bailed on that project and built the van myself. Yeah, I need to get the video of that. We pull crap like that all the time!

[Gardawoodman]

Simply awesome!!!!!

[ki11joy92]

Dam.. Total sleeper.

[sgtclam]

Wheres the flux capacitor?

[ApplePieManFromMars]

Somebody pulls up behind you and you'd be like SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!! ZOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

[veedubbiker]

so what kind of TS engine is it?

[ChrisPwaffle]

I WANT THIS.

[l3utthead]

Just imagine, you pull up behind a normal looking van. Then a set of jet thruster just come out of it..... lol

[derangedwelshman]

ummm did anybody ever watch that film,,,,men in black? haha is this thing street legal tho? lol

[MullinPerformance]

This van is cool as hell! Mad props for building this thing. Flat black paint and slam it would increase the drool factor.

[RyuDarragh]

Heh.. the afterburners were a crowd pleaser, I bet. Not functional, but folks do love big roaring fire breathing engines :P

[Magnuspire]

My only question is, are there any issues with the turbine shattering that rear window with the heat it puts off. That window unless specially made is Tempered glass. Extreme heat would probably shatter it, granted the sudden cool down doesn't.

I install glass on commercial buildings for a living, this why I ask.

[krugtech]

This was a concern of mine. I considered a sheetmetal replica of the glass because of these concerns. I used the stock glass to set it up and tried it and luckily it's held up to some pretty extreme conditions without any problems so far.

[Magnuspire]

That's cool. None the less, best of luck with this project. Though it doesn't seem that you need it. :P

[5crf150rider5]

now thats wat i call a soccer mom!

[1Vishus]

Back Window should say "Tailgate This"

[letterpool]

holy shit this is now at least 10 ten fav vehicles of all time. Awesome mod!

[CKMustangCobra1]

How much total investment in that awesome piece of machinery? I want one.

[SpawnFqU]

krug nice shit man ill trade u my gf for ur van :p

[GSAutoTech]

soccer practice in a flash

[raptor750r]

wouldn't the glass shatter from extreme exhaust heat?

[iDevil92]

So this engine is from a helicopter right? I didn't know helicopters had jet engines :O So what is the advantages of this engine on a helicopter? Does it give the pilot more forwards speed? Or does it power the props some how?

[krugtech]

it's technically a turboshaft. It uses turbines to power an output shaft that can turn rotor blades, propellers, wheels, generators or whatever. A jet engine is a turbojet and it uses turbines to provide thrust. Just think of a turboshaft as a jet engine that blows it's thrust on an extra turbine wheel connected to an output shaft. They're all turbines.

[EatUrFlesh]

wings and you can fly man1!!!

[tristancauvin]

Now all it needs are power sliding doors and fold-out wings... How much for a setup like this??

[coreybeaulieu666]

this is just positively the coolest thind ive ever seen, and puttin a turbo shaft in a minivan is just rediculously awsome

[feez357]

I can't believe they spelled your name wrong at DOT ; )

These are some cool videos. I've shown this to some people who wouldn't normally search this kind of thing, and everybody comments on the soccer sticker.

[krugtech]

Where's DOT?

[feez357]

Department Of Transportation

It was a joke about the license plate, but I assume there was only 7 digits available and you altered your name to fit.

[krugtech]

yeah, georgia is only 7 digits.

[InfiniteMushroom]

That soccer mom sticker on the back is just too kewl. ;-) A couple of "Baby On Board" tags hanging from each exhaust would be perfect!

[krugtech]

How about "baby driving" "My kid beat up your honor student" "I brake for orgasms" stickers on back?

[Richi3c]

How about a 'fire exit' one? ;)

[DanielJaegerFilms]

How about: DO NOT TAILGATE, OR ELSE! (?)

[TheDieselMiata]

Bumpersticker: "My Other Car is Worse"

[boychimp]

That is, quite simply, the most bad-ass thing I have ever seen. I want one.

[nurcamaro]

this was just on tv. it was on AOTS.

[krugtech]

Damn, I better get this darn thing finished!

[Toastman703]

yep, i just saw it on there

[krugtech]

was it actually on TV or on their website? Anyone have it recorded?

[hrjc]

lol now thats a sleeper!

[JayyDee63]

Nice work!!!!!

[ike212121]

DUDE, noone will EVER see it coming...

[BadBros]

Damn Chris, that rocks! Glad to see you finally got that up and running. Hope there is a safety cutout in it that keeps the engine from running in the retracted position with the window up. Oh nevermind, people like us would never make a mistake like that! We don't ever make mistakes or have failures. (hehe) Keep up the great work brother! That race is coming soon, the bike is getting real close now.

[WilltheSav]

thats mental! can u do tht with my crysler =)

[tsstsstsstsstsstss]

great job, as always chris

[scuferrari]

How do,s the drive shaft move front to back and how kind of rear end are you using

[krugtech]

the driveshaft is telescopic heavy wall square tubing and it drives a custom transfer case feeding a 9 inch ford rear axle

[scuferrari]

Great work.Again

[rainerfilm]

That was sick.