Shockwave Jet Trucks
March 2nd, 2006
Thanks to resourceful reader Nik, we now know the subject of the previous post to be a Shockwave Jet-powered Truck racing a MiG. These are some more photos of another of their trucks, which are available for public performances from the shockwavejets.com website. The amount of fuel consumed is alarming: 80-120 gallons per run – but the images are terrific. Biofuel, anyone?
I especially appreciate the assurance on their website that, “Aside from what people claim, this truck has run much faster than any other Chevy truck in the world.” And it has, at 335 mph, though the larger truck pictured in the last post topped out at 376 mph, of which the site reads, “At 36,000 horsepower, the ShockWave has enough power to accelerate at 3 Gs vertical, which is as much as the Space Shuttle!”
And now back to our regularly scheduled program…
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March 2nd, 2006 at 10:31 pm
My favorite part has to be the jets shooting up out of the exhaust pipes which probably function to give the truck better traction (but, let’s be honest, are there because they look like totally sweet, spouting mini volcanoes!)
March 3rd, 2006 at 1:07 am
yea, for once a car that has a real use for the spoiler on the back.
June 29th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
So i thought i would say.. that it was amazeing seeing this at the joplin airfest 2007. in fact i just left there and wanted to find pics of it. and found this site.. it was awesome. this was my favorite part of the airfest.. especially at night. it lights the sky up completely.. if you ever have a chance to see one of these. definately take it.
October 28th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
please come back to Virginia Motorsports Park you and the 3 engine shockwave for the Eastern Coast truckin nationals 2008 season please your biggiest fan Brandon Jordan
November 12th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
so i havent seen shockwave for three years at the night of fire at the cedar valley dragstrip in IOWA
April 11th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
I just found this site a while ago when a friend recommended it to me. I have been a regular reader ever since.