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- The Chrysler Turboprop: Advanced Aviation Engine
Creating the turboprop engine at Chrysler The analytical work was assigned to engineers Sam Williams and John Jones, who had earlier designed a gear-driven axial-flow supercharger for the XI-2220 engine They studied numerous engine configurations, all of which used a heat-exchanger to recover heat from the exhaust gasses to improve fuel
- The XI-2220 Hemi V-16: first Chrysler engine with a Hemi. . .
Al Bosley wrote a good deal more about the people involved in the V16 and later turboprop engine projects Flight testing results by Curtis Redgap and David Zatz Two specially built Republic Thunderbolt XP-47H planes, with extended noses, were used to test the Chrysler 16-cylinder XIV-2220 engine in 1945
- Chrysler turbine engines and cars | Allpar Forums
As a result of this work, Chrysler was awarded, in the fall of 1945, a research and development contract by the Bureau of Aeronautics of the U S Navy to create a turboprop engine for aircraft This program - although terminated in 1949 - resulted in the development of a turboprop engine which achieved fuel economy approaching that of aircraft
- Chrysler Turbine Model | Allpar Forums
Like Rover, they gained some useful experience in designing and producing a turboprop aircraft engine, then looked at car applications Development engines were fitted to various Plymouth and Dodge cars and light trucks and extensively tested, including coast-to-coast endurance runs
- Plymouth Turbine Cars - Allpar Forums
Chrysler's turbine program dated back to World War II In 1945, Chrysler had been issued a contract by the U S Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics to develop a turboprop engine Work on an automotive version of the engine didn't begin in earnest until 1949 when the Navy contract ran out
- Hollow crankshafts? - Allpar Forums
A feature story in yesterday's "Los Angeles Times" Business section tells about how Ford is trying to knock 800 - 900 lbs out of the weight of their mid sized Fusion sedan to achieve new heights in mileage, possibly more than 45mpg on the highway Among some ideas being tried are carbon fiber
- Chrysler Military History - Allpar Forums
Creating turboprop engines (postwar) Chrysler and the atomic bomb: Chrysler's surprising role in building the first atomic bomb and the facility that refined the US's weapons-grade uranium through 1985 Dodge trucks and Patton's Red Ball Express; Wartime cars: sales and production of Chrysler and other vehicles during World War II
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