1350 HP Beetle

What do you do when you have a "fancy engineering degree" and a Volkwagen Beetle? Well you build a Street Legal Jet Powered Beetle of course. Ron Patrick of California who has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, has built a jet engine and installed it onto his VW Beetle. Ron left the production motor in the front and the jet engine in the back making this jet powered Beetle totally street legal. He uses the OEM motor on the street, and can fire up the jet engine off the highway.

The jet engine is rated at an incredible 1350 hp, spins up to 26,000 RPM (idle is 13,000 RPM), and draws air at 11,000 CFM. That enough force to suck the rose out of the bud vase he says on his website. Don't even think about pulling up to this guy on the line, your more than likely to be left a little toasty by the afterburner.

We all dream about hooking up a jet engine to our vehicle especially when you have someone tailgating you on the freeway. It takes a person dedicated to his hobby to actually do it, whats his next project you might ask. Well on his website he is working on suping up his wifes Honda Metropolitan scooter with smaller jet engines.