what was the first tubo charged vehicle? not as easy as you think ;) free virtual pint for winner

Ive said that already ;)

 

Steam?? Diesel?? Either of those for another clue? (I cant see how but worth a try)

 

it uses coke

it uses coke

 

Man high on coke on a penny farthing. :rofl:

 

Darrell

Man high on coke on a penny farthing. :rofl:

 

Darrell

 

should of said penny farting to get the turbo boost bit in lol

Stupid as it sounds your not confusing the term "blowing" on a steam engine to be anything to do with forced induction?

 

Early steam engines were notourious for generating enough draft to draw their own fires so they couldnt make enough steam. Early solutions were permanently driven "blowers" which infact sucked air through the fire and up the chimney in order to make the fire burn more ferrociously.

right the answer is a 1830's coke fired omnibus from paddington to the city. There was a rudimentry device that used the steam exiting the cylinder to run fresh air into the firebox to increase the temperature of the coke helping to produce more steam. was on discovery. i dont have any pics but it think it was on one of the series chris barry did for them

I would be VERY suprised if they are correct there. It would more than likely have been to draw the fire. To force air back into a firebox would be pretty lethal and just make a mess.

 

Need a suck air through the fire on a steam engine ;)

 

I shall do some investigation though :) Very interesting

Something like this then.

 

http://www.ltmcollection.org/photos/photo/photo.html?_IXSR_=VsRoqD1NVVj&_IXMAXHITS_=1&IXinv=1999/20171&IXsummary=results/results&IXsearch=bank&_IXFIRST_=7

 

Darrell