Chryslers Jet Age Turbine Car Narrowly Missed Production


Chrysler’s Jet Age

The Chrysler XIV2220 was an experimental 2,500 hp, 2,220 cubic inch liquidcooled invertedV16 aircraft engine designed by Chrysler starting in 1940. Although several aircraft designs had considered using it, by the time it was ready for use in 1945 the war was already over. Only a few engines were built during the program, and it retained its X designation the entire time as the XIV2220, later XI2220. The IV2220 is historically important as it was Chryslers …

Chryslers Jet Age Turbine Car Narrowly Missed Production. By Alan Franklin. July 29, 2013. 3 comments. The jet age mustve been the coolest. Smoking and drinking at work, from what Mad Men tells me, was not only acceptable, it was encouraged. Gas cost something like a nickel per metric liquid ton, red meat was healthy, the space race was ...


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