It's a turbine, it's got no torque.
It must have something because I remember cars with turbine engines.
I saw one on the road, actually. Circa 1960, read about it in Popular Mechanix or Popular Science, it would run on anything that would burn, alcohol, beer, perfume, even gasoline. The guys had been talking about it on the way to school and there it was. It was very futuristic looking and big.
Back then few cars had AC so windows were rolled down, it was very quiet.
whiiiine There was much anticipation, top cruising speeds were limited more by suspension technology than the engine. Then, no more publicity and it disappeared.
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