Street Legal Jet Powered VW Beetle

What can you do with a GE Model T58-8F helicopter turboshaft engine, converted to jet?
With Ron Patrick's custom VW Beetle you can have lots and lots of dangerous fun exploiting
all 1350 horsepower. This monster is powered by two engines (original up front, jet in back)
and is perfectly street legal since you're only using the gasoline powered engine in normal
driving conditions. But if you're feeling adventurous, fire up the jet engine - which spins
up to 26,000 rpm/13,000 rpm idle - and watch the afterburner come to life. More after the
jump.

Ron Patrick

"The car was built because I wanted the wildest street-legal ride possible.
With this project, I was able to use my engineering skills (I have a PhD in
Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University) to design the car without
the distraction of how other people have done it in the past - because no one has."